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FOURTH REGIMENT 


NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS 


WHAT IT WAS 
WHERE IT WENT 
WHAT IT ACCOMPLISHED 


PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORY COMMITTEE 
OF THE 
FOURTH REGIMENT VETERAN ASSOCIATION 


JOHN G. HUTCHINSON 
FIRST SERGEANT CO. E. 
Historian. 


MANCHESTER, N. H. 
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THE STORY OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT. 


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IN MEMORY\OF THE MEN OF THE FOURTH 


REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE 
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 


Who, in command of the wallant veteran, Colonel Whipple, in 
1861 went to the front in, Ee NOE to the call of President Lin- 
coln’ 1 300,000 voluntéers, anth from Jacksonville, Florida, in 
1862, to Fort Fisher, AN. C.; in 1865 were led by our brave and 
gallant Colonel Bell, who gave his IM that our country might 
endure, and after four lonz years’ servige returned to our New 
Hampshire homes im-command.of mie ; 
and of all our comrades who gave their livess, made great sacri- 
fices and bore an honorable record and helped ' o make our his- 
tory from 1861 to 1865, these pages are bi, Se by 
Your Hishorran. 


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“OUR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS” 


“To New Hampshire men the whole nation is a sepulehre, for 
their blood watered the soil of every state but their own, and 
their dust is mouldering by every great river and in every moun- 
tain pass from Maine to Georgia, from Charles to Rio Grande 
and the red river of the North. 

They died before Warren at Bunker Hill, before Washington 
at Yorktown, under the eye of Jackson at New Orleans; they 
were thrown in their hammock-shroud from the bloody deck of 
Paul Jones, and Lawrence, and Decatur, and Farragut; they 
marched with Sherman, they charged with Sheridan, they con- 
quered with Thomas, they fought it out on his own line with 
Grant. But no soldier of my native state ever fell on his own 
soil, or was buried in his dear native earth, unless the restless 
ocean cast his body on its narrow sea coast, or the love and care 
of parent, or brother, or child, restored to their sorrow and pride 
the corpse that had fallen a thousand miles from home.” 

Hon. F. B. SANBorn, 
Concord, Mass. 
In the Massachusetts Legislature March 14, 1889. 


INTRODUCTION, 


Pror. KH. J. BuRNHAM. 


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Theattle of Bull Run, fought on July 21, 1861, dispélled all 
illusions\in the North as to the nature of the struggle between 
the states.\. While the result of that battle was undyé elation and 
dangerous dyer-confidence among the people of Ahe South, in 
the North the effect was the crystallization of public opinion into 
a fixed determination to preserve the Union ot whatever terrible 
cost of blood and treasure. 

The members of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, who 
assembled at Manchester for their regiynental formation during 
the month of September having enligted for three years or dur- 
ing the war, knew that theyNhad entered upon a hard and danger- 
ous service, from which many Af them would never return. 
There was no longer confident axsertion of the war ending within 
ninety days, and even New Franipshire, far removed from the 
seat of the conflict, had alfeady experienced something of the 
stern reality of warfare. / 

The body of young Ladd, a New Hampshire boy serving in the 
Sixth Massachusetts and killed at Baltimdre, had been brought 
back to his New Hampshire home for bukial at Alexandria. 
The Second New Hampshire, which left Portsmouth on June 20, 
had received its baptism of fire at Bull Run a month later, where 
twelve of its Amembers had been killed or mortally wounded. 
These were, Andeed, slight incidents, compared aN was to 











regimewt was organized and sent to the front. \ 
long controversy over slavery had reached a point beyond 
a settlement was no longer possible other than by the grim 


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arbitrament of war, Yet only eight years before there had been 

a general feeling throughout the country that the issues grow- , 
ing out of that controversy had been disposed of for at least a f 
generation to come by the,compromise measures of 1850. It has / 
been agreed by historians that when congress assembled in Def 
cember, 1853, the domestic quiet of the country was mofe 
nearly complete than it had been for many years. The pedple 

of all sections were, in general,\weary of the political unrest, 
business disturbance and social etmity which had so long dis- 
tracted them, and welcomed the compromise which seemed defi- 
nitely to fix the status, in so far as ‘slavery was concerned, of 
every state and territory. It is a signifigant fact, im this connec- 

tion, that at the presidential election in Nevembers 1852, the vote 

of the Free Soil party, which in 1848 was\ 290,000, fell to only 
155,800. Everybody, except a handful of agitators and a few 
sagacious or scheming politicians, looked forward to a long period 

of political repose and friendly business and social intercourse be- 
tween the sections. 

Then, like the unexpected explosion of a hombNnell came the 
introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in the senate by 
Stephen A. Douglas, chairman of the senate committee on ter- 
ritories, and immediately the country was ablaze with a confla- 
gration which was to be quenched only with a torrent of blood. 

Probably comparatively few of the young men who were gath- 
ering at Manchester during those September days of We knew 
or cared much about the terms of the compromise on the\crea- 
tion of the territories of Utah and New Mexico, but most of 
them did know, and cared a great deal about the violence and 
bloodshed which had bestowed upon another territory the title 
“Bleeding Kansas,” the direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska 
bill and its principle of squatter sovereignty which had thrown 
open the territories to a bitter and bloody struggle between pro- 
slavery and anti-slavery settlers for control of territorial govern- 
ment and the adoption of a constitution which should recognize 
slavery or prohibit it forever, as the event might turn. 

It is easy to see, after the lapse of more than a half century, 
that a Peaceful settlement of the question of slavery was rapidly 






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becoming impossible, if, indeed, it had ever been possible. 
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, of which three 
hundred thousand opies were soldin the United States in a 
single year, ned Yo people of the North against the institu- 
tion of slavery, and véry likely made, as Rufus Choate said it 
would, two million Abolitionists. On the other hand, the “raid” 
by John Brown with eighteen followers, upon the United States 
arsenal and other public buildings at Harper’s Ferry, in October, 
1859, although it resulted, as any sane man must haye seen that 
it would, in the death of most,of the party and the execution of 
its leader, filled the entire South with gloomy apprehensions of 
the horrors of a servile insurrection. 

The presidential election of 1860 occurred in the confusion 
of party discord, sectional bitterness and universal distrust and 
apprehension. Abraham Lincoln was elected, and fortunately 
by a vote which made his title to the presidency indisputably 
clear, he receiving 180 electoral votes, while the other three can- 
didates received only 103 all together. \ In twenty years the 
party opposed to slavery, which in 1840 cast\only 7,000 votes, had 
gained control of the national government. \ Its candidate had 
carried every free state except New Jersey, and\had received four 
of the seven votes of that state. 

Ordinances of secession by, several of the ca states fol- 
lowed in rapid succession. South Carolina seceded\on December 
20, and was immediately followed by Mississippi. By February 1 
seven states had declared their purpose to withdraw from the 
Union, and on the eighth of the same month the Southern Con- 
federacy was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, by the adop- 
tion of a provisional constitution and the selection of Jefferson 
Davis of Mississippi and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia as 
provisional president and vice-president respectively. The \dis- 
ruption of the Union, long threatened and gravely apprehended, 
was an accomplished fact in so far as it lay in the power of the 
seceding states to make it so, and preparations were at once un- 
dertaken’ for armed resistance to federal authority. 

Meanwhile the people of the North were reluctant to accept 
the conclusion that war was inevitable. The closing months of 


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the Buchanan administration were marked by hesitancy, and 
President Lincoln, in his inaugural address on the fourth of 
March, stoutly reiterated what he had previously declared as a 
private citizen, that the people of the South need have no appre- 
hension on account of the coming in of a Republican administra- 
tion. He had no purpose, he declared, either directly or indi- 
rectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery, but he also 
stoutly maintained that the union of the states was perpetual. 
Resolves and ordinances of secession were legally void, and as 
President, sworn to the support of the Constitution, he should 
act on the assumption that the Union was still unbroken. He 
declared that the power confided to him by the people would be 
used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places of the 
United States and to collect the customs duties. Beyond that, 
there would be no using of force anywhere. There need be no 
bloodshed. He even went so far as to announce that wherever 
hostility to the United States was so great as to deter competent 
resident citizens from holding the Federal offices, he would not 
force strangers upon any community. His closing words deserve 
to be repeated on every suitable occasion, and may properly find 
a place in the history of a regiment which did its part faithfully 
and efficiently in maintaining the Union. In closing his first 
inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln said : 


“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in 
mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will 
not assail you. You can have no conflict without being, your- 
selves the aggressors. _I am loath to close. We are not enemies, 
but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may 
have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The 
mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and 
patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this 
broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again ° 
touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our 
nature.” 


The prophecy has been fulfilled. The “better angels” have 
touched the “mystic chords” in the “chorus of the Union,” but 
fulfillment was to be attended by a sacrifice, both on the part 


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of himself and of the country, of which the newly inaugurated 
president could have no adequate apprehension on that fourth of 
- March, 1861. 

Several weeks of anxious suspense followed the inauguration. 
Then came the sailing of the Federal fleet from New York for 
the purpose of revictualling Fort Sumter, followed promptly by 
the demand of the Confederate authorities for the surrender of 
the fort. The first gun was fired at about four in the morning 
of April 12, and the war had begun. After a gallant defense 
Major Anderson was forced to surrender, and the garrison, leav- 
ing the fort with colors flying and drums beating, went on board 
the steamship Baltic—a vessel which was later to figure in one of 
the most thrilling incidents of the long service of the Fourth 
New Hampshire Volunteers. 

The bombardment of Fort Sumter set both sections of the 
country ablaze. By the end of the first week in May the num- 
ber of seceding states had been increased to eleven, and in the 
same week, so great had been the eagerness for military service, 
the Southern governors were compelled to announce that no fur- 
ther enlistments could be allowed. In the North, President Lin- 
coln’s proclamation, issued immediately after the fall of Sumter, 
calling for 75,000 men, was responded to with alacrity, and New 
Hampshire was not behind her sister states. Enthusiastic meet- 
ings were held, recruiting offices were opened, and, although the 
old-time militia system of the state had been abolished some 
years previously, the First New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, 
completely organized and fully equipped, left Concord for Wash- 
ington on the twenty-fifth of May. 

The Second Regiment, the first from the state to be composed 
of volunteers enlisted for three years, left Portsmouth on June 
20, and the Third Regiment, more elaborately equipped than any 
that preceded it, left Concord on September 3. The enthusiasm 
remained unabated, volunteers continued to press forward, and 
such had been New Hampshire’s readiness in filling her quota 
and in assuming her share of the burdens of the war, that, upon 
the departure of the Eighth Regiment from Manchester, January 
25, 1862, the recruiting offices were closed by order of the war 
department. 


HISTORY COMMITTEE. 


More than fifty years after the commencement of the Civil 
War, and long after the return of the Fourth Regiment, New 
Hampshire Volunteers, from that war, this record of what they 
accomplished is published for the benefit of the few surviving 
members and their children and interested friends. 

A history has now been published of each of the twenty-one 
different organizations which the Granite State sent to the war, 
with the exception of five—the Tenth, Heavy Artillery, Battery, 
Cavalry and Sharpshooters. There has also been published a his- 
tory of the Seventeenth Regiment, so called, of which only two 
companies were raised, and they were consolidated with the Sec- 
ond New Hampshire. 

The committee congratulates the survivors of the Fourth that 
their history, so long delayed, has at last been written. ‘There 
have been both advantages and disadvantages in the delay. It 
has rendered the record more complete than would other- 
wise have been possible, while on the other hand many interest- 
ing incidents have been lost. The dead cannot speak, and but 
few of the living are able to help in the compilation of tabulated 
records and the description of scenes in which they were actors 
so many years ago. The committee has been fortunaté, how- 
ever, in securing some diaries and other memoranda, which have 
enabled it to furnish the narrative for this volume. 

The committee is grateful to the comrades and friends of the 
regiment who have rendered financial aid to make this work a 
success, and to all the comrades who have in any way contributed 
to these pages. It is a great satisfaction to know that the his- 
tory which the regiment made from 1861 to 1865 is written and 
before the public in printed form, for criticism or commendation. 
The Fourth makes no claim to superiority, and makes no boast. 
it only maintains with just pride that it had a creditable if 


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modest part in achieving the great victory which culminated at 
Appomattox. 

The committee gratefully acknowledges the great financial 
assistance from the State of New Hampshire, without which it 
is hardly possible this work could have been completed. It is 
evidence that the great heart of the American public yet beats in 
sympathy for those who served their country honorably in war, 
and that, before he shall be borne to his silent tomb, the last sur- 
vivor of the Civil War, in dying, will be comforted and consoled 
by the thought that a grateful people have never forgotten the 
services of those who made great sacrifices that a nation might 
live. 

The work of this committee is completed, and this history is 
the report it makes to the surviving comrades of the Fourth Reg- 
iment, New Hampshire Volunteers. 

*CHARLES Henry Moors, 
a GEORGE Henry TILTON, 
AARON PEABODY ORDWAY, 
JOHN GouLpD HutTcHINsoNn, 
Evias ALEXANDER BRYANT, 
CHARLES HE. MILuer, 


History Committee. 
*Deceased. 


HISTORIAN. 


Six years after the war the first reunion of the Fourth Regi- 
ment was held at Manchester, September 21, 1871, when many 
of the leading officers of the regiment were present, including 
Colonel Whipple. On that occasion a history was spoken of, but 
no action was taken. From that time to the present the question 
has often been asked, “Shall we have a history?” A few com- 
rades were always interested in any movement having for its 
object a regimental record, but not until 1907 was any progress 
made. Those who served in the ranks had expected that this 
work would be undertaken by some of our officers in the war. 
Colonel Parker was looked upon as the ideal historian, for he 
served every hour of the regiment’s history as an officer, and, as 
heutenant-colonel, was its commanding officer after Colonel Bell 
was killed, but his busy life in educational work prevented. 
Lieutenant M. V. B. Richardson wrote a brief sketch for a local 
Manchester paper, which is given in Parr III of this volume. 
His early death, in 1885, lost us his services as historian. 

So the matter drifted along until the reunion of October 22, 
1907, the forty-fifth anniversary of our first battle, when a his- 
tory committee was appointed, consisting of 

Lieut. Normand Burdick, Lieut. Charles H. Moore, 
George H. Tilton, Charles E. Miller, 
John G. Hutchinson. 


Before a meeting of the committee, Lieutenant Burdick died 
at Albany, N. Y., May 14, 1908. Then Aaron P. Ordway and 
Elias A. Bryant were added to the committee. 

The first start towards a history was made several years ago, 
when George H. Tilton, who served three years in Company D, 
a resident of Laconia, told your historian of his willingness to 


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contribute five hundred dollars towards a fund, provided any 
other one member of the regiment would do the same. The first 
meeting at which progress was made was on a rainy morning, 
November 17, 1908, when your historian, then in New York city 
visiting a sick son in a hospital, called on A. P. Ordway, a drum- 
mer boy of Company H, at his place of business on Thirty- 
seventh street. It was a meeting of two comrades, beardless 
boys, in 1861, who enlisted as drummer and fifer. No music 
was heard at this meeting but a history was discussed, and as 
soon as mention was made of Comrade Tilton’s generous offer, 
Comrade Ordway promised to respond with an equal sum, and 
has done so. 

The meeting of two comrades and the voluntary offering of 
Comrade Ordway, added to an equal sum cheerfully given by 
Comrade Tilton, settled the history question, and at a meeting 
of the committee, held at Laconia, January 30, 1909, the anni- 
versary of Colonel Whipple’s birth, an organization was com- 
pleted, with Lieutenant Charles H. Moore chairman, George H. 
Tilton. treasurer and business manager, and John G. Hutchin- 
son historian. 

Comrades Moore and Bryant have each given one hundred dol- 
lars; Colonel Bell’s son, of Boston, fifty dollars; a son of Ser- 
geant E. H. Nutting twenty-five dollars, and a small sum beside 
has enabled the committee to prosecute this work. We are in- 
debted to G. H. Tilton for much valuable time and expense, 
besides his first contribution ; to Comrade Bryant for his inter- 
esting diary and assistance rendered your Historian, and to Lieu- 
tenant Richardson for his record of the regiment, with several 
other papers that appear in Parts II] and IV. HE. J. Burnham, 
editor of the Manchester Union, who made the introduction to 
this volume, has, by advice and labor, assisted in compiling these 
pages. 

A great deal of time and care has been given to make our ros- 
ter as perfect as possible, and we are satisfied that it is more free 
from errors than any regimental roster yet printed. The infor- 
mation concerning officers and men of the regiment have been 
made as complete as could be expected. (Unpleasant events and 


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’ 
unkind references are omitted.) It is not as complete as we wish 
it were, nor probably free from errors, but such as it is, we give 
it to you. 


“Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, 

Thinks what ne’er was, ne’er is, nor e’er shall be. 
In every work regard the writer’s end, 

Since none can compass more than they intend.” 


But a remnant of those who saw service with our regiment are 
now alive to read and enjoy the story. Many are suffering with 
dim sight and the feebleness of old age, but we hope that this 
record of what 1638 men did during four years’ service will find 
a welcome with our comrades, and may our sons and daughters 
enjoy the story long after those who had a part in that great 
Civil War shall have joined the battalions above. 

Joun G. HurcHrnson. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


“TARS=s 


By Rev. C. A. Cressy. 
(Co. E, 4th N. H. Regt.) 


The hearts that felt the patriotic thrill 

When sounded forth a Nation’s call to arms, 
Are silent now, their lips forever still; 

They hear no more the battle’s stern alarms. 
They rest in honored graves they nobly won; 

Let “taps” be sounded now. Their work is done. 


Could they but speak, recount their struggles o’er, 
These pages would not then suffice to tell 
The hardships, trials they so nobly bore 
In battles where they fought, and, fighting fell. 
They sleep as ever sleep the true and brave; 


Let “taps” be sounded o’er each heroe’s grave. 


These written pages are inscribed to those 


Brave hearts and hands that answered Duty’s call,— 


Went forth to combat with a Nation’s foes, 
And dared with loyal hearts to bravely fall. 
The Nation grants them now their well-earned fame, 


Let “taps” be sounded for each honored name. 


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A GLANCE BACKWARD. 


The shot fired at Concord bridge, April 19, 1775—the shot 
“heard round the world’”—began the seven years’ war which 
established the independence of the United States. Twenty years 
of growth and peaceful development were followed by the two 
years’ war with England, from 1812 to 1814, after which, with 
the exception of occasional Indian outbreaks, our country was at 
peace for thirty-two years, when came the war with Mexico, from 
1846 to 1848, a war which was generally looked upon with dis- 
favor in the North, as being waged for the acquisition of Texas 
and the extension of slave territory. It proved, however, to be a 
training school for many men who were afterwards to be promi- 
nent in the greatest war of modern times. 

There followed thirteen years of external peace, but of inter- 
nal controversy and agitation over the question of slavery, and 
the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in November, 
1860, was promptly seized upon by South Carolina as a pretext 
for secession, in which she was followed by other Southern 
States, the organization of the Confederacy, and the selection of 
Jefferson Davis as its President. 

The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861, 
found the country in an unprecedented state of excitement and 
unrest, with every indication that war between the states was in- 
evitable. The Confederacy had been active in preparing for the 
conflict, but the government at Washington had remained in- 
active during the entire winter. In his inaugural address, Pres- 
ident Lincoln earnestly counseled peace, but his counsels, unhap- 
pily, were not heeded by the South. 

Nearly six weeks of anxious waiting followed, and then, eighty- 
six years almost to a day, after the commencement of the Revo- 


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lutionary War, the Civil War opened, the first hostile shot being 
fired against Fort Sumter at 4 o’clock in the morning of April 
12, 1861. The small garrison under Major Anderson surren- 
dered, only one man being killed, and he by the bursting of a 
gun during the final salute to the flag before it was hauled down. 

President Lincoln issued his first call for troops—75,000—on 
April 15, and 91,816 men responded to the call, New Hampshire 
furnishing a regiment. The second call was issued on May 3, 
for 500,000 three years’ men, and under this call, without the 
stimulus of bounties or dread of a draft, 700,680 men enlisted. 
Under this call there were raised and organized in New Hamp- 
shire the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and 
Highth regiments of infantry, a battalion of cavalry, a light bat- 
tery and three companies of sharpshooters. All this was done in 
the space of a little more than six months by a State ranking 
twenty-fourth in population among the thirty-four states of the 
entire country, New Hampshire’s population by the census of 
1860 being 326,073, and that of her largest city, Manchester, only 
20,107. Of the total population of the state, only 494 were col- 
ored, distributed among the counties as follows: Merrimack, 
122; Hillsborough, 107; Rockingham, 97; Belknap, 39; Che- 
shire, 35; Sullivan, 33; Strafford, 31; Grafton, 23; Cods, 7. 
Carroll County alone had an entire white population. 

The United States, in 1861, consisted of thirty-four states, 
seven territories, and the District of Columbia. The total popu- 
lation was 27,489,561, as contrasted with the nearly ninety mil- 
lions of half a century later. It was a small country, about to 
plunge into a gigantic war, and New Hampshire, one of the 
smaller of the states, was to do its full part in that war. 

Although Governor Berry and his council did not definitely 
decide to raise a fourth regiment of infantry until their meeting 
on the fourteenth and fifteenth of August, 1861, it had been gen- 
erally understood for some time previous that such action would 
be taken and recruiting had been going forward, nominally for 
the Third Regiment, but with a certainty that a surplus of vol- 
unteers would be carried over to the Fourth. The closing week 
of July witnessed great activity in Manchester and throughout 


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the state. The battle of Bull Run, instead of discouraging, had 
greatly stimulated enlistment. By the end of the month not 
only was the Third Regiment filling up rapidly, but a movement 
was under way for the formation of a light battery and a com- 
pany of sharpshooters. 

The Mirror, then the only daily newspaper in Manchester, 
contained advertisements for recruits by Captains Robert C. Dow 
and Michael T. Donahue, who were raising companies for the 
Third, and by Captain James W. Carr, who was already actively 
engaged in securing recruits for the Second. On July 24, an- 
other advertisement appeared, as follows: 


“100 Men WaAntTED IMMEDIATELY. 


To form a company to be known as the Stark Guards, in Man- 
chester. The pay and rations the same as in the United States 
Army, and to commence at their enlistment. Recruiting office, 
No. 5, Granite block (up stairs).” 

This advertisement bore the names of Capt. J. R. Bagley, 
Lieut. W. N. Haradon and Lieut. C. W. Tilton, recruiting off- 
cers. These gentlemen had been officers of the Independent 
company, the Mechanics Phalanx, and The Mirror said of them 
that they had had long experience in military affairs and were 
very popular. 

The First Regiment arrived in Concord on the fifth of August, 
at the expiration of its term of enlistment, and two days later, 
August 7, an advertisement appeared in Manchester’s daily 
paper stating that Orderly Sergeant O’F lynn, “at the request of 
many soldiers with whom he has been associated the past three 
months,” would raise a company to enlist for the war. The ad- 
vertisement concluded with the statement that “he is also recom- 
mended to this course by Lieutenant-Colonel Whipple.” This 
appears to be the first mention in print of Colonel Whipple’s 
probable connection with the Fourth Regiment. The Mirror of 
August 14, after stating that Orderly Sergeant O’Flynn was en- 
listing soldiers for the Third Regiment, added: “After the Third 
Regiment is full, he will form a company for the Fourth Regi- 
ment.” The Fourth Regiment was already looked upon as a 


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matter of course, and recruiting for it was going forward in 
many parts of the state. N. H. Brown of Derry, for example. 
was appointed recruiting officer for Derry, Londonderry, Hamp- 
stead, Windham, Chester and Auburn, and before the middle of 
August was actively engaged raising a company. 

August 15, 1861, the Governor and Council decided to author- 
ize the raising of the Fourth and Fifth Regiments, and Thomas 
J. Whipple was selected Colonel of the Fourth. It had been 
understood for some days previously—since the return of the 
First Regiment, in fact—that Colonel Whipple would be selected 
to command the new regiment. 

By August 20 the Governor and Council had decided that the 
Fourth should go into camp at Manchester, and that the name of 
the encampment should be 


Camp SULLIVAN, 


but the exact location had not been determined. This was left 
to Councilor Moody Currier, and within a few days the fair 
ground, at the north end of the city, had been selected. On the 
twentieth, also, appeared for the first time the advertisements of 
A. J. Edgerly and G. E. Sleeper, the former having his recruit- 
ing office in City Hall building, and the latter on the third floor 
of Smyth’s block. Sleeper, as special inducements to volunteers, 
stated that “This regiment will certainly have the Enfield rifle,” 
and “This company will be instructed in the zouave drill.” At 
the same time Capt. T. L. Newell was enlisting a company to be 
called the Manchester Cadets. Lieutenant M. V. B. Richardson 
was also recruiting in Manchester, and on the twenty-third of 
the month wanted “more, but good men, to enlist.” Care as to 
the quality of the make-up of the organizations is strikingly 
noticeable in all the advertisements of this period. 

August 26 the Stark Guards, Captain Bagley, came down 
from Concord, and on the same day a contract was made with 
Cyrus Dunn & Co. to furnish rations, they being the lowest bid- 
ders. The bids ranged from sixteen cents to twenty cents per 
day per man. At Concord, for the Third Regiment, the contract 
price had been nineteen and one-half cents per man. 


24 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


August 27, under the heading, “Fourth Regiment,” The Mir- 
ror said: “We understand from Concord that the returns sent in 
show that 800 have already enlisted. We supposed that it would 
fill up quickly. When the First returned, we were assured by 
many of the soldiers that if Whipple was appointed colonel, 
three-quarters of that regiment would reénlist under him.” The 
actual number of enlistments at that date was somewhat exag- 
gerated, as may be seen by the dates of enlistment of the original 
men, but enlistment was going on rapidly, nevertheless. 

By August 29 Camp Sullivan was getting into shape. The 
Stark Guards were on the grounds, and with them was the Great 
Falls company, with about eighty men, that, like the Guards, 
had come from Concord as an overflow from the Third. There 
~ were also thirty men from Londonderry, recruited by Wesley B. 
Knight, who had been out with the First. 

A portion of the camp ground was grown with low, scrub 
pines, and as some of the men were engaged in cutting these, 
they found seven old wallets, one of which contained twenty-five 
dollars in good money. It was not doubted that the wallets 
had been left by pickpockets, who had operated at the state fair. 

There was something of a mix-up in securing tents for the en- 
campment. The original contract had been made with H. A. 
Straw, agent of the Amoskeag corporation, but a Portland, Me, 
manufacturer represented to the Governor and Council that he 
had an improved, patent tent, much more desirable. Agent 
Straw was notified not to go on with the tents, but a few days 
later the Portland man announced his inability to fill the order, 
and the contract with Agent Straw was renewed. For this rea- 
son, there was some delay in getting the camp in full working 
order. 

Major Drew took charge of the camp on September 4, and it 
was visited by Governor Berry two days later. On the 6th, also, 
the surgeon, Dr. J. C. Eastman, came into camp. On the 10th 
the camp was enlivened by the arrival of two additional detach- 
ments—one from Andover, numbering about fifty men, and the 
other from Haverhill and vicinity with upwards of forty. 

September 13 there were 380 soldiers at Camp Sullivan, and 


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“tents arriving daily,” according to a newspaper item. After 
the arrival of Major Drew strict discipline was maintained, and 
especial attention was given to instruction in the duties of the 
guard. One young soldier, while on guard, was approached by 
an officer with, “See here, let me show you how to carry that 
gun.” The gun was respectfully surrendered, and the youthful 
soldier was surprised to find himself sharply rebuked for parting 
with it. 

Rev. Dr. Cyrus W. Wallace of Manchester conducted religious 
services at Camp Sullivan, Sunday afternoon, September 15, 
and “about 780 men” were reported to be present, “besides the 
Battery.” On the Saturday before there had arrived from 
Nashua 70 men under Captain Greenleaf; 90 from Laconia, un- 
der Captain Badger ; 50 from Rochester, 70 from Dover, Captain 
Sawyer, and 38 from Portsmouth, Lieutenant Towle. 

September 16 Capt. T. L. Newell came to camp with a full 
company, which became Company E. Tuesday, September 17, 
thirty men arrived from Milford, and on the 18th the Governor 
and Council again visited the camp. September 18, 19, and 20 
the Regiment was mustered into the U.S. service by Lieutenant 
Ingham, U. S. A. 

September 22 was the last Sunday at Camp Sullivan. There 
was dress parade, Major Drew in command, at the close of which, 
at four in the afternoon, religious exercises were conducted by 
the chaplain, Rev. M. W. Willis. Governor Berry was in attend- 
ance. The chaplain distributed the “Army Hymn and Tune 
Book,” and several ladies joined in the singing. The exercises 
opened with the singing of a hymn to the tune of “America.” 
Then followed prayer and a short, patriotic address by the chap- 
lain. The exercises closed with the singing of “Old Hundred.” 
Afterwards, through the officers, Chaplain Willis distributed to 
each soldier a copy of the Testament and Psalms, as a gift of the 
American Bible Society. 

Thursday, September 26, was a national fast, in accordance 
with a proclamation by President Lincoln. It was also the last 
day which the Fourth was to pass at Camp Sullivan. Governor 
Berry was at the camp attended by Councilors Currier of Man- 


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chester and Tenney of Pittsfield. At dress parade the Governor, 
in a brief address, presented the regimental colors to Colonel 
Whipple, who made an appropriate and eloquent response. Lieu- 
tenant Ingham, of the regular army, then escorted to Colonel 
Whipple, Miss Nellie Grace Willis, who was proposed for adop- 
tion as Daughter of the Regiment. The colonel inquired if the 
men accepted the proposal, and was answered by a ringing shout 
of approval by the entire regiment. Colonel Whipple then re- 
ceived the national colors from Miss Willis’ hands. Miss Willis, 
fifteen years of age, was dressed to represent the colors which she 
presented, her costume consisting of a rich blue merino skirt, a 
white merino cape, trimmed with red velvet and red tassels, a 
superb gold-lace belt, with a field of blue bearing stars, and a 
military cap, entwined with a wreath. 

These exercises concluded, the men of the Fourth returned to 
their quarters, some to rest, and more to go on with prepara- 
tions for the stirring scenes of the morrow. 


COME S UL laeaW 


Headquarters. of Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. 
Manchester, September 21, 1861. 


GENERAL ORDER NO. 1. 


This Regiment is known as the FouRTH NEW HAMPSHIRH REGIMENT. The 
Field Officers are 


Colonel, THOMAS J. WHIPPLE. 
‘Lieutenant Colonel, LOUIS BELL. 
‘Major, JEREMIAH D. DREW. 
The Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Regimental Staff are as follows: 
Adjutant, HENRY W. FULLER. 
Quartermaster, JOHN L. KELLY. 
‘Surgeon, JOSIAH C. EASTMAN. 
Assistant Surgeon, GEORGE P. GREELEY. 
‘Commissary, DANIEL Q. COLE. 
‘Chaplain, MARTIN W. WILLIS. 
Sergeant-Major, CHARLES L, BROWN. 
Quartermaster-Sergeant, CHARLES J. KELLY. 
Commissany-Sergeant, ALBERT K. TILTON. 
Drum-Major, HENRY J. WHITE. 
Fife Major, FRANCIS H. PIKE. 
Leader of ‘the Band, WALTER DIGNAM. 


The Companies in said Regiment shall be lettered from letter A to K, and 
shall be known and designated by such letters as have been assigned them, 
to wit: 

The Company commanded by Captain SAWYER shall be known as Co. A. 

The Company commanded by Captain GREENLEAF shall be known as Co. B. 

The Company commanded by Captain SLEEPER shall be known as Co. C. 

The Company commanded by Captain BADGER shall be known as Co. D. 

The Company commanded by Captain NEWELL shall be known as Co. BE. 

The Company commanded by Captain ORRIN BROWN shall ‘be known as Co. F. 

The Company commanded by Captain O’FLYNN ghall be known as Co. G. 

The Company commanded by Captain CLOUGH shall be known as Co. H. 

The Company commanded by Captain N. H. BROWN shal] be known as Co. I. 

The Company commanded by Captain BAGLEY shall be known as Co. K. 

The Commissioned Officers of Gempany A, ‘are 


Captain, CHARLES W. SAWYER. 
First Lieutenant, JASPER G. WALLACE. 
Ensign, HENRY W. LOCKE. 

The Commissioned Officers of Company B are 
Captain, RICHARD O. GREENLEAF, 
First Lieutenant, GEORGE F. TOWLE. 
Ensign, CHARLES A. CARLTON. 


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The Commissioned Officers of Company C are ‘ 
Captain, GILMAN E. SLEEPER. 


‘First Lieutenant, MARTIN V. B. RICHARDSON. 
Ensign, FREDERICK A. KENDALL. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company D are 
‘Captain, WILLIAM BADGER. 
First Lieutenant, CHARLES O. JENNISON, 
Ensign, DAVID O. BUIRLEIGH. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company E are 
(Captain, THOMPSON L. NEWELL. 
First Lieutenant, FRANK W. PARKER. 
Ensign, ANDREW J. EDGERLY. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company F are 
‘Captain, ORRIN BROWN. 
First Lieutenant, ISAAC W. HOBBS. 
Ensign, CHARLES H. DRUMMER. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company G are 
(Captain, MICHAEL O’FLYNN. 
First Lieutenant, CHARLES W. HURD. 
Ensign, WILLIAM MAYNE. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company H are 
Captain, JOSEPH M. CLOUGH. 
First Lieutenant, ISRAEL L. DREW. 
Ensign, HENRY C. TUTTLE. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company I are 
(Captain, NATHANIEL H. BROWN. 
First Lieutenant, WILLIAM S. PILLSBURY. 
Ensign, TRUE SANBORN, Jr. 
The Commissioned Officers of Company K are 
(Captain, SONATHAN R. BAGLEY. 
First Lieutenant, EPHRIAM C. CURRIER. 
Ensign, CHARLES W. TILTON. 


The rank of Captains in this Regiment is as follows: 


Rank No. 1, Captain Greenleaf. 
Rank No. 2, cy Sleeper. 
Rank No. 3, iS Sawyer. 
Rank No. 4, eo Clough. 
Rank Noo. 5, y Newell. 
Rank No. 6, 5 Badger. 
Rank No. 7, Ss Bagley. 
Rank No. 8, 5 O’F lynn. 
Rank Noo. 9, a O. Brown. 
Rank No. 10, * N. H. Brown. 
The rank of Lieutenants in ‘this Regiment is as follows: 
Rank No, 1, Lieutenant Richardson. 
Rank No. 2, ie Wallace. 
Rank No. 3, a Drew. 
Rank No. 4, Ga Jennison. 
Rank No. 5, i Currier. 
Rank No. 6, si Pillsbury. 
Rank No. 7, Ae Towle. 
Rank No. 8, ey Hurd. 
Rank No. 9, oo Hobbs. 
Rank No. 10, a Parker. 


Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 


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The rank of Ensigns in this Regiment is as follows: 


Rank No. 
Rank No. 
Rank No. 
‘Rank No. 
(Rank No. 
Rank No. 
Rank No. 
Rank No. 
Rank Nio. 
Rank No. 


ESS Sales 


SANA AS Ww 


= 
= 


Ensign Sanborn. 
ss Drummer. 

Burleigh, 
Tuttle. 
Mayne, 
Locke. 
Edgerly. 
Tilton. 
Carlton. 
Kendall. 


The Non-Commissioned Officers in the several Companies in this Regiment 


are as follows: 


COMPANY A. 


First Sergeant, John H. Roberts. 
Second Sergeant, Thomas Mack. 
Third Sergeant, ‘William W. Whitney. 
Fourth Sergeant. Lewils (McD. Hussey. 
Fifth Sergeant, Samuel H. Runnels. 


Hirst Corporal, Eben H, Pierce. 
Second Corporal, Alvah Wentworth. 
Third Corporal, Martin L. Shapleigh. 
Fourth Corporal, Joseph H. Plumer. 
Fifth Corporal, Stephen T. Hall. 
‘Sixth Corporal, George W. Hurd. 
‘Seventh Corporal, Edward L. Goodwin. 
Eighth Corporal, John Nolan. 


COMPANY B. 


First Sergeant, Adelburt White, 
Second Sergeant, Warren ‘A. Wyman. 
Third Sergeant, Leonard A. Gay, 
Fourth Sergeant Charles A. Harris. 
Fifth Sergeant, John G. Simonds. 


‘First Corporal, Warren ‘Billings. 
Second Corporal, John B. Bussell. 
Third Corporal, James H. Foye. 
Fourth Corporal, Hugh Watts. 
Fifth Corporal, George H. Emerson. 
‘Sixth Corporal, Charles H. Perkins. 
Seventh Corporal, John R. Kimball. 
Eighth Corporal, John 'W. Brewster. 


COMPANY C. 


First Sergeantt Robert A. Seaver, 
Second ‘Sergeant, Benj. R. Wheeler. 
Third Sergeant, Elezer L. Sarsons. 
Fourth Sergeant, Dearborn 8S. Moody. 
Fifth Sergeant, Charles E. Colcord. 


First Corporal, Charles N. Fisher. 
Second Clorpor'al, Daniel W. Rollins. 
Third Corporal, Eben H. Nutting. 
Fourth Corporal, Ervin Colburn. 
Fifth Corporal, Thomas L. Gilpatrick. 
‘Sixth Corporal, Charles Brown. 
Seventh Corporal, George W. Kidder. 
Highth Corporal, Perley B. Rand. 


COMPANY D. 


First Sergeant, Timothy W. Challis. 
‘Second Sergeant, Adoniram J. Jonies. 
Third Sergeant, Albert H. C. Jewett. 
Fourth Sergeant, Francis H. Davis. 
Fifth Sergeant, Darius A. Drake. 


First Corporal, Alonzo J. Sargent. 
Second Corporal, (Abner L. Knowlton. 
Third Corporal, Jackson H. Lawrence. 
Fourth Corporal, Charles C. Cofran. 
Fifth Corporal, Samuel H. Prescott. 
Sixth Corporal, Augu'stus M. Smith. 
Seventh Corporal, Henry H. Jackson: 
Eighth Corporal, Charles C. Clark. 


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COMPANY E. 


First Sergeant, Frank B. Hutchinson. First Corporal, Charles M. Whiting. 
Second Sergeant, Cyrus H. Hubbard. ‘Second Corporal, Edmund O. Hill. 


Third Sergeant, Charles H. Reed. Third Corporal, Henry C. Osgood. 
Fourth Sergeant, Addison W. Tobbie. Fourth Corporal, Edwin Whitford. 
Fifth Sergeant, Stephen Kenidrick. Fifth Corporal, Violney Piper. 


Sixth Corporal, John P. Smiith. 
‘Seventh Corporal, Charles H. Plumer. 
Eighth Corporal, Joseph C. Demerett. 


COMPANY F. 


First Sergeant, Mark H. Cowell. First Corporal, William H. Clement. 
Second Sergeant, Samuel L. Willey. ‘Second Corporal, George A. Miner. 
Third Sergeant, James M. Goodwin. ‘Third ‘Corporal, Clarence L. Chapman. 
Fourth Sergeant, Howard F. Parsons. Fourth Corporal, Charles P. Stevens. 
Fifth Sergeant, George A. Drew. Fifth Corporal, Thomas J. Burns. 
Sixth Corporal, Hiram Hurd. 
Seventh Corporal, Andrew Morrison. 
Eighth Corporal, Daniel Davis. 


COMPANY G. 
First Sergeant, Daniel Gile. First Corporal, Elbridge Gerry. 
Second Sergeanit, Zebina N. Annis. Second Corporal, Patrick Dowd. 
Third Sergeant, John Smith. Third Corporal, Richard Smith. 
Fourth Sergeant, Stephen C. ‘Chapman. Fourth Corporal, Charles P. Gileason. 
Fifth Sergeant, Frank Burr. Fifth Corporal, Peter O’Brien. 


Sixth Corporal, Jerome Blaisdell. 
Seventh Corporal, Francis Cahill. 
Eighth Corporal, George A. runnells. 


COMPANY H. 


First Sergeant, James F. Gilpatrick. First Corporal, John E. iAustin. 
Second Sergeant, Matthew Adiams. Second Corporal, Nelson P. Steinhour. 
Third Sergeant, Edmund F, McNeil. Third Corporal, Levi W. Simonds. 
Fourth Sergeant, Samuel B. Mason. Fourth Corporal, John W. Witham. 
Fifth Sergeant, Byron Noyes. Fifth Corporal, Walter B. Rowell. 
Sixth Corporal, Benjamin Wheeler. 
Seventh Corporal, Albert A. Woodworth. 
Eighth Corporal, John '§. C. Kelly. 


COMPANY I. 
First Sergeant, Amos L. Colburn. First Corporal, Albert D. W. Emerson. 
Second Sergeant, Henry M. Hicks, ‘Second Corporal, George W. Chaise. 
Third Sergeant, Jonathan Olark, Third Corporal, Frank A. Buzzell. 
Fourth Sergeant, Walter G. Brown. Fourth Corporal, William Smith. 
Fifth Sergean't,Daniel B. Flanders. Fifth Corporal, Frank A, Brown. 


Sixth Corporal, Eben Weed. 
Seventh Corporal, William R. Knowlton. 
Eighth Corporal, David Johnson. 


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COMPANY K. 


First Sergeant, George W. Huckins. First Corporal, Henry S. Woods. 
Second Sergeanit, Wesley B. Knight. Second Corporal, George H. McConihe. 


Third Sergeant, Job R. Giles. Third Corporal, Freeman C. Spaulding. 
Fourth Sergeant, Harvey M. Weed. Fourth Corporal, Benjamin L. Hartshorn. 
Fifth Sergeant, William S. Barker. Fifth Corporal, Stickney S. Gale. 


Sixth Sergeant, John P. Hodgman. 
Seventh Corporal, Charles H. Morrison. 
Eighth Corporal, John C. Estey. 


The position of tthe several Companies in itthis Regiment in Order of Battle 
will be according to the rank of Captain, and is as follows: 
Company B.—the First Company upon the right. 
Company D.—the Second Company. 
Company H.—the Third Company. 
Company F.—the Fourth Company, 
Company A.—the Fifth Company. 
Company G.—the Sixth Company. 
Company E.—the Seventh Company. 
Company I.—the Highth Company. 
Company K.—the Ninth Company. 
Company C.—the Tenth Company. 

The several Companies posted as above will be designated from right to 
left in the manceuvres, as First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Severth, 
Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Companies. 

All officers and non-commissioned officers in this Regiment, will be recog- 
nized, respected, and obeyed according ito ‘their respective rank and position 
in the command. 

Officers of the day will be detailed for one day’s duty only, unless by express 
order. 

The morning reports of Companies signed by the Captlains and First Ser- 
geants will be handed to the Adjutant, before 8 o’clock in the morning. 

All Roll-calls prescribed by Secs. 224, 225, and 226 of Art. 27 of tthe Army 
Regulations will be strictly observed. 

The provisions of the Army Regulations of 1861 will be strictly observed as 
the acknowledged and standard authority from the War Department, for the 
government of this Regiment, except when special necessity requires 'their modi- 
fication, which necessity will be announced in General or Special Orders. 

By Command of THOMAS J. WHIPPLE, Cot. 

HENRY W. FULLER, ADJUTANT. 


OFF TO THE TROT 


The morning of September 27 dawned bright and fair, and 
the members of the Fourth were early astir, after a night of vivid 
anticipation. They had returned from their three days’ fur- 
lough the day before and at dress parade had been notified of the 
departure of the regiment. At the same time the colors had 
been presented by Governor Berry in a brief but stirrmg and 
patriotic address. The men also received their state pay from 
the date of enlistment, and an especially interesting feature of 
the occasion had been the introduction of Miss Nellie Willis, 
daughter of the chaplain, as the Daughter of the Regiment. 
This European custom had not been generally adopted by the 
Northern troops, and the Fourth enjoyed a somewhat unusual 
distinction in this respect, Miss Willis, afterwards the wife of Dr. 
Henry T. Boutwell of Manchester, accompanying the command 
to Washington and remaining with the regiment until it was or- 
dered into active service farther south. 

As the sun rose on Camp Sullivan all was bustle and excite- 
ment as the final preparations were made for the departure of 
the regiment. The morning’s rations were served, the more pru- 
dent of the soldier boys stowing away an extra portion in their 
haversacks for the possible needs of the long journey before 
them. At the signal, 9 A. M., tents were struck, folded in mili- 
tary fashion and placed on the wagons with which the regiment 
had been abundantly supplied by the state. There were twenty- 
two of these, designed for the service of the regiment at the 
front, but found to be impracticable and later left behind at 
Washington. 

Then came the order for formation by companies—a slow pro- 
cess that morning, for there were many farewells to be said, and 
the regimental authorities were not disposed to hurry matters. 
With most of the men from other parts of the state, the leave- 


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Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 33 


takings had occurred at home, at the end of the short furlough. 
There were others who had scarcely known what it was to have 
a home—hardy, care-free young men, who were little likely to 
fall victims to homesickness later on. One, whose neglected boy- 
hood had been passed in farm work here and there, was rejoicing 
in the possession of his first overcoat, the “spencer” of those 
days having hitherto supplied its place. With the state’s pay in 
his pocket, with a new uniform and an overcoat to boot, he was 
richer and happier than ever before in his life. The future was 
not troubling him. 

Those whose goodbyes had already been said, and those who 
had no goodbye to say, took their places in line, but with many 
others the last handclasp remained to be given, the last farewell 
to be spoken. Four companies were composed of Manchester 
men, and relatives and friends had come by hundreds to witness 
the departure from the regiment’s first camping ground. Other 
hundreds of well-dressed men and women had gathered as inter- 
_ ested spectators, and the scene was brilliant as well as sad. Flags 
were flying, the band was playing, ribbons fluttered in the Sep- 
tember breeze. Near by were the white tents and bright cannon 
of the First Light Battery, whose members looked on with lively 
interest or moved about, shaking hands with friends and 
acquaintance in the ranks. There were smiles and pleasant jests, 
but there were also half-suppressed sobs and tears that could not 
be restrained. 

Here a father held the hand of his son as he uttered a few 
parting words of hope and cheer. There a mother drew her boy 
to her breast for the last time—her boy of a few weeks before, a 
man now, and a soldier, who tried to conceal his emotion. Wives 
were clinging to husbands, sisters to brothers, sweethearts to 
loved ones. 

But now the adjutant is riding more rapidly back and forth 
and calling to the captains. The last men are taking their 
places in the ranks. A young officer throws his arms about a 
woman who tries to smile through her tears. Then he turns, 
waves his sword, and. endeavors to appear stern as he shouts 
again and again, “Fall in!” 


34 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


The companies are formed at last; the field officers, mounted, 
are in their places, and the regiment is ready to move. It is a 
goodly regiment, as stout and brave as any that ever went to war. 
Before its long service is ended, it will have left its fallen heroes 
on many widely scattered fields. Today it numbers 1031, rank 
and file. The men are clothed in dark blue coats and light-blue 
trousers. They carry light-blue overcoats, and are supplied with 
uniform caps and slouch hats. The officers wear their bright, 
new sidearms with evident pride. Guns will be supplied the 
men at Washington; but the privates and non-coms are by no 
means wholly unarmed. It is the fashion, in these early days of 
the war, for friends to show their loyalty to the cause and their 
appreciation of the volunteers by the formal presentation of re- 
volvers and dirk-knives, along with more useful gifts. The dirks 
will later be used for cutting tobacco, and the revolvers, for the 
most part, will be thrown away; but the Fourth has many popu- 
lar men in its ranks, whose friends have seen to it that they shall 
go out well provided for deadly hand-to-hand encounters with - 
the enemy. With the exception of guns, all the men are fully 
equipped for active service, each carrying a blanket, haversack, 
canteen and knapsack. The knapsacks are heavy, being closely 
packed with mementoes and little home comforts, for the new 
men have not yet learned how little will suffice a tired soldier 
on the march. 

Now comes the final word of command, and the regiment 
moves through the gate of the old fair ground and out upon Elm 
street for its march to the railway station, the First Light Bat- 
tery firing a salute, and Dignam’s Cornet Band playing “The 
Girl I Left Behind Me.” It was a noticeable procession, such as 
Manchester has never seen before, and, by reason of the long 
train of baggage wagons, is not to see again. It is headed by 
Dignam’s Band of twenty-four pieces, with Francis H. Pike— 
the redoubtable “Saxie”—conspicuously in the lead. Old mem- 
bers of the First, now entering on their second term of service, 
recall that other day in the May before, when “Saxie,” reén- 
forced, it was hinted, by a draught from Colonel Tappan’s can- 
teen, led them and another band, making way with his baton 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 36 


through the sullen, hostile crowd at Baltimore. Colonel Whipple, 
also, is in his place, and following with the swing of soldiers on 
the march and conscious of observation, comes company after 
company with full ranks, so soon to begin to be depleted, and 
never, notwithstanding energetic recruiting, to be completely 
filled again. Bringing up the rear is the long wagon train, the 
entire procession stretching along for many blocks. Some of 
the more active of the spectators keep pace with the regiment, 
boys marching beside their fathers in the ranks, and at least one 
young woman keeping step with her brother from the Fair 
Ground to the station. 

The sidewalks are crowded on either side; flags are displayed 
from residences and places of business; windows are filled with 
eager faces; handkerchiefs are waved, and cheer follows cheer ; 
the band plays its loudest, and the ranks of blue go marching on. 

At the railroad station a long train is in readiness, passenger 
coaches for the men, and freight cars for the wagons and horses. 
There is inevitably some delay, for time is required to put the 
twenty-two wagons on board, and there are still many scenes of 
parting, but at length the last word has been said, the signal is 
given, and, section by section, the long train moves slowly away 
from the old depot, itself to become in after years only a mem- 
ory. The Fourth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, is on 
its way to Washington. 

Citizens had gathered in considerable numbers at the small 
stations to see us pass, and in some instances whole families had 
come across the fields from their homes, and were waiting, seated 
on the fence by the railway track, to wave their farewells and en- 
deavor to catch a last fleeting glimpse of some relative or friend. 
At Nashua there was a delay in shifting to the Worcester tracks, 
and the time was improved by the Nashua contingent in greet- 
ing old acquaintances and saying goodbye. There was another 
long wait at Worcester, enlivened by the enthusiastic greetings of 
a large body of citizens, and after a somewhat tedious ride we 
passed through Norwich, and on to Allyn’s Point, where we ar- 
rived about midnight. Here we went on board the steamer Con- 
necticut and dropped down to the mouth of the Thames river, 


36 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


where we dropped anchor, the water being too rough for a safe 
passage on the Sound. We adjusted ourselves for sleep as best 
we could, lying with our knapsacks for pillows, on the deck and 
on the cabin floors. 

Saturday morning we left our anchorage about daybreak and 
sailed through Long Island Sound, many of our comrades taking 
their last view of New England as they gazed upon the stretch of 
low-lying shore to the northward. We passed Hell Gate with- 
out incident, sailed along East River and across the harbor, and 
reached Jersey City about 8 p. M. Here we again boarded cars, 
and passed through Newark an hour later. 

Our first Sunday after leaving home was passed almost en- 
tirely on the cars. After riding all night, getting what sleep we 
could, we arrived at Philadelphia about 4.30 a. M., and marched 
to the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment saloon, where we had 
the luxury of soap and towels and a good breakfast. The men of 
the Fourth, in common with so many thousands of other soldiers 
from the North, had good reason to remember the justly cele- 
brated “Cooper Shop” in Philadelphia. The “History of the 
Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers” contains the following 
interesting and authentic account of this unique and beneficent 
institution : 

“We arrived at 6 p. M., landing at the freight depot at the foot 
of Washington avenue, then moved at once to supper at the 
Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, No. 1009 Otsego 
street. Of this famous saloon, Mr. Wm. R. 8. Cooper of Phila- 
delphia furnishes the writer with the following, under date of 
December 12, 1884. The saloon was started by his father, Mr. 
Wm. M. Cooper, himself and a few friends, in April, 1861. At 
first they paid all the expenses out of their own pockets, after- 
wards received contributions for the saloon from citizens of Phil- 
adelphia, but not a cent from the United States, the State or the 
city. They also established a hospital for sick and wounded sol- 
diers. They could feed half a regiment at a time, and a whole 
regiment about every hour in the day. During the war they 
fed over 600,000 men, at an expense of ten to fifteen cents per 
meal. The affair caused the loss of all of Mr. Cooper’s business, 
and reduced the whole family to severe straits.” 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 37 


Mr. Cooper had been successful in the cooperage business be- 
fore the war, and when he conceived his generous and patriotic 
enterprise, he devoted his large cooper’s shop to the purpose. If 
the soldiers who had enjoyed his hospitality had known of Mr. 
Cooper’s financial situation at the close of the war, and had each 
contributed ten cents toward a fund for his relief, he might have 
passed his remaining years in comfort, if not in affluence. 

It should be added that the same spirit of kindness and liber- 
ality towards the soldiers, both in going and returning, charac- 
terized the citizens of Philadelphia in general throughout the 
long war. 

We left Philadelphia at 9 a. M., and passed through Wilming- 
ton, Del., about noon. At 2 Pp. M. we crossed the Susquehanna 
river at Havre de Grace, two trips being required by the ferry 
boat to transport the regiment with its twenty cars. We arrived 
at Baltimore at 4 Pp. M., and marched through the city from one 
railroad station to the other without interference, although there 
was some hissing along the route. The regiment was without 
guns, but many of the men at that time carried personally owned 
revolvers and dirk-knives, and had they been attacked, would 
undoubtedly have rendered as good an account of themselves as 
was possible under the circumstances. 

One hundred and nine officers and men of the Fourth had 
passed through Baltimore the May preceding in the First New 
Hampshire, and in addition to these there were four men in our 
regiment who were with the Sixth Massachusetts on its stormy 
passage through the city on the 19th of April. These were 
Drum Major Henry J. White, Sergeant D. S. Moody of Com- 
pany C, Sergeant George A. Drew of Company F, and Drummer 
Frank Kent of Company F. Lieutenant Carleton of Company 
B had served three months in the Twelfth New York, and two 
men, Sergeant Annis of Company G and Charles Brackett of 
Company E, in the First Maine. It was a relief to march peace- 
fully for about two miles through Baltimore, where, five months 
before, the Sixth Massachusetts had been so fiercely assaulted. 

We left Baltimore about 9 p. M., in freight cars, and arriving 
in Washington about 2 P. m., September 30, went into a building 


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near the depot, called Soldiers’ Rest, devoted to the temporary 
use of incoming regiments. In the early morning we left our 
hardwood-floor bed with bones sore and went into a building 
near by called Soldiers’ Retreat, where we had for breakfast 
boiled fat salt pork with hard tack and black coffee. At 12 m., 
for dinner, we had black coffee, hard tack and boiled fat salt 
pork. 

In the afternoon we went to Camp Sherman, about a mile dis- 
tant from the Capitol, pitched our tents and prepared for camp 
life. We were located in a nice green field near the Bladensburg 
road, the Third New Hampshire and Ninth Maine being near us. 
It was over this Bladensburg road that the British marched when 
they captured Washington, in 1813, and near the encampment 
was the famous duelling ground on which Stephen Decatur, 
Jonathan Cilley, and so many other men of note had lost their 
lives over some punctilio of mistaken honor. 

Our first night at 


Camp SHERMAN, WASHINGTON, 


was cold and frosty. 

Wednesday we had dress parade at 5 Pp. M., and then marched 
over to the camp of the Third New Hampshire for a visit. Re- 
ceived our cartridge-boxes and belts. Corporal Charles H. Mor- 
rison of Company K drew the identical belt which he had worn 
during his service in the First Regiment, and which bore his 
name. After more than three years’ service Corporal Morrison 
died a prisoner of war. 

Thursday we drilled hard for six hours. 

Friday, October 4—a very hot day—had a five-mile march to 
the arsenal, where we received the Belgium rifle. They weighed 
eleven pounds, and sometimes appeared to be much heavier. 
Dress parade and prayers at 5 P. M. 

Second Sunday from home—Very hot and dry. Dress parade 
and religious services. 

Monday drilled continuously until 5 p.m. Evidently we were 
getting ready for serious work ahead. 

October 8—Rained last night; beautiful morning. Had first 


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battalion drill since leaving New Hampshire. At evening re- 
ceived orders to make ready to leave. 

October 9—At 1 o’clock this morning the long roll was 
sounded. We turned out, packed our knapsacks, struck tents 
and got ready to move. At sunrise we marched down to the 
Washington depot and took baggage cars for Annapolis, Md. We 
did not reach there until 6 p.m. Did not go into the city, but 
stopped about a mile outside, where we went into a field well 
grown with weeds and burrs. It rained hard, our tents had not 
reached us, and we were fortunate in having the Sixth Connecti- 
cut tents for use our first night at 


Camp WALTON, ANNAPOLIS. 


The next day we had a cold rain storm, with a scanty allow- 
ance of raw salt pork and hard-tack. Annapolis streets are nar- 
row, crooked and dirty. 

October 11—Capt. Orrin Brown of Company F reported for 
duty. He was sick when we left Manchester. 

October 12—Our tents came and were pitched near our former 
camp. 

General inspection Sunday. 

October 16—Our first brigade review by Gen. H. G. Wright. 
We are brigaded with the Sixth Connecticut, Ninth Maine and 
Fiftieth Pennsylvania. 

October 17—Rained hard last night; morning cold and cloudy. 
Orders read to us on dress parade that we are soon to go on an 
expedition. 

Saturday, October 19—Cloudy, with a little rain. At 3p. M. 
struck tents, and about sunset embarked on the steamer May- 
flower; sailed five miles down the Chesapeake bay and went 
aboard the Baltic. Commenced today to lose men, which must 
inevitably occur during our service. Private James H. Noyes of 
Company B was discharged today to become hospital steward of 
the Sixth New Hampshire. Afterwards was surgeon of the regi- 
ment. Private Henry S. Corey of Company D was discharged— 
first man wounded in the regiment, his foot crushed at Washing- 
ton, being run over by a heavily loaded team. The following 


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privates were discharged October 19 for various disabilities: Lo- 
renzo Green and George EH. Thyng of Company B, Henry H. 
Jackson, Winthrop H. Smith and Daniel Silver of Company D, 
Patrick O’Connor of Company K. We have lost eight men since 
leaving Manchester, and leave at Annapolis Lieutenants Drew 
and Pillsbury, sick. Boarded the Baltic with 1021 men. 

Sunday, October 20—On board the Baltic in Chesapeake Bay. 
This morning Lieutenant Sanborn with a detail of men came to 
us from Annapolis. They were detailed to care for the regi- 
mental property. First Lieutenant William 8. Pillsbury of 
Company I resigned today at Annapolis. This is the first 
vacancy among the commissioned officers. Daniel Q. Cole had 
been commissioned commissary on the organization of the regi- 
ment, but as the war department did not recognize this grade, he 
was commissioned first lieutenant of Company I, to fill the 
vacancy. He continued to discharge the duties of commissary, 
however, during his service. 

October 21—Middle of the forenoon weighed anchor and 
sailed down the bay until 8 Pp. M. Then anchored for the night. 

October 22—Sailed for Hampton Roads at 9 4. m. Anchored 
at night near the Rip Raps. Rained all day. Most of the men 
seasick. Weather unsettled. Salt fat pork, hard-tack and black 
coffee served three times a day. October 24 at anchor near For- 
tress Monroe. October 25 went ashore a few hours while the ves- 
sel was scrubbed. Stacked arms and looked about the island. 
James W. Patterson, Company B, of Nashua, died tonight, our 
first death. 

The next day Comrade Patterson’s funeral took place with 
burial near Fortress Monroe. A board was placed at his grave 
with name, company and regiment. Several of the sick of the 
regiment were sent ashore to the hospital. 

Sunday, October 27—Had inspection and prayer by Chaplain 
Willis on quarter deck. One month away from home. 


ON THE BALTIC. 


October 29—A beautiful morning. About 8 A. M. the great 
secret expedition started for somewhere to all of us unknown— 


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the expedition of naval vessels and transports, the greatest up 
to that time that had ever assembled under the American flag. 

The expedition against Port Royal, commanded by Gen. T’. 
W. Sherman, after many delays and much vexation to the com- 
mander, sailed out of Hampton Roads on the morning of Octo- 
ber 29, 1861. The Baltic, which had been lying off Fortress 
Monroe since its arrival from Annapolis with the Fourth, 
weighed anchor about eight o’clock. It was a sidewheel steamer, 
and one of the largest of that period. It had been chartered 
by the United States government before the attack on Fort Sum- 
ter, and was the vessel on which Major Anderson and the garri- 
son of that fort were transported to New York after the surren- 
der. It was now under way, with General Wright and staff and 
the Fourth New Hampshire on board, for a destination which 
was known only to the commanding general, who, with his staff 
and the Third New Hampshire, were on board the sister steam- 
ship Atlantic. 

The fleet, numbering nearly a hundred, presented a grand spec- 
tacle as it put out to sea in three columns, the smoke pouring 
from the smokestacks of the steamers, each of which had a trans- 
port sailing vessel in tow. The Baltic, under command of Cap- 
tain Comstock, a veteran seaman, was at the head of the right- 
hand column, and had in tow the great four-master, Ocean Ex- 
press. Hardly a man of the Fourth had ever been at sea, the 
trips from Allyn’s Point to Jersey City, and down the Chesa- 
peake from Annapolis to Fortress Monroe, constituting their 
entire experience with water transportation until now, when, 
about three o’clock in the afternoon, they found themselves out 
of sight of land for the first time. It was a novel experi- 
entire experience with water transportation until now, when, 
sion. ‘There was much seasickness, the rations were poor, and 
the stringy, ill-smelling condensed drinking water execrable. 
Long before the voyage ended, the men would gladly have gone 
ashore anywhere and in the face of the enemy. 

At about 3 o’clock in the morning of the thirty-first, the 
Baltic, being on the inside of the course and nearer land than 
the ships of the other columns, ran aground upon Frying Pan 


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shoals, off Cape Hatteras. It was a thrilling experience, and the 
history of the Fourth came near ending then and there. Cap- 
tain Comstock was on the bridge and had ordered the engines 
reversed, but nevertheless the vessel struck with such force that 
the men, in their bunks between decks, felt two violent shocks 
in quick succession. There was excitement and apprehension, 
but the men were kept below by the guards at the hatchways. 
The hawser of the Ocean Express was promptly cut, and the 
great ship barely passed the Baltie. A collision would have 
meant the destruction of both vessels and the probable loss of all 
on board. After a time the Baltic drew off from its perilous 
situation and having been found by the ship’s carpenters to have 
sustained no serious injuries, soon picked up the Ocean Express 
and continued on its course. 

On October 31 Corporal John S. C. Kelley from Atkinson, 
and a member of Company H, died and was buried at sea. A 
burial at sea, although common and familiar to seafaring men, 
is always peculiarly sad and impressive, and on this occasion was 
the more so by reason of being witnessed for the first time by 
the men of the Fourth, and following so quickly upon the great 
peril of the night before. The men gathered in solemn silence 
upon the deck, where a funeral service was held by Chaplain Wil- 
lis, Dignam’s band furnishing music appropriate to the occa- 
sion. Then the body, in uniform, lashed to a plank, heavily 
shotted and wrapped in a blanket, was consigned to its resting- 
place in the sea, while the Baltic kept on its course, bearing 
many a heavy and saddened heart. William Sherer, a Manches- 
ter man of Company K, died on November 5, and was given a 
burial at sea with similar solemn services. 

A terrific gale was encountered on November 2, and the soldier 
boys had their first experience of a storm at sea. The fleet was 
widely scattered, and for a time it seemed as if the expedition, 
from which so much had been hoped at the North, must come 
to an inglorious end. Several ships were badly damaged, and a 
few put back to Fortress Monroe, but the Baltic stoutly rode out 
the storm, although the hawser of the Ocean Express parted, and 
it was sometime before that big transport ship was picked up 
and rejoined the fleet at Hilton Head. 


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The men of the Fourth received six weeks’ pay on November 
4, but the money was of little immediate use. Comrade Mokler 
recorded in his diary that he saw one man offer a dollar for a 
drink of water such as the officers had, but was refused. On the 
forenoon of that day land was in sight, and at sunset the Baltic 
came to anchor, none of the men yet knowing on what part of 
the coast they were. The fleet was collecting during the two 
following days, and, a reconnoissance having been made by Com- 
modore Dupont on the sixth, all was in readiness for the bom- 
bardment on the seventh. 

The points of attack were Fort Beauregard on Phillip’s Island, 
and Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island, the two command- 
ing the entrance to Port Royal harbor, at the mouth of Broad 
river. At 8 o’clock on the morning of November 7 the signal 
was given for the fleet of ten warships and five gunboats to begin 
the day’s work, which was the reduction or capture of the forts. 
The Wabash, with Commodore Dupont, led the line of heavy 
warships, the gunboats, drawing less water, forming an inner 
line nearer the shore. The first broadsides were poured upon 
Fort Beauregard, which responded noisily. Then the ships, 
one after another, swung to the left, crossed over to near Fort 
Walker and delivered a broadside against that fortification. This 
order was maintained throughout the fight, the ships moving in 
a “circle formation,” or, more exactly, in an ellipse, firing first 
upon one fort and then upon the other. 

Meanwhile the men on the transports, out of range, but with 
the scene of the conflict in full view, climbed upon every part of 
the rigging and crowded and jostled on the gunwales in their 
eagerness to witness what was, for most of them, their first 
glimpse of real war. It was more than a glimpse, too, for the 
men of the Fourth, in common with the other troops of the ex- 
pedition, were watching the progress of one of the most spectac- 
ular and effective bombardments of the entire four years of con- 
flict. It continued without interruption for five hours. At 
1.15 the Ottawa signalled that Fort Walker was abandoned, and 
at 2.20 Commander Rodgers hoisted the Union flag over the 
captured fort. 


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The Wabash anchored at 2.45, and the transports then came 
up rapidly. General Wright’s brigade had landed by nightfall, 
the Fourth New Hampshire having the honor of being the first, 
or among the very first, troops to set foot on the soil of South 
Carolina. The Baltic, of deep draught and heavily loaded, could 
not come near the shore. Consequently the men of the Fourth 
were transferred to a smaller steamer and from this again to 
open boats. Even these could not touch dry land, and the regi- 
ment waded ashore, the men carrying their guns and cartridge- 
boxes above their heads as a precaution against wetting them. 
The landing was made on Port Royal Island, and the regiment, 
forming in line on the beach, marched to the enemy’s abandoned 
encampment, where the men, rejoicing over the events of the 
day, lay down and slept. 

October 29—The great naval expedition is off. After much 
waiting, an infinity of rumors and sundry disappointments, we 
are at last assured that the fleet, consisting of fifty sail, weighed 
anchor at daylight Tuesday, and amid favoring gales, stood 
southward on its momentous mission. 

It is of little consequence now whether Commodore Dupont’s 
private secretary did or did not abscond with certain papers— 
though we believe he did nothing of the kind. 

We apprehend, however, that there was some slight hitch of a 
similar character; but if, as now alleged, Dupont’s orders were 
mainly oral, and gathered in substance from a full consultation 
with the President and cabinet, the damage could not extend 
much beyond the loss of the code signals, which could be reme- 
died in a short time. Nor, if really valuable documents have 
been transferred to the enemy, will he have sufficient time to act 
upon them. The expedition was off Tuesday morning, and not 
many hours can pass away before it will strike the land some- 
where. : 

Of the forces embarked we have but little reliable information. 
It has been stated that General Sherman would have under him 
25,000 troops, besides an auxiliary force of seamen of consider- 
able strength. It has been said that the seamen of the whole 
expedition number 10,000. But perhaps we shall be nearer the 


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truth if we estimate General Sherman’s force 25,000, inclusive 
of sailors who may in any way take part in the military opera- 
tions. We regret to add that, with the exception of a single regi- 
ment, the troops are entirely raw. By the action of the authori- 
ties at Washington this was unavoidable, as all the best drilled 
-and tried regiments were felt to be indispensable on the line of 
the Potomac. This circumstance must be taken into account in 
all our calculations respecting the fruits of the expedition. 

Nor would we be unmindful of the other inevitable hazards 
attending such an enterprise—the inclement season of the year 
on the southern coast, the immense disadvantage with which 
any floating armament must contend with land fortification, 
the danger of meeting au enemy forearmed and forewarned, 
and hundreds of little mishaps which, concurring, suffice to baffle 
and break the best laid plans. We can only see that in Commo- 
dore Dupont and General Sherman, and able assistants, the expe- 
dition has been put into the best of hands, and it remains to 
trust that nothing has been left undone to merit and secure suc- 
cess. If the expedition does succeed, it will put another face 
on the doomed rebellion. 

Fine weather, October 30, but strong wind off Hatteras. Last 
night, as the sun set in the western waters, the scene was beau- 
tiful beyond expression, and as the shades of evening came slowly 
over the broad ocean, the stars came forth with more than their 
usual New England splendor. This morning at sunrise thirty- 
two vessels were in sight. The Vanderbilt, with the Third New 
Hampshire, having in tow the Great Republic, was one-half mile 
to the westward; the Wabash one mile southwest. 

October 31—This morning, at 2.45, the Baltic struck on Fry- 
ing Pan Shoals off Hatteras, then said to be 150 miles from the 
mainland. There were five or six shocks, two of them very 
heavy, but the Baltic, under the careful guidance of her skillful 
commander, Captain Comstock, backed off. The hawser con- 
necting the Ocean Express was cut, and, being free, we were 
soon away from the dangerous sandbar. We remained in the 
vicinity until daylight, when we continued our voyage south- 
ward. It was fortunate for us that the wind was not high or the 
sea rough. We are behind the fleet today in consequence of our 


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delay. The weather is mild, with a gentle west wind. The 
nights resemble the cool, breezy month of June, and the days 
our New Hampshire Indian summer. Corporal John S. C. Kel- 
ley, a young boy of Company H, from Atkinson, died this even- 
ing. 

The first day of November, a cloudy morning with gentle 
breeze ; then the sun breaks forth in all its splendor, burnishing 
the ocean with broad silver belts. Now a gentle shower hides us 
from the fleet; then a beautiful rainbow spans the western sky, 
reminding one of the familiar rhyme, 


A rainbow at night is a sailor’s delight ; 
A rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning. 


This is proved to us, for now the sea is in confusion and tumult; 
the ship pitches and rocks; the waves splash into the portholes, 
wetting the bunks of those nearest them. We are consoled by 
the thought that the hand that puts the waves in motion has 
power to lull them to repose. At 9 a. M. we witnessed a sad 
funeral at sea. Corporal Kelley was given a respectful burial 
service—a short prayer, a few words by Chaplain Willis, a sol- 
emn dirge by Dignam’s band, and the plank was raised to which 
his body was strapped. Wrapped in his blanket, with weights 
attached, the blue Atlantic opened to receive and closed over all 
that was mortal of young Corporal Kelley, an exemplification of 
the tragedy of war. This day we took the Ocean Express in tow 
again. 

November 2—Still the storm rages. Last night at sunset the 
ocean presented a grand but awful appearance. Sea after sea 
came rolling in, and our vessel rose on the crest of a wave and 
plunged again into the trough of a succeeding sea. During 
the night the wind blew a hurricane. One of the horses died 
and was thrown overboard to the sharks. 

November 2—The hawser that connected the Baltic with the 
Ocean Express parted last night, and the vessel is now separated 
from us. An amusing incident came very near being a serious 
accident. William B. Reynolds of Company D was washing his 
clothes on the upper deck forward the wheelhouse, when a wave 
came, struck the wheelhouse and fell back, covering him three 


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feet under water and nearly carrying him away. Could see but 
seven of the fleet. 

Sunday, November 3—Last night the storm abated, and at 10 
A. M. we could see land. Had religious services on deck. In the 
afternoon received our first pay, from muster in to November 
1. At night we were run into by a sailing vessel, but not dam- 
aged. Warm and pleasant. Fire near the cookhouse caused 
some uneasiness, as there was a large supply of ammunition on 


board. 
On Boarp STEamEeR “Bawric,’” OFF 


Port Roya, ENTRANCE, Sunday, November 3, 1861. 


A week has passed since I sent my last letter and since that 
time we have experienced various adventures of all kinds. The 
next morning after I last wrote we raised anchor and dropped 
down the harbor some five miles and gradually the fleet as- 
sembled around us. The next morning we raised anchor again 
and the fleet got under way and steamed out of Hampton Roads 
by the lighthouse, now extinguished by the rebels and used by 
them as a lookout place. As we went by we could see cavalry 
and foot men on the shore and the lookout men signalling to 
Jeff Davis, I presume, that the great expedition was passing 
out to invade some part of their “sacred soil.” 

The fleet as we sailed out consisted of forty-seven sail in 
three lines. The flagship, “The Wabash” (forty-two-gun 
frigate) sailed in advance and the rest followed, each line con- 
taining a brigade. None of us knew any more about where 
we were going than we did when I wrote last. It was a glori- 
ous sight to see this great fleet, the largest that ever sailed, 
both in the tonnage of the vessel and in the number of soldiers 
on board, from any port in the world, not excepting the great 
Spanish armada. 

The sea was calm, and we glided over the water as smoothly 
as though we were on an inland lake through all that day and 
the next day, and when I went to bed the next night I had 
no thought then that I should have other than a quiet sleep; 
but at three o’clock in the morning, November 1, I waked and 
was half dozing when, thump, thump, and at once a wild tumult 
arose. I jumped out of my bunk, pulled on my clothes, and 
tushed up on deck, all the while the thumping keeping on 
so violently that I could hardly keep my legs. I knew at the 
first thump that the ship was aground and was fearful that the 
men in a panic would rush on deck and prevent the men of the 


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ship from doing what they could, so I at once rushed around 
at the men and ordered everyone below, and they obeyed. 

Meanwhile the engines were reversed, and as the big paddle 
wheels slowly revolved the thumping grew lighter and lghter; 
and as rocket after rocket rushed up into the air and the cap- 
tain shouted out the order to load the signal guns, thumping 
ceased and the great ship glided off the shoals; and as the man 
who threw the lead shouted out, “Ten fathom,” then “Eleven 
fathom,” then “T’nirteen fathom,” every heart beat more freely. 
When the carpenters reported that the ship did not leak we 
were all relieved and not a soul on board failed, I believe, in 
heart at least, to thank God, who had saved us harmless from 
so great a peril. 

Many of the ships in the fleet touched on the same shoals, 
but all, I believe, got off without wreck, though the “Illinois” 
lost one of her smoke pipes. After we got off the shoals we 
put out for the open sea. All went on well again till the next 
evening, when a poor fellow named Kelley, from Atkinson (a 
son of a lawyer at that place) died very suddenly of congestive 
fever, at seven o’clock. At nine the same evening all assembled 
on deck. The funeral services were read by the chaplain, and 
at the words “We commit his body to the sea,” the poor fel- 
low’s body, sewed up in his blanket, with a forty-two-pound 
shot sewed in, was slid off the plank on which it laid into the 
deep, cold water, the band meanwhile playing “Pleyel’s Hymn.” 
It was a very solemn sight, and I thought how his parents and 
brothers and sisters were sitting around the fire at home, lit- 
tle thinking that the one they loved was sinking through the 
blue waters to the bottom of the sea, a hundred miles from land. 

Our experience did not end here, for the next afternoon a 
wind rose and by dark was a most severe gale. We had a ship 
in tow and was dragging her by a four-inch rope when a great 
wave came and snapped the cable as if it were a piece of twine. 
The wind grew higher and higher, and before midnight a ter- 
rible storm was raging. The ship rocked and rolled and pitched 
most fearfully. It was a most glorious sight to stand on the 
deck and see the great waves chasing each other, the crest of 
each lit up with phorescence, but it was a fearful sight to see 
a huge wave rush down toward the ship and seem about to cover 
us, when at the instant it would be on us the ship would rise 
over it and then sink down between the waves. The wood- 
work inside the ship creaked and groaned and many of the 
men and officers thought the ship would go to pieces. Many 
men prayed that night, I have no doubt, who had not prayed 
for years. 


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The waves went down at last, and we thought our troubles 
were over, when today the ship caught on fire, but the fire was 
extinguished at once without causing an alarm. So we have 
experienced all the dangers incident to a voyage at sea. 

The storm scattered the vessels of the fleet widely apart, and 
not a ship was in sight till tonight, when twenty had made 
their appearance, and we are now in quiet water waiting. Now 
as for our whereabouts: we are in sight of land, which we under- 
stand is an island called “Hilton’s Head,” which you will find 
on the coast of Georgia, to the north of Savannah, so the prob- 
ability is that we shall make an ascent on that place, and if 
so we shall land, I presume, about day after tomorrow. The 
fleet will steam in and throw shells over the land and drive 
every enemy inland, when the army will land and throw up 
a fortification and hold the point till a larger force arrives, and 
then march on to Savannah. I will try and send this letter 
home by the “Baltic” and another one also, telling of our ad- 
ventures of the landing. 

LOUIS BELL. 


November 4—A report that a small steamer, the Governor, was 
sunk in the storm last Saturday proved true. No lives lost. 
The steamer Union was blown ashore, and the crew and several 
soldiers of the Fourth—teamsters—were taken prisoners, among 
them Quartermaster Sergeant Kelley, brother of Quartermaster 
John L. Kelley. About 5 p. m. the Baltic left the fleet and 
sailed in search of the Ocean Express. The gunboats were firing 
on a battery on shore. 

November 5—Sailed all last night. About 10 a. M. was 
boarded by the U. S. sloop of war, Dale. At 2. mM. met the rest 
of the fleet. Private William Sherer of Manchester, born in 
Deering, and one of the oldest men in Co. K, died today and was 
buried quietly at sea, because of the near approach of the attack 
on Port Royal. He left a wife and nine children. Corporal 
Henry H. Jackson of Co. D died today at his home in Laconia. 
He had been discharged sick at Annapolis. 

November 6—Arrived off Port Royal, S. C. Were at anchor 
all day far from shore. Fleet collecting together. Several ves- 
sels were damaged in the storm—one lost her masts. First 
Lieutenant Israel L. Drew of Co. H, brother of our major, who 
had been left behind sick at Annapolis, died there today. His 


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body was taken to his home in Lawrence, Mass., where he was 
given a military funeral and buried in Belleview cemetery. — 

Thursday, November 7, was a notable day in the history of the 
Fourth. We witnessed from the Baltic the successful bombard- 
ment of Forts Walker and Beauregard, and, at nightfall, stood 
on the soil of South Carolina, the first of the states to adopt an 
ordinance of secession, and the first in which a hostile shot was 
fired upon the Union flag. A New Hampshire man, John G. 
Foster, afterwards a major-general, was among the last to leave 
Fort Sumter with its little garrison the April before, and it was 
the fortune of the Fourth New Hampshire to be the first to land 
at the close of this eventful November day. 

It had been the original plan to make a combined land and 
naval attack at Port Royal, but this was abandoned, partly on 
account of the storm and partly by reason of the lack of sufficient 
boats for the prompt landing of the troops. Port Royal harbor 
was defended by two forts at its entrance—Walker, on Hilton 
Head Island, and Beauregard, at Bay Point on Phillip’s Island. 
Commodore Dupont, after a reconnoissance, had decided to attack 
the forts simultaneously, and at 8 o’clock, on the morning of 
November 7, the signal was given for the warships to prepare for 
action. 'The flagship Wabash led, starting at 8.10, the other war- 
ships following, one after another, in regular order. 

Meanwhile there was intense excitement on board the trans- 
ports, which remained out of range from the enemy’s fire. 
Masts, yards, shrouds, gunwales, and every available point of 
observation swarmed with soldiers, eager to witness the sublime 
spectacle. Words fail to describe the scene or the emotions of 
the men. At 9.26 the first gun was fired from Fort Walker, 
and this was followed by a second from Fort Beauregard. Then 
the Wabash replied, then the Susquehanna, and so on. As one 
shot followed another, cheer after cheer went up from the soldiers 
on the transports. Their enthusiasm rose. They were ready for 
anything when their turn should come. 

The fleet sailed round and round in a circle, or more exactly, 
an ellipse, affording the ships an opportunity to fire a broadside 
upon each fort in turn. The terrific combat lasted for five 


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hours, and the bursting of shells in mid-air, the bounding of shot 
on the water, and the bellowing of the distant-thunderlike cannon 
were sights and sounds that awakened feelings of awe in the 
breast of every spectator. The enemy’s marksmanship was poor, 
however, and only twelve men were killed in the entire fleet dur- 
ing the action. There were thirty large cannon in Fort Walker, 
and the captain of the Wabash said, after the battle, that if he 
had had those guns he could have sunk the whole fleet. 

By 3.30 the forts were found to have been abandoned. The 
firing from the warships ceased, and marines went ashore and ran 
up the stars and stripes amid the cheers of the fleet. Then came 
the order for the Third brigade to land, and toward evening the 
landing was effected. As General Wright was on the Baltic it 
fell to the Fourth, just about 1,000 strong, to take the lead. 
As the Baltic was of too deep draught for the shallow waters, 
the regiment was transferred to the Isaac Smith, which had taken 
part in the action, at the same time towing the Vandalia. It is 
perhaps worth noting that fourteen Smiths, members of the 
regiment, were thus for a short time on board a war vessel bear- 
ing the name of their numerous family. The Isaac Smith went 
as far inshore as was practicable, when the men were taken in 
surf boats, until these were aground, after which they waded 
ashore waist-deep in water, carrying their rifles and cartridge- 
boxes above their heads. 

They were on land at last, scarcely knowing where they were, 
and not knowing at all where the enemy might be. Wet, tired, 
and hungry, the men of the regiment slept, or tried to sleep, on 
their arms. In the morning, however, there was an agreeable 
change. Near by were plantations of sugar cane and of sweet 
potatoes, and the boys of the Fourth made up for the unappetizing 
rations on shipboard. The sweet potatoes were roasted, and the 
pith of the sugar cane was chewed with relish by men who for 
weeks had been supplied by the government with all they 
wanted, and more than they wanted, of salt pork. 


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Fort Waker, Hinron’s HEAp, 
Orr Braurort, 8. C., November 7, 1861. 


I am writing to you seated on a secession camp stool in 
Lieutenant-Colone! Bedou’s camp, out of which our shells today 
drove him and all the rest of the rebel crew. The fleet began 
this morning to pitch shells into the fort and kept it up till 
about 5 Pp. M., when we landed, to find everything deserted, the 
officers not having time to even take their little knicknacks 
away. Our forces all landed; only one man killed by the 
enemy’s fire. 


LOUIS BELL. 


GENERAL SHERMAN’S OFFICIAL REPORT. 


HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITION CORPS, 
Port Royat, S. C., Nov. 8, 1861. 
Adjutant General, United States Army, Washington, D. C.: 


Sir :—I have the honor to report that the force under my command 
embarked at Annapolis, Maryland, on the twenty-first of October, and 
arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on the twenty-second. 

In consequence of the delay in the arrival of some of our transports, 
and the unfavorable state of the weather, the fleet was unable to. set 
out for the southern coast until the 29th, when, under the conyoy of a 
naval squadron in command of Commodore Dupont, and after the most 
mature consideration of the object of the expedition by that flag officer 
and myself, it was agreed to first reduce any works that might be 
found at Port Royal, South Carolina, and thus open the finest harbor 
on the coast that exists south of Hatteras. It was calculated to reach 
Port Royal in five days at most, but in consequence of adverse wind 
and a perilous storm on the day and night of the first of November, 
the fleet did not arrive at Port Royal bar until the fourth, and then 
but in part, for it had been almost entirely dispersed by the gale, and 
the vessels have been straggling in up to this date. 

The transport steamers Union, Belvidere, Osceola, and Peerless have 
not arrived. Two of them are known to be lost, and it is probable all 
are. 

It is gratifying, however, to say that none of the troop transports 
connected with the land forces were lost, though the Winfield Scott 
had to sacrifice her whole éargo, and the Roanoke a portion of her 
cargo, to save the lives of the regiments on board. The former will 
again be unable to put to sea. The vessels connected with the naval 
portion of the fleet have also suffered much, and some have been lost. 


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After a careful reconnoissance in Port Royal bay it was ascertained 
that the rebels had three earthworks of remarkable strength, strongly 
garrisoned, and covered by a fleet of three gunboats, under Captain 
Tatnall, late of the United States Navy, besides strong land forces, 
which the rebels were concentrating from Charleston and Savannah. 
The troops of the rebels were afterwards ascertained to have been 
commanded by General Brayton. 

One of the forts, and probably the strongest, was situated on Hil- 
ton’s Head, and the other two on Phillips’ Island. It was deemed 
proper to first reduce the fort on Hilton’s Head, though to do this a 
greater or less fire might have to be met from the batteries on Bay 
Point. At the same time our original plan of codperation of the land 
forces in this attack had to be set aside, in consequence of the loss dur- 
ing the voyage of a greater portion of our means of disembarkment, 
together with the fact that the only point where the troops should 
have landed was from five to six miles (meaning around the interven- 
ing shoal) from the anchoring place of our transports, altogether too 
great a distance for successful debarkation, with our limited means. 
It was, therefore, agreed that the place should be reduced by the naval 
force alone. In consequence of the shattered condition of the fleet, 
and the delay in the arrival of vessels that were indispensable for the 
attack, it had to be postponed until the seventh instant. 

I was a mere spectator of the combat, and it is not my province 
to render any report of this action. I deem it an imperative duty to 
say that the firing and manceuvring of our fleet against that of the 
rebels and their formidable batteries was a masterpiece of activity and 
professional skill, that must have elicited the applause of the rebels 
themselves as a tactical operation. I think that too much praise can- 
not be awarded to the science and skill exhibited by the flag officer of 
the naval squadron and the officers connected with his ships. I deem 
the performance a masterly one, and it ought to have been seen to be 
fully appreciated. 

After the works were reduced I took possession of them with the 
land forces. The beautifuily constructed work on Hilton’s Head was 
severely crippled, and many of the guns dismounted. Much slaughter 
had evidently been made there, many bodies having been buried in the 
fort, and some twenty or thirty were found some half a mile distant. 
The island for many miles was found strewn with army accoutrements 
and baggage of the rebels, which they threw away in their hasty 
retreat. We have also come into possession of about forty pieces of 
ordnance, most of which is the heaviest calibre and of the most 
approved models, and a large quantity of ammunition and camp 
equipage. 

It is my duty to report the valuable services of Mr. Pautelle, assist- 
ant in the coast survey, assisting with his accurate and extensive knowl- 


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edge of this country. His services are invaluable to the army as well 
as to the navy, and I earnestly recommend that important notice be 
taken of this very able and scientific officer by the War Department. 
I am, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
T. W. SHERMAN, 
Brigadier General Commanding. 


THE STORM AND THE NAVAL EXPEDITION. 


The violent storm of wind and rain which raged in this section 
of New York on Saturday and up to yesterday morning has nat- 
urally excited grave apprehensions respecting the safety of the 
fleet, which left Hampton Roads last Tuesday morning. By a 
well known meteorological law, storms as severe as that com- 
mence in the Gulf of Mexico and sweep up against a northeast 
wind along the whole line of our coast, often taking a week 
in the transit. The popular apprehension is that the storm must 
have encountered the fleet somewhere along the coast, and if such 
is the fact, the country must be prepared in a few days to hear 
very unwelcome news. It may be that the gale was not as 
severe below as we know it was above Hatteras, and in that case 
the damage would be but slight, but, unfortunately, the previous 
history of these great Atlantic storms does not warrant that sup- 
position. A heavy blow in the latitude of New York on Sat- 
urday generally indicates a storm at Washington on Friday, one 
at Hatteras on Thursday, and so on down the coast, but the vio- 
lence of the tempest does not usually abate as we approach its 
point of departure; hence the apprehensions of sea-faring men 
and others respecting its effect upon the naval expedition. 

The facts in our possession are few, but they are fitted to excite 
considerable uneasiness. We know that the fleet sailed on Tues- 
day, that it was seen off Hatteras on Wednesday, and that it did 
teach Beaufort, South Carolina, if that was its destination, by 
Friday at furthest. We also know that the storm which raged 
here on Saturday prevailed at Fortress Monroe on Friday, and 
in all probability was in the latitude of Charleston on Wednesday 
night or Thursday. There is no reason to fear that any harm 


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occurred to the steamships, gunboats or larger transports, but 
there were a number of small, heavily laden vessels in the expedi- 
tion that might have been injured. It is probable also that in 
case the storm was very severe the attack on the point intended 
was postponed for a time. 


THE GREAT EXPEDITION. 


November 7, 1861. 

The twenty-ninth of October will henceforth be signalized in the 
history of the Union as the day on which sailed the great armada 
to crush out the slave-holding rebellion against the authority 
of the republic. Nothing in the whole course of the war has pro- 
duced such a profound sensation throughout the states in rebel- 
lion as has the sailing of this expedition; nor has anything 
raised such high expectations of the speedy success of the federal 
cause. The period when an adequate force should lay hold upon 
the southern coast and produce a powerful diversion at the 
seat of the war in Virginia and in the Southwest has from 
the beginning been looked to as the point from which would 
date the wane of the rebellion and the reéstablishment of con- 
stitutional authority. That period has come. 

After various delays caused by storm and otherwise the expe- 
dition sailed from Hampton Roads at the date above mentioned. 

The composition of the naval force was as follows: 


Navat Force. 

Flag Officer in Command, 
SAMUEL F. Dupoint, of Delaware. 
Flag Captain, 

CuHartes H. Davis, of Massachusetts. 
Flag Lieutenant, 


SAMUEL W. Preston, of Illinois. 


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VESSELS OF WAR. 


Flagship. 
1. Steam Frigate Wabash): : c. -mcctuteteminiice cate teens 50 guns 
2: Sloop Vandalia... . «i. +. signee | tee oeisoe a eee eae 20 guns 


18 GUNBOATS. 


Augusta, Curlew, Gem of the Sea, Ottawa, and Pawnee, 9 guns each. 
Alabama, 7 guns. 

Isaac W. Smith, 6 guns. 

Penguin, Pocahontas and Seminole, 5 guns each. 

Florida, Mohican and Pemlina. 

Seneca, Unadilla and Georgia, 4 guns each. 

R. B. Forbes and Shawshene, 2 guns each. 


23 TRANSPORTS—STEAMERS. 


Ariel, Atlantic, Baltic, Ben Deford, Cawhawba, Coatzacoalcos, 
Daniel Webster, Empire City, Ericsson, Locust Point, Marion, 
Mantanzas, Ocean Queen, Oriental, Parkersburg, Philadelphia, 
Potomac, Roanoke, Star of the South, Union, Vanderbilt, 
Winfield Scott, Illinois. 


32 SAILING VESSELS. 
Ships. 
Great Republic, Ocean Express, Golden Eagle, Zenas Coffin. 
Bark. 
J. A. Bishop. 


Brigs. 
Belle of the Bay, Ellen P. Stewart. 


Schooners. 


Abbott, Allen, Aid, Vance, Clark, Underwood, English, Frambes, East, 
Western Star, Saratoga, Bright, McNeil, Faust, Miller, Chester, 
Satterthwaite, Snowflake, Molany, Aerial, Simms, Hewitt, 
Sarah, Saulsbury, Cullin. 


5 STEAMBOATS. 


Mayflower, Belvidere, Governor, Peerless, Osceola. 


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2 STEAMTUGS. 


Guns 
OM Wika Retitee vate era. kere ons AL SiiGardtiericraeeeaecniioee ure. « 2 
MIGICbba a gado pone obo Seer eRe De Sei Jey Maaiitonion aenpirisn creates ass 2 


2 FERRY BOATS. 
Commodore Perry, Ethan Allen. 


Torat NAvaAL Force. 


Guns. 
INawalPViesselise o:.%tis sie:e sie. 2,0 sete ree ee 20 
ASPEN PO LOFIS) Seeker nn ieee ns: ciko, tcloinicko OF 23 
SarlimopViessels sitar cdc) cist oe ee a Oho 32 
S fea Oat sunsets ctetetelecsis.a icjncovs «8s ts A Cee 5 
SiiGRIUTED A635 Sate Eee tein doco bullets 2 
IGS, JEON Bah ore Ee neROOIET oo Oo 95.0000 00% 2 
ING) e820 Ree One Cee ROC io SUauoCoG 84 


The following and probably other vessels would join the expe- 
dition on passing the points where they were stationed: 


Gunis. 
SEAVEITITE tan Atta SAO CRE Reta cio,c-oltiene-c 24 
SAID ear bole a chi on EEE Oc Reb o.alblbalS b 50 
LENE? 3.60: 6.c. Oo OE ane cl OSE CODS DES 4 
DEO Gaboee nce pons pociouios a ondp yo 16 
Sis, ILE SHIN GS ag Ci CEI coo ein. oGecan cous 50 
SS iteltatlniaite sreretaycicrecc ~atens ovo dept orotate 15 


Thus the entire fleet comprises ninety vessels. 


MARINES. 


The steamer Governor took a battalion of the United States 
marines, under command of Major Reynolds. 


Mitirary Force. 


The military force of the expedition has been variously esti- 
mated at from fifteen to twenty-five thousand men; but it may be 
quite safely stated at fifteen thousand, including troops and 
marines. Hight regiments are from New England, consisting 
of hardy, well-seasoned coast men; five are from New York, two 
from Pennsylvania, and one from Michigan. The artillery and 
marine corps are a well-trained and promising lot of men, fully 


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equal to anything of the kind the rebels can bring against them. 
The military force is organized as follows: 


CoMMANDING GENERAL AND STAFF, 


Commander-in-Chief, 


Bric.-Gen. T. W. SHERMAN, Acting Major-General. 


STAFF. 


Asst. Adjt.-General, Capt. Louis Pelouze, 15th Infantry. 
Chief Quartermaster, Capt. Rufus Saxton, Asst. Quartermaster U. 


S. Army. 

Asst. Quartermaster, Capt. H. A. Hascall, Asst. Quartermaster U. 
S. Army. 

Asst. Quartermaster, Capt. C. E. Fuller, Asst. Quartermaster U. S. 
Army. 


Chief Commissary, Capt. M. R. Morgan, Asst. Com. Sub. U. S. Army. 

Chief Engineer, Capt. Q. A. Gilmore, U. S. Engineers. 

First Asst. Engineer, First Lieut. J. A. Tardy, Jr., U. S. Engineers. 

Second Asst. Engineer, Second Lieut. P. H. O’Rouke, U. S. Engineers. 

Topographical Engineer, First Lieut. J. H. Wilson, U. S. Engineers. 

Chief of Ordnance, First Lieut. Horace Porter, Ordnance Dept. U. 
S. Army. 

Assist. Chief of Ordnance, First Lieut. Horace Porter, Ordnance 
Dept., U. S. Army. 

Medical Director, Surgeon Geo. E. Cooper, U. S. Army, Med. Dept. 

Signal Officer, First Lieut. Theo. L. Dumont, U. S. Volunteers. 

Aide-de-Camp, Lieut. Chas. Magner, Twentieth Mass. Volunteers. 

Additional Paymaster, Major Z. K. Vaughborn. 

Additional Paymaster, Major J. L. Hewitt. 

Division. Commander, Brig.-Gen. T. W. Sherman, Acting Major-Gen. 


FIRST BRIGADE. 
Commanded by 
Bric.-GEN. EGBERT L. VIELE. 
Composed of 


New. Elampshire Third... 4. sone eee eee eae Col. E. W. Fellows 
Maine®Hichth: 20:33... 0c no. coe eee eee ee Col. Lee Strickland 
New. York Forty-Sixth? 2): «accent rene Col. Rudolph Rosa 
New) Work! Forty-Seventhi: (his... enee meee eiienic siete Col. Henry Moore 


New -York-Forty-Eighth2: 2) ipqmiecioeeisneiee risers Col. J. H. Perry 


fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 59 
SECOND BRIGADE. 


Commanded by 
Bric.-Gen. ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS. 
Composed of 


Petinsylvcrmuicrebntietliins .(. (<j. vis's' + <foiselale letra eee eae Col) Ba Ce iChrist 
Pennsylvania Routidheade. .../'s sacs crececieeeieeiee Col. David Leasure 
INGE ieay an IE alan O68 6s soo BR ORe DRA BBR Imod oc occ obs Col. Wm. M. Fenton 
News Wonk) Seyenty= Ninth. 40.< 2. «0 «sce viele Lieut.-Col. W. H. Nobles 


THIRD BRIGADE. 
Commanded by 
Bric.-Gen. HORATIO GATES WRIGHT. 
Composed of 


News Hampshire Potnthiyss 625 bice-s. 0. cere alters Col. Thomas J. Whipple 
Conmecticuty Siccthiesaitae seins o.6 clone sss ss ee eietiog Col. J. R. Chatfield 
Gonnechicity SEventhiy ace suis ers <5 > ac.sre oe eels aoa teTe Col. A. A. Terry 


Ile shave IN ial PAR Lee 3 Let ee ee Ar Col. Richworth Rich 


AMinicimiviodemlslaridimn en. <cicinacie sae ss. MReeae ee ate oaneeS Col. Brown 
iMassachusettsHMiwenty=Eanst s....././. 21's). 2st ora ctneaeiee asetete ene Col. Morse 
Bneuneer aVolinteersm battalions .\...:-).\. renee ee Col. E. W. Serrill 


Corps of Sappers and Miners. 


SIGNAL CORPS. 
Chief Officer in charge attached to General Sherman, 
Lieut. THEo. Dumont. 
Attached to Staff of Brig.-General Viele, 
Lieuts. E. J. KEENAN anp O. H. Howarp. 
Attached to Staff of Brig.-General Wright, 
H. Cray SNYDER AND F. E. Town. 


Attached to Staff of Brig.-General Stevens, 


Lreuts. W. S. CoccGswELL AND W. L. Tart. 


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ARTILLERY. 
Battery of six pieces (Parrott Rifled), 


CAPTAIN HAMILTON. 
Port Roya AND Its VICINITY. 


Port Royal is fifteen miles east from the mouth of the Savan- 
nah river, and is in all respects the most eligible point along the 
southern coast for effecting a hostile landing. The entrance to 
the harbor is one of the best below Norfolk; and the harbor itself 
is large enough to admit of the anchorage and movements of the 
whole fleet. The city of Beaufort is situated on the east side of 
the harbor on Port Royal Island, with a population of about one 
thousand. The harbor runs into and commands Beaufort 
county, and constitutes the southern extremity of South Caro- 
lina. The population of the district in 1850 was 38,805, of 
which only 6,500 were free. 

The chief staples of the district are cotton, rice, Indian corn, 
and sweet potatoes. Beaufort is one of the most populous dis- 
tricts in South Carolina. The surrounding country is a level 
plain, but little elevated above the sea; and the soil is alluvial 
and sandy, well adapted, apparently, for quartering troops, and 
for the movements of an attacking army. 

Port Royal communicates almost directly by railroad with 
Charleston and Savannah. A force moving up the river from 
Beaufort city would strike the Charleston and Savannah Rail- 
road at a point about fifty miles from Charleston on the one 
hand, and fifty miles from Savannah on the other. The acqui- 
sition of that road will of course be one of the first movements 
of the expeditionary army, giving, as it would, the command of 
both cities, besides cutting off the facilities of transit and trans- 
ports from the rebels. 


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SPECIAL DIspaTcH. 


Fortress Monroe, Tuesday, November 7th, 
via Baltimore, November 8th. 


There are rumors floating about here to the effect that our fleet 
encountered a heavy storm and that a number of vessels were wrecked. 

The only reliable facts ascertained are that a flag of truce arrived 
here today, and that intelligence received by it is to the effect that the 
steamer Union and another vessel were wrecked, and that the enemy, 
in consequence of the disaster, had taken seventy-five prisoners, who 
are at Raleigh, N. C. The Union had on board horses, all of which, 
except fifteen, were said to be lost. The other vessel had on board 
ordnance stores and cartridges. 

Our fleet were said to be bombarding Port Royal, which is in a 
critical condition, and just ready to surrender. 

The rebel commander had a small steamer under his control and he 
threatened to use it and seize one of the small vessels of the fleet which 
had been driven on a lee shore, with troops on board her. On the 
whole, the news is not regarded as of an unfavorable character. 

This intelligence comes through a source supposed to sympathize with 
the secessionists, and it is claimed to be derived from one of General 
Huger’s aides. 

The United States gunboat Monticello will leave for the blockade off 
Wilmington in a couple of days. General Phelps states that the rebels 
are bolder and more numerous than ever near Newport News. 


Fortress Monror, November 7. 

The S. R. Spaulding left for Hatteras Inlet last evening with a cargo 
of commissary stores. It is more than probable that some of the troops 
will land in here. It is understood at Old Point that Hatteras Inlet is 
a place of too much importance to be abandoned. Should the Twenti- 
eth Indiana regiment return to Old Point, its place will be immediately 
supplied by a large force. 

By a flag of truce just from Norfolk, we have news of the fleet, but 
provokingly meager, as the only person who came down was bound 
by parole to reveal no particulars. 

The steamer Union, with a cargo of horses and stores, and another 
transport, whose name is not given, were lost during the gale, one 
at King Devil Shoal, and the other on Rogue’s Beach, on the coast of 
North Carolina. The crews of both vessels, seventy-three in number, 
are now prisoners at Raleigh, N. C. It is not known whether any were 
lost, but fifteen horses were saved. 


Fortress Monroe, November 7. 
I learn that a vessel of the U. S. Navy, which was sent to Norfolk on 
Monday with a flag of truce by General Wool, on some business of his 


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own, was brought back this afternoon by a rebel flag of truce. He 
reports that telegraphic dispatches were received today at Norfolk, 
that our fleet was then, the 7th inst., bombarding Port Royal, S. C, 
and the work on both sides was very sharp and hot. 

Two of the transports, one having ammunition on board, and the 
Union, carrying horses, went ashore during the gale. The Union was 
wrecked on Rogue’s Beach, and out of eighty horses fifteen were saved. 

I also learn that the telegraph at Norfolk is in constant operation, 
bringing from the scene of operation dispatches. The wildest excite- 
ment prevails among the rebels in Norfolk, also among the people at 
this point. 

The Union was a new vessel, built in New York, and was intended 
for the use of the quartermaster department here, but was trans- 
ferred to Captain Saxton, quartermaster to General Sherman. She was 
a very fast sailor, and proposed to be the return vessel to bring the 
news of the result. 


REBEL ACCOUNTS. 


Fortress Monror, November 13, 
via Baltimore, November 14. 
November 15, 1861. 


There is no news today from the great expedition, except the follow- 
ing from the Norfolk “Day Book” of today, received by a flag of truce: 

“The French man-of-war, Catinet, arrived here today in search of the 
crew of the Prony, who went North yesterday.” 

“The naval attack on Port Royal was terrific cannonading. The bat- 
teries were abandoned. The enemy is in full possession of the harbor.” 

“Our Southern papers bring us accounts of the naval attack on Port 
Royal, and in the confusion of statements it is impossible to give a very 
connected or circumstantial account of the engagement.” 

The “Savannah Republican” furnishes the following: 

“The firing between Fort Walker and the fleet commenced about nine 
o'clock, the fleet giving most of their attention to Fort Walker. Before 
ten o’clock, seven of the largest steamers of the fleet had passed the 
batteries, and when the St. Mary left, from whose passengers we 
obtained our account of the first part of the action, a most terrible 
cannonading was going on. The fight continued until the departure of 
the Emma, at twelve o’clock, and when the Savannah left, at two 
o'clock, the firing was unabated, except at the Bay Point battery, which 
had been silenced between eleven o'clock and twelve o’clock. At this 
time a tremendous cannonading was kept up by the fleet, consisting of 
some thirty odd steamers and gunboats, which was returned by Fort 
Walker and the battery of Hilton Head.” 


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SAVANNAH, November 12. 

The “Republican” of this morning is informed by a gentleman from 
the interior, that the bridges over Chickamange Creek were burned by 
discharged hands, and not by the Unionists, as stated. : 

The “Republican” publishes an extract of a letter from St. Simons 
Island, of the tenth inst., which says that one federal vessel passed that 
day at Prescott’s, and three more on the ninth, bound south, passed Fer- 
nandina. General Lee is in Savannah. There is nothing positive con- 
cerning the federals. 


CoLuMBUS, Ky., November 12. 

The “Savannah Republican” says: 
_ “The Fort Walker armament consisted of sixteen guns, nine of which 

bore upon shipping, the balance being in position on the land side. Five 
or six of these guns, among them the twenty-four-pound rifle cannon 
and one ten-inch Columbiad, were disabled during the forenoon. Thus 
disabled, and their ammunition exhausted, the garrison evacuated Fort 
Walker between three and four o’clock, retiring in the direction of 
Bluffton, leaving the guns in position and unspiked, having no spikes 
for that purpose. In the course of the morning and previous night 
considerable reinforcements of infantry and artillery from Georgia 
and South Carolina had arrived at Hilton Head, and were stationed in 
the vicinity of the batteries, but we are unable, at present, to ascertain 
the number of troops engaged in the battle. Captain Jacob Reid’s Artil- 
lery Corps of the First Georgia Regiment of regulars arrived on the 
scene of action on Wednesday night, and yesterday bore a gallant part 
in the fight. Four or five of their men were killed early in the action. 
The corps lost two of their guns and several horses. Colonel Randolph 
Spaulding’s Georgia Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Captain Berry, 
were also in the engagement. 

“They were marched to the beach, and received a galling fire of round 
shot and shell from the fleet, which, however, they were unable to 
return with their muskets. 

“Of the Floyd County Berry Infantry James S. Ayres and pecona 
Surgeon W. H. Pekinson received slight wounds. 

“Col. William H. Stiles’ volunteer regiment of Georgia reached the 
scene of action at eleven o’clock, having marched from Skidaway, which 
is seven and a half miles distant, at the double-quick, but they were 
also unable to fire on the fleet, which was out of reach of their guns. 
The regiment had several killed and wounded from the fleet. 

“Our informant states that Col. Stiles had two horses shot from 
under him, and in the fall of one of them, received a slight injury in the 
shoulder. The colonel and his regiment was at one time exposed to a 
terrific shelling from the fleet, and it is only surprising that more of 
them were not killed and wounded. 


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“Col. Randolph Spaulding, not being in command of his regiment, 
joined a corps belonging to another regiment, and engaged in the fight 
as far as it was possible for the infantry to participate in it, with his 
musket on his shoulder. 

“Between eleven and twelve o’clock twelve vessels engaged the forts, 
five of them first-class steam frigates, and the other seven were second- 
class steamers, with a tug leading. The tug opened fire on our infantry 
stationed some distance from the beach. One of the frigates, the Min- 
nesota (Wabash), at a distance of two miles, also threw shot and shell 
at the infantry. Our informant assures us that seven Dahlgren guns 
from one of the frigates fired many shots on the hospital containing 
our wounded, hitting the building several times, notwithstanding the 
yellow flag was flying. The surgeons were compelled by this barbarous 
act to have our wounded moved further into the interior. The Minne- 
sota (Wabash) is reported to have been on fire three times from hot 
shot thrown from the batteries. 

“Col. Spaulding’s regiment lost all its baggage, blankets, etc., but 
saved all their arms. We understand that the loss on our side is about 
twelve killed and forty wounded. Among the latter is Captain J. A. 
Yates, of Charleston, who was seriously injured by the bursting of a 
shell. Dr. Buist, of Greenville, S. C., was instantly killed by a shell 
striking him on the head. We have no positive information from the 
Bay Point Battery, further than it was silenced at eleven o’clock. We 
hear that it suffered serious loss. ] 

“Tt is reported that the garrison retired in safety to Beaufort. Of 
Col. DeSaussere’s regiment, stationed at Fort Walker, four were killed 
at the batteries and twenty wounded. 

“We understand that the Confederates lost no prisoners, except, per- 
haps one or two from Col. De Saussere’s regiment. The killed were 
covered with blankets and left. The wounded were all placed on 
board of steamers and will arrive at Savannah today. The abandoned 
batteries were taken possession of by the enemy, and the United Statees 
flag waved over them when our troops retired.” 


RicHMonpD, November II. 

The Charleston “Mercury” of the toth has the following: 

“The Yankee prisoners in South Carolina are all safely in jail, where 
they abide the issue of the trials of our brave privateersmen at the 
North. Should one drop of South Carolina blood be shed by the 
Northern courts for defending the South on the seas, it will be paid 
with interest at Charleston. Self-protection, and the enforcement of 
laws of nations and humanity alike, require in this instance full and 
ample retaliation. The “Mercury” says that the federals did capture 
a large amount of cotton in the vicinity of Port Royal. 

The “Mercury” of the oth inst. publishes a leader with the startling 
headlines in large capitals: 


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“NAVAL ATTACK ON PORT ROYAL,” 


“BATTERIES ABANDONED,” 
“THE ENEMY IN FULL POSSESSION.” 


“We are in the midst of a mass of conflicting rumors, which reached 
us yesterday from Port Royal. Early in the day it was generally 
believed that the abandonment of Fort Walker was owing to the 
supply of powder becoming exhausted. 

“Our latest dispatches are not very different, but very mortifying. 
They state that the fort was gallantly held by its defenders until 
twenty-seven of its batteries of twenty-nine guns had either been dis- 
mounted or become useless.” 

The “Mercury” continues : ad 

“There is no doubt that the fleet will suceeel in the capture of an 
immense amount of cotton of the best quality. We understand that our 
forces have placed formidable obstructions below Beaufort, about four 
miles distant. 

“General Lee is hard at work near Beaufort, and General Ripley at 
Boyd’s Landing, for the defense of the Charleston and Tennessee 
Railroad.” 

A dispatch, dated Pocotaligo, November eighth, says: 

“General Drayton retired in two steamers by Pipe’s Ferry, and is now 
in Bluffton. The number of casualties he reports from thirty to forty. 

“General Donovan retreated by way of Ladies’ Island and Beau- 
fort to Port Royal Ferry. Beaufort had not been burned as was re- 
ported. It contained an immense deal of cotton, but it was well known 
that Bluffton would be burned in case it was attacked. The railroad at 
Pocotaligo, Charleston and Savannah is in the greatest danger.” 


GeEorGETOWN, S. C., November Io. 
The wreck of the federal steamer Osceola has been overhauled and 
several barrels of potatoes and other vegetables secured. 


News via Oxp Pornt. 


Battimore, November 14. 
The boat from Old Point has arrived here. The Charleston “Mer- 


cury,” no date, is quoted by the Norfolk “Day Book” of yesterday as 
follows: 

“We have not a word of authentic news from Beaufort. A report 
came over the wires yesterday that the place had been bombarded and 
burned late in the day. Late in the day, however, we heard that the 
town was not burned, but that it had been occupied by the enemy. We 


cannot vouch for either statement. The regular news dispatches from 


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the scene of the invasion are, we presume, suppressed by military 
authority. Our special correspondents have sent us no dispatches of 
late, so we must be content to watch and wait.” 

A flag of truce from Norfolk brought down some thirty passengers, 
all of whom said that they were leaving “Dixie” on account of the high 
price of living there and the unsettled state of society. All their bag- 
gage was searched. Southern papers were very scarce. Only three 
were on board, and from them we gather the following additional news 
items: 

“No QUARTER TO THE ENEMY.” 


“Aucusta, November II. 

“A report has been current here for the past day or two that black 
flags have been hoisted at Savannah, Charleston, and other places 
on the southern coast, which indicates that no quarter will be given 
to the invaders, and that no quarter will be asked.” 

The Norfolk “Day Book” has the following advertisement : 

“Attention, rattlesnakes, charge with fell poison and be prepared to 
strike. We find many subjects in this town who must receive the force 
of our venom. Call early at the Hole and hear the Big Snake. Little 
snakes keep your eyes open and bring in the last of those unfriendly to 
our holy cause. 


By OrRbeER OF THE BiG RATTLER.” 
November 13, 1861. 


ANOTHER DISPATCH. 


Fortress Monroe, November 13. 
via Baltimore, November 14. 
By a flag of truce from Norfolk this afternoon I have been put in 
possession of a copy of the “Daily Express,” of Petersburg, Va., of the 
12th inst. From that sheet I take the following rebel account of the 
capture of Port Royal: 
Later from Savannah. 
SAVANNAH, November 8, 4 P. M. 
The following particulars of the battle of Port Royal have been re- 
ceived here up to three o'clock P. M.: : 


Captain Turner of the Berry infantry, and other officers who were 
in the engagement, have arrived in the steamer Sampson, which brought 
a number of wounded into the city. 

The action took place on Thursday between a portion of the enemy’s 
fleet, consisting of fifteen vessels inside the entrance and Fort Walker, 
besides a large number outside the island. There were five hundred 
men in Fort Walker, which was the total force engaged with the enemy, 
there being about eighteen hundred men, all told, on the island. The 
Minnesota (Wabash), was the first to enter the port, which engaged 


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Fort Walker, discharging shot and shell from three positions, front and 
rear, besides discharging a terrible hail of shot and shell into the 
woods and thickets, as also into a cotton field outside of the fort, where 
our men were stationed, expecting the enemy to land from their 
transports. After the second round from the broadside of the fleet the 
principal gun on the battery was dismounted. The engagement lasted 
five hours, and all of our guns on Fort Walker, excepting two, being 
dismounted, the fort was no longer tenable. 

Previous to the concentration of the fleet, however, an arrangement 
was made for the blowing up of a magazine, in case the enemy, on 
taking possession, should attempt to open it. 

Our men outside of the fort were exposed to a heavy fire during the 
whole action, without any means of defense or protection. The 
whole number of killed, wounded, and missing did not exceed one 
hundred men. 

The names of the missing and wounded, as far as we have been able 
to collect them, are as follows: Berry infantry, Seargeant T. Parkerson, 
wounded in the hand; Private Hess, wounded in the foot, slightly. 
Georgetown Forresters, two missing. Thomas County Volunteers, J. 
W. Fontaine, missing. South Carolint Volunteers, Captain Radcliffe, 
Company A, two missing. De Sausseur Regiment, fifteen missing from 
one company. 

We learn, in addition, that Dr. Buist, of Charleston, was killed by 
the explosion of a shell, in Fort Walker, while dressing the wounds of 
a soldier. Lieutenant T. H. Smack, of the South Carolina Volunteers, 
was struck in the leg below the knee, rendering amputation necessary. 

The total number of killed in the fort was about fifteen. In Captain 
Reid’s company of regulars there were sixteen killed, wounded, and 
missing out of forty-eight. Private Kelley, while working one of the 
guns in the fort, had his head shot off. 

Captain Reid’s company, immediately on landing, pushed through the 
enemy’s fire through the fort, and worked the guns of their batteries in 
an admirable manner for four hours, and were highly complimented by 
the commanding general. They drew their breast pieces on retiring 
twelve miles, and then abandoned them. 

Captain Wagner’s company of artillery was also engaged in working 
the batteries, and behaved with the utmost coolness and gallantry, and 
did effectual service. Captain Wagner was slightly wounded in the 
face, and the blood was trickling from the wound as he was working 
the battery. 

One of General Drayton’s aides was shot from his horse, and a 
piece of shell grazed the general’s cheek. He received also a slight 
wound in the arm. 

The force on the island consisted of Heyward’s Nineteenth and De 
Sausseur’s and the Fifteenth South Carolina Volunteers, Stiles’ 


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Twenty-seventh Georgia regiment, and a company of regulars. The 
men were taken from the Bay Point battery to the mainland. 


Avucusta, Ga., November 12. 

The Charleston “Courier” of this morning says that the rebel loss 
at Fort Walker is supposed to have been about one hundred in 
killed and wounded. 

The defense of the fort was a very gallant one. The fire of the 
enemy was terrific. One of the largest of the federal steamers was 
struck twice, and so much injured that she had to be towed off. An- 
other was fired, and, it is supposed, destroyed. Only two of our men 
were wounded at the Bay fort. Part of the time the enemy’s shot and 
shell were at the rate of one hundred a minute. 

General Drayton and his command retreated in two steamers, by 
way of Pope’s Ferry, in safety, and are now at Bluffton. The last 
report of the casualties received here makes the number between thirty 
and forty. General Drummond retreated by way of Ladies’ Island anJ 
Beaufort, to Port Royal Ferry. This morning Captain Hamilton took 
a company at Simm’s Ferry, and landed with his company at Port 
Royal. They are now at Pocotaligo. Beaufort probably will not be 
burned. A great deal of cotton on the island will fall into the hands of 
the enemy. Bluffton will be burned if attacked. The points of danger 
now are the railroad at Pocotaligo, Charleston, and Savannah. 


LETTER From AN OFNCER. 
On Boarp STEAMER STAR OF THE SOUTH, 
Orr Port RoyaL ENTRANCE, SOUTH CAROLINA, 
Saturday Evening, November 9. 

The mail boat has been delayed till tomorrow morning, and I can now 
give you a better idea of the fortification and general plan of the battle, 
having spent a couple of hours ashore this a. mM. I have made an eye 
sketch of the work, which is a first-class earthwork. A great deal of 
time has been spent on it, and it shows first-class engineering skill. It 
has weak points and some errors, one of which destroyed much of its 
power of resistance. The guns were too close together to be well 
worked; they were set too high and exposed to a raking fire from one 
position. They never expected we could get close enough to command 
this position. This enfilading fire had terrific effect, and one shot 
dismounted two, if not three, guns, one of those loaded and just ready 
to fire. It must have been a two-inch shell, and I picked up a piece of 
it which I will send home by Captain Kearney. The shell killed a poor 
fellow, the side of whose face was found on the gun. It afterward 
struck the interior slope, tearing up the plank restment, and caving in 
the parapet. This shot must have had murderous effect. One serious 


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difficulty they must have encountered was the sand on their gun trav- 
erses, which made it almost impossible to work them, and the firing was 
so steady that they had not the time to clean them. If their guns had 
been further apart, and traverses between, it would have protected them 
from the enfilading fire. Most of our shots sent into the fort were 
ricochet, and if they had their guns lower, and had not overcharged 
them, they could have made their shots ricochet, and caught our ships 
on the water-line, and done much more damage, whereas most of their 
shots went over. They had no idea of our coming so close to them. 

The assurances of General Drayton, who commanded the post, when 
he addressed his troops in the forenoon, were that ten minutes’ time 
would serve to sink any ship we could bring in, and that victory was 
surely ours. Commodore Tatnall was there in the forenoon, and as- 
sured them that he would stand by them to the death, but he hauled 
off his boats as soon as our gunboats got in fair range. He could not 
do otherwise. He undoubtedly saved their retreat. Our ships, sailing 
in a circle, made their aim uncertain, and the difficulty in working their 
guns, from the sand on the cartridges, etc., was fatal. By the time they 
were ready to fire we were out of their range. Three circuits were 
made. The next time the ships were to have taken possession and 
anchored. 


Report or Masor REYNOLDs. 


The marine battalion as it left Hampton Roads consisted of 
about four hundred men, under command of Major Reynolds, one 
of the most accomplished and thorough officers of the service. 
The admirable manner in which he kept his men under discipline 
during the long period of their peril gives ample evidence of his 
ability and decision in emergencies. Our correspondent also 
avows that great credit is due to the officers under his command 
and to none more than Captain Wiley. Any want of these quali- 
ties on the part of the commanding officer would necessarily have 
resulted in a fearless loss of life. The narrative in the report 
is of thrilling interest. 


Report U. S. SHrp, SABINE, AT SEA. 
November 8. 
Sir :—I have the honor to report that the marine battalion under my 
command left Hampton Roads on the transport steamboat Governor, on 
the morning of Tuesday, the twenty-ninth of October, with the other 
vessels of the fleet, and continued with them near the Wabash, until 
Friday, the first of November. On Friday morning, about ten o’clock, 
the wind began to freshen, and by twelve o’clock it blew so violently 


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we were obliged to keep her head directly to the wind, and thereby 
leave the squadron, which apparently stood its course. Throughout 
the afternoon the gale continued to increase, though the Governor 
stood it well until about four o’clock. About this time we were struck 
by two or three very heavy seas, which broke the port hog-brace in 
two places. This was immediately followed by the breaking of the hog- 
brace on the starboard side. By great exertions on the part of the 
officers and men of the battalion these braces were so well steadied 
and supported that no immediate danger was apprehended from them. 
Up to this time the engine worked well. Soon after the brace chains 
which supported the smokestack departed, and it went overboard. 
Some three feet of it above the hurricane deck, remained, which enabled 
us to keep up the fires. 

Soon after the loss of the smokestack the steampipe burst. After 
this occurrence we were unable to make more than fourteen pounds of 
steam, which was reduced, as soon as the engine commenced working, 
to from three to five pounds. The consequence was we had to stop the 
engine frequently in order to increase the head of steam. At this 
period the steamer was making water freely, but was easily kept clear 
by the pumps of the engine, whenever it could be worked. About five 
o'clock we discovered a steamer with a ship in tow, which was supposed 
to be the Ocean Queen. To attract attention, we sent up rockets, which 
signals she answered. When our rockets (six in all) were gone, we 
kept up a fire of musketry for a long time, but the sea running high, 
and the wind being violent, she could render us no assistance. She 
continued on her course in sight the greater part of the night. About 
three o’clock Saturday morning the packing around the cylinder blew 
out, rendering the engine perfectly useless for some time. The engine 
was finally put in running order, although it worked very slowly. The 
rudder-chain was carried away during the night. The water gained 
constantly on us, and the boat labored violently. At every lurch we 
apprehended the hog-brace would be carried away, the effect of which 
would have been to tear out the entire starboard side of the boat, col- 
lapse the boiler, and carry away the wheelhouse. Early in the morning 
the rudder-head broke, the engine was of very little use, the water still 
gaining on us rapidly, and we entirely at the mercy of the wind. 

It was only by the untiring exertions of our men that we were kept 
afloat. Nearly one hundred of them were kept constantly pumping 
and bailing, and the rest were hauling fast the ropes which supported 
the hog-braces. 

Toward morning the weather which, during the night had been dark 
and rainy, seemed to brighten and the wind to lull. At daybreak 
two vessels were seen on our starboard bow, one of which proved to be 
the United States steamer Isaac P. Smith, commanded by Lieut. W. A. 
Nicholson, of the navy. She described our signal of distress, which 


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was ensign half mast, union down, and stood for us. About ten o’clock 
we were hailed by the Smith and given to understand that if possible 
we should all be taken on board. A boat was lowered from her, and 
we were enabled to take a hawser. This, through the carelessness of 
Captain Litchfield, of the Governor, was soon cast off, or unavoidably 
let go. The water was still gaining on us, the engines could be worked 
but little, and it appeared that our only hope of safety was gone. The 
Smith now stood off, but soon returned, and by one o’clock we had 
another hawser from her and were again in tow. A sail (the propeller 
bark Young Rover), which had been discovered on the starboard bow 
during the morning, was soon within hailing distance. The captain 
proffered all the assistance he could give, though, at the time, he could 
do nothing owing to the severity of the weather. The hawser from 
the Smith again parted, and we were once more adrift. The Young 
Rover now stood for us again, and the captain said he would stand by 
us till the last, for which encouragement he received a heartfelt cheer 
from the men. He also informed us that a large frigate was ahead, 
standing by us. He then stood for the frigate, made signals of dis- 
tress, and returned. The frigate soon came into view, and hope once 
more cheered the hearts of all aboard the transport. 

Between two and three o’clock the U. S. frigate Sabine (Captain 
Ringgold) was within hail, and the assurance given that all hands would 
be taken on board. After a little delay the Sabine came to anchor. We 
followed her example, and a hawser was passed to us. It was now late 
in the day, and there were no signs of an abatement of the gale. It 
was evident that whatever was to be done for our safety must be done 
without delay. About eight or nine o’clock the Sabine had paid out 
enough chain to bring her stern close to our bow. Spars were rigged 
out over the stern of the frigate, and every arrangement made for 
whipping our men on board, and some thirty men were rescued by this 
means. Three or four hawsers and an iron steam cable were parted 
by the plunging of the vessels. The Governor at this time had about 
three feet of water, which was rapidly increasing. It was now evi- 
dently intended by the commanding officer of the Sabine to get the 
Governor alongside, and let our men jump from the boat to the frigate. 

In our condition, this appeared extremely hazardous. It seemed 
impossible for us to strike the frigate without instantly going to pieces. 
We, however, were brought alongside, and some forty men succeeded in 
getting on board the frigate. One was crushed to death between the 
frigate and the steamer in attempting to gain a foothold on the frigate. 
The port bow of the Governor struck the starboard quarter of the 
frigate, and carried away about twenty feet of the hurricane deck from 
the stern to the wheelhouse. The sea was running so high, and; we 
being tossed so violently, it was deemed prudent to slack up the 
hawser and let the Governor follow astern of the frigate, with the faint 
hope of weathering the gale till morning. 


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All our provisions and other stores, indeed every movable article, 
were thrown overboard, and the watercasks started to lighten the ves- 
sel. From three-thirty until daybreak the Governor floated in com- 
parative safety, notwithstanding the water was rapidly gaining on her. 
At daybreak preparations were made for sending boats to our relief, 
although the sea was running high, and it being exceedingly dangerous 
for a boat to approach the guards of the steamer. In consequence, the 
boats laid off and the men were obliged to jump into the sea, and then 
be hauled into boats. All hands were thus providentially rescued from 
the wreck, with the exception, I am pained to say, of one corporal and 
six privates, who were drowned or killed by the crush or contact of the 
vessels. Those drowned were lost through their disobedience of orders 
in leaving the ranks or abandoning their positions. 

After the troops were safely reémbarked every exertion was directed 
to securing the arms, accoutrements, ammunition and other property 
which might have been saved after lightening the wreck, and I am 
gratified in being able to say nearly all the arms were saved and about 
half the accoutrements. 

The knapsacks, haversacks, and canteens were nearly all lost. About 
ten rounds of cartridges were fortunately saved, and 9,000 lost. 

Since being on board this ship every attention has been bestowed by 
Captain Ringgold and his officers towards recruiting the strength of our 
men, and restoring them to such a condition as will enable us to take the 
field at the earliest possible moment. 

Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the officers and men under 
my command—all did nobly. The firmness with which they performed 
their duty is beyond all praise. For forty-eight hours they stood at the 
ropes and passed water to keep the ship afloat. Refreshments in both 
eating and drinking were passed to them at their posts by non-commis- 
sioned officers. It is impossible for troops to have conducted them- 
selves better under such trying circumstances. 

The transport continued to float some three hours after she was 
abandoned, carrying with her when she sunk, I am grieved to say, 
company books and staff returns. 

In order to complete the personnel of the battalion I have requested 
Captain Ringgold to meet a requisition for seven privates, to which 
he has readily assented. He considered this requisition, as I have been 
informed by Captain Ringgold it is his intention. All orders were given 
for his ship to repair to a northern port, -in which event he can easily 
be supplied, and my command, by the accommodation, rendered com- 
plete in order to meet any demand you may make for our services. Under 
God we owe our preservation to Captain Ringgold and the officers of 
the Sabine, to whom we tender our heartfelt thanks for their untiring 
labors while we were in danger, and their unceasing kindness since we 
have been on board the frigate. 


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This report is respectfully submitted. 
I am, Commodore, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. G. REYNOLDS, 

Commanding Battalion Marines, 

Flag Officer Sam’l F. Dupont, 

Commanding U. S. Naval Expedition, 

Southern Coast, U. S. N., America. 


Report OF CAPTAIN GILMORE. 


The following is Captain Gilmore’s report of the first recon- 
noissance of Hilton Head: 


OrrcIAL DoCUMENT. 


First Reconnoissance of Hilton Head Island, S. C., Made on Friday, 
November Seventh, 1861, by Capt. Q. A. Gilmore, Chief Engineer E. C., 
Escorted by the Seventh Connecticut Regiment, Col. Terry. 

OFFICE OF THE ENGINEER, E. C., 
Hirtton Heap, S. C., November 8. 


Brig.-Gen. Wright, commanding forces on Hilton Head, S. C.: 

Sir :—In obedience to your instructions of this date, to proceed on 
a reconnoissance of Hilton Head Island, or so much thereof as I could 
examine, returning to headquarters on the same day, I have to report 
a completion of the day’s work under the escort promised to me, to 
wit, the Seventh Connecticut regiment, nine hundred strong, Colonel 
Terry commanding. 

The regiment was placed at my disposal at eleven o’clock A. m., when 
I at once set out on the reconnoissance, the principal object of which 
was to proceed across the island to Seabrook on Shale Creek, a dis- 
tance of six miles by the nearest practicable route, and locating suitable 
places for batteries, to control the inland water communications by 
way of Skull Creek, between Savannah and Charleston. 

As no advance had been made from our position on Hilton Head 
since we came in possession of it yesterday evening, and as nothing cer- 
tain was known of the position and movements of the enemy since he 
was driven from the works, I deemed it proper to exercise great 
caution against surprise, and accordingly requested Colonel Terry to 
cover the advance of the main body of escort by skirmishers. Over a 
very considerable portion of the route we took to Seabrook Point, the 
one running through the woods beyond General Drayton’s plantation 
as distinguished from the one near the shore, skirmishers could not be 
deployed, as both sides of the road are lined by an impregnable 
jungle. 


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Our progress was necessarily slow. We reached Seabrook, landing 
about two o’clock P. M., without encountering any of the enemy or 
any white person whatever. From what I can gather from negroes 
there are no rebel troops on any of the northern portions of 
the island. 

About three hundred of them passed over the road last night about 
the time we were disembarking. They were under the influence of a 
terrible panic—knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, cartridge-boxes, etc., 
were found scattered over the road and on the wharf at Seabrook, 
where the hasty embarkation took place. We also found at the land- 
ing a number of rifled muskets and bayonets. There is near the wharf, 
some in store, and some outside, a considerable quantity, say fifteen or 
eighteen wagon-loads of valuable commissary supplies, such as bacon, 
hard bread, sugar, rice, corn, vinegar, etc. We brought back two 
wagon-loads of these articles which Colonel Terry will account for. 

Had my orders admitted of it, I would have remainel at Seabrook 
with half the escort, until boats could have been dispatched from head- 
quarters under convoy, to bring the commissary stores. At Seabrook, 
an excellent position for a battery, elevated some twelve or fifteen 
feet above the level of the river, to sweep and control the Skull Creek 
channel, has been selected. The river at that point is about a fourth 
of a mile in sight, and is skirted on the further side by a marsh which 
enlarges the distance between the firm ground on the opposite shore to 
half a mile, or a little more. 

I caused soundings to be taken across the stream at half tide, finding 
two fathoms at the end of Seabrook wharf; three fathoms a short dis- 
tance out; and a good five-fathom anchorage in the middle of the 
stream. 

A battery of five or six heavy guns at Seabrook would be quite suffi- 
cient to close this inland water passage between Charleston and Savan- 
nah; but to secure it against a “coup de main” I would recommend an 
inclosed work of strong relief and of sufficient capacity for one thou- 
sand men, with guns on the gorge, and with suitable flanking arrange- 
ments, should be commenced immediately. It should mount fifteen 
guns at least, of all calibers. The route over which I passed is 
practicable for heavy artillery and heavy transport generally. But 
monitors can best be taken to Seabrook by water. The wharf there 
requires some repairs. On my return I increased the guard at General 
Drayton’s plantation, at the request of the officer in charge there. I 
found no public property or papers at General Drayton’s except two 
letters, already in your possession. There is no postoffice at Seabrook. 
I have to acknowledge the cordial and efficient codperation of Colonel 
Terry in carrying out the objects of the reconnoissance. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 


Q. A. GILMORE. 


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LETTER FROM BRIGADIER GENERAL VIELE. 


The following letter was received by the secretary of the Union 
Defense committee in this city: 


BeEaAurort Harsor, S. C., November 9. 
DEarR Sir: 

The first result of the expedition to the Atlantic coast is the occupa- 
tion of this harbor, the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, 
the former mounting twenty-three and the latter sixteen guns, all of 
the heaviest caliber and most approved pattern for seacoast defense, 
some of them rifled, and several of English manufacture, lately 
imported. 

The rebel forces were commanded by General Drayton and Colonels 
Heywood and Dunovant (the latter was killed), and consisted 
of the Ninth and Twelfth South Carolina regiments, composed of the 
“German Artillery,” the “Beaufort Rangers,” “Whipple Swamp 
Guards,” “Carlton Guards,” and the “Beaufort Guerillas.” 

After four hours’ bombardment the rebels fled precipitately, leaving 
many of the sick and wounded, and killed, and their entire camp 
equipage, ammunition, provisions, and personal effects. They escaped 
by means of small steamers, plying in the creeks between the islands 
and the mainland. 

The Stars and Stripes are again planted in South Carolina never to 
be removed. 

When it is considered that the fleet was dispersed in the terrific 
gale of the first and second, and a number of vessels lost, their coming 
together and achieving the above result on the seventh is a subject of 
congratulation, and I hope and trust that it is an indication of the 
future progress of the natural arms. 

Very truly yours, 
EGBERT L. VIELE. 


SCENES AND INCIDENTS DURING THE LATE FIGHT. 


On Board THE BIENVILLE, November 12. 
The report which I forwarded you of the naval fleet’s voyage, the 
action at Port Royal, the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, and 
the rebel evacuation of Beaufort, will have given you the history of 
our successes and triumph. There are, however, multitudes of inci- 
dents and facts, both instructive and interesting, connected with the 

affair, and I propose to devote to them the main part of this letter. 
Who shall be the poet laureate for our navy? During that terrible 
engagement of four and a half hours not a seaman flinched from his 
duty or a gunner stepped aside from his perilous labors, when amid the 


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thickest of the contest and between the crossfires from both rebel forts 
they plied the ramrods and fired ‘he guns with such fatal celerity and 
activity. 

One of the powder-boys on board the Bienville, William Henry Steele 
by name, deserves special mention. He is only fourteen years old, a 
bright, active fellow, and performed his duties with signal bravery. It 
was his duty to hand cartridges to one of the gunners. While the Bien- 
ville was in the thickest of the engagement, the balls whistled fiercely 
over the deck and splashed about in the water, but he never wavered. 
A large rifle shot struck the water some distance from the steamer, 
bounded forward, and, crashing through the beam, tore through the 
bodies of two men standing near him at his gun, and wounded two 
others. He handed his cartridge to the gunner, and, stepping over the 
bodies, brought a fresh supply of ammunition, with which he con- 
tinued his labors. After the fight Captain Steedman, in thanking his 
men for noble conduct, especially commended the bravery of young 
Steele. During a part of the time the Bienville was the mark for 
almost the entire fire of both rebel batteries, and her crew displayed the 
greatest heroism. The first shot fired at her struck, and was one of 
the most serious. Her guns were in such constant use that they became 
hot, and almost leaped from the deck at each discharge. It is really 
wonderful that her damage was so very immaterial. Beyond a hole be- 
tween decks, another through the beam, just at the lower part of the 
gunwale, a cut shroud, and a battered stovepipe (not smokestack) she 
is unharmed. 

The Wabash also came in for a large share of the fight. A cannon shot 
passed along her deck and struck Thomas Jackson, the coxswain. The 
ball nearly carried away one of his legs, leaving it so that it hung only 
by shreds of flesh and skin. Leaning against a gun he drew out his 
sheath-knife and tried to cut it off entirely. The knife was too dull, 
and his shipmates hastened to him and carried him below. He kept 
continually asking how the fight progressed, saying, “I hope we'll win; 
I hope we beat them.” He died in two hours, his last words express- 
ing happiness that he had done something for his country. 

The effect of our fire on the forts was terribly gallant and majestic. 
Some shots struck the beach before the fortifications, throwing clouds 
of yellow sand high as a ship’s mast, driving its blinding shower in the 
faces of the secession gunners like volleys of small shot, sometimes 
driving them from their guns, and sometimes forcing all to fall upon 
their faces. Some shots and shells literally tore everything near them 
in pieces, occasionally dismounting a gun, and mingling broken caissons, 
splinters of timber, tufts of sod, and fragments of men in horrible 
confusion, blackened by the hot balls, and red with human blood. Other 
missles whizzed over the forts on the long plain behind, or, still further 
on, crashed among the woods in a continual shower, through which the 


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rebel reinforcements dared not venture to relieve the gunners at the 
batteries. At Hilton Head two red-shirted gunners labored actively at 
a large rifled cannon on the right of the works, loading and firing it 
with the greatest rapidity and daring. During a lull in the firing, while 
the fleet was winding the batteries to take position for another brush, 
the two red-shirted gunners sat on the parapet alone, all the others 
having retired to the interior of the works. A shell from one of the 
gunboats in Skull Creek struck on the parapet and bursted with a white 
smoke cloud in the battery. When the smoke cleared away the red- 
shirts were gone, doubtless killed by the ball. 

The sight of a bomb fired through the air is a spectacle of impressive 
interest, and during the fight these deadly missles made continual paths 
through the air like scores of fiery meteors crossing and re-crossing each 
other’s orbits in all directions. Each bomb rises upward gracefully 
curving and descending with the same speed with which it rlses, leav- 
ing a thin mark of white smoke along its path, that fades purple, and 
then to a pale blue that vanishes in the light air. A few burst before 
striking the ground and produced the beautiful and unusual spectacle of 
an aerial explosion, thousands of fragments scattering over the space 
for a musket-shot distance around. 

When the Seventh Connecticut regiment and the Fourth New Hamp- 
shire landed, dead were seen on every side. One of the largest guns 
was dismounted, and by its side was a mingled pool of flesh and brains 
and blood, reddening the splintered fragments of beams and the 
sandy earth. It was the last of a secession gunner. Throughout all the 
interior of the fort the sanguinary signs, clots of hair and shattered 
bones testified to the efficacy of our fire. Three wounded men were 
found in a dying condition, having been shamefully neglected by their 
surgeons. One had a shattered arm, and might have been saved, but 
had not been attended to, and was now black with mortification. 

In the evening our dead were buried in a beautiful grove of pal- 
metto, orange, and fig trees, just a little distance outside the fort. Over 
each grave a guard of marines fired a farewell volley, and a neat 
board at the head chronicled the names of each. A mocking-bird whis- 
tled from a neighboring palmetto as the band concluded a dirge. 

The contrabands were subjects of special interest. Many came into 
camp with a squealing pig under one arm, or a turkey or a fine ham, 
or a shoulder of bacon or a little bundle of clothes, or other goods tied 
up in handkerchiefs. One old fellow with mercantile propensities 
and black as Stygian darkness, except his dirty gray tufts of wool, 
tugged a wagon-load of knapsacks and military accoutrements into 
camp, having collected them on the rebel road of flight. Putting off 
his ragged, rimless straw hat, and bowing and scraping obsequiously, he 
inquired “if massa Yankees would take them things and let ole Tim 
stay wid dem.” His wishes were accommodated, and he expressed 


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his satisfaction with an emphatic “Bress the Lor’, massa!” Another 
one said, “O Lord, massa, we’s so glad. We’s prayed and prayed de 
good Lord to send yer Yankees and we knowed you’se a comin’.” 

“How did you know that?” asked one. “How did you get the news? 
You can’t read the papers.” 

“No, massa,” replied he, “we’se can’t read but we’se can listen. 
Massa and missus uses to read sometimes loud, and then we’se uses 
to lis’en so,” pulling his ear and bending down as if at a keyhole. “T’se 
lis’end and Jim, and we put de bits togedder, and we knowed youse a 
comin’, massa, bress de Lord.” 

A soldier picked up a whip found on the ground, and asked a 
slave if he knew what it was. “Golly, massa, guess dis nigger knows 
what dat dere is,” said he with a suspicious glance. 

One of the negroes stated the number of something about which he 
was interrogated, and when asked how he learned to count replied, 
“Picking cotton, massa, we’se all got to count when we’se picks cotton.” 

As yet, all the contrabands that have come in are males, it being prob- 
able that the females did not dare to run the risk of being shot by their 
master, as those who refused to flee with them. The greenness of 
some of the soldiers in nautical matters was amusing, and the jokes 
perpetrated by the naughty Jacks at their own expense not less so. 
The rules prevailing on shipboard were very incomprehensible to them. 
For example, they were not allowed to go on the wheelhouses, a guard 
being stationed there to motion them away. One lank-limbed Yankee 
took no heed of the motions, but was ascending the ladder when the 
guard shouted, “Stop; you mustn’t come up here.” 

“Hallo; why not?” says Yankee, never thinking of obeying without 
a good reason. 

“Soldiers not allowed up there,” said guard. 

Yankee stood still, surveyed the landscape, gazed at the smokestacks, 
thinking them mortars, perhaps, and, after a general reconnoissance, re- 
plied to the guard in an injured, but half rebellious tone—turning upon 
his heel—“Well, I ’spose there ain’t nothing to hinder a feller’s goin’ 
down cellar.” 


THE CHARLESTONIANS EXPECTANT. 


The Charleston papers publish the following order from Briga- 
dier-General Ripley: 


Citizens residing on Sullivan’s Island will hold themselves in readi- 
ness to proceed to the city on short notice. Circumstances can only 
determine when or at what moment it may be necessary to order a 
removal from the island. 

That is to say that they are expecting a visit from the Federal fleet. 


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New York Crry—HeEenry Warp BEECHER ON THE OBJECTS OF 
THE WAR. 


Mr. Beecher went on to disprove that this is a war for empire or 
power. We are maintaining our existence. If the country is cut in 
two it will be the same operation that Solomon advised with reference 
to the living child which two women claimed as their own. Lord John 
Russell suggests that we be cut in two, and each take half. We_are 
contending for the legitimacy of this government because it is a gov- 
erment for freedom; and now that Mr. Alexander Stevens has said 
that this government is so hostile to slavery that if the government 
exists for fifty years slavery must die, we mean to defend it all the 
more. (Applause.) This is a conflict for the sentiment of liberty. 
Our prominent men are getting very badly infected with abolition 
notions. General Butler is in a bad way. General Cochrane has de- 
clared that this war is going to carry emancipation, and Simon Cam- 
eron stood by and said, “Amen.” 

The Secretary of War is not supposed to be a man so liable to be 
carried away by emotion. And when Simon Cameron gets John 
Cochrane to interpret a policy of government, and himself indorses 
it, I think that we may understand that the government means 
regulated emancipation as a military necessity. (Great applause.) 

Mark how circumstances make great differences! Five months ago 
if that had been said it would have almost divided the North. If I 
had uttered it, you know what would have been the result. Now, as 
the government has been obliged to deal hand to hand with this pesti- 
lent heresy in the temple of liberty, it has come to this as a military 
necessity. As the South has put forth such astonishing energies, and 
the energy of the South is quite as astonishing as that of the North, 
and I am quite proud in the hope of a brilliant future of our southern 
brethren from the military resources they have shown (laughter), and 
the government has been obliged, for motives of policy, to take the 
ground that we took long ago for reasons of principle. The heart of 
the country has ripened to it month after month, and I hope it will 
continue to ripen to the full harvest. 

My friends, let us have a little talk together. What nice times 
there must be these days down in South Carolina! (Laughter.) First, 
there is old Captain Dupoint. (Great applause.) He has a most un- 
mistakable way of leaving his card where he has visited. Then there 
is the most excellent General Sherman. (Applause.) He has not fired 
a gun yet, but he has published a proclamation, and if you can tell 
whether his last proclamation has a wad in it or a ball, you can do 
better than I can. It is something, or something else, and not much 
of anything. (Laughter.) There are in the end of it some hints that 


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may mean something, but they are too equivocal, and it strikes me that 
the proclamation must have been written some months ago. If Secre- 
tary Cameron had written it in his present mood, it would have been 
better. (Laughter.) But the guns of the Wabash were sufficient proc- 
lamation, and the white men have run and the black men have come. 
(Applause. ) . 

Now I take it there will be no more compromises that are cushioned 
bombshells—if a man sits down on them he goes up. It is said that at 
Beaufort the negroes came down to the coast with bundles in their 
hands. It shows that the negroes have an inkling of what is going 
on, and expect emancipation. I expect General Burnside will be down 
there before long, and on the other quarter our armies will break 
through the Cumberland gap—the gap that the Almighty has split for 
us—and from two sides the forces will strike through that densely- 
populated district. In that case will not the slaves be used and armed? 
And when a slave has had his freedom do you suppose that man can 
ever be legislated back again? By certain abnormal processes you can 
prevent a boy from growing to be a man, but I never heard of any 
process by which a man could be changed into a boy. Once bring a 
man to the stature of manhood, and you cannot put him back again. 
It is not necessary to proclaim a theory of emancipation. God has a 
theory of his own on that subject. 


SoutH CAROLINA. 


November 8—Last night we formed in line of battle. Tired, 
wet and hungry, we slept on our arms near the beach, and near 
Fort Walker, but happy to tread the earth once more. After 
twenty days on the Baltic, with miserable water to drink and poor 
food, we welcome any change. We were allowed to move about 
some today. The sailors killed yesterday were buried near the 
fort this evening. 

November 9—The place selected for our camp was about a 
quarter of a mile from the spot where we landed, and a hard 
beach made an excellent drill ground. The day was passed in 
carrying material ashore from the vessels, the men wading waist- 
deep in water, in preparing the campground, digging company 
wells and pitching tents. 

First Sunday in South Carolina, November 10—In place of 
the usual religious exercises the men worked hard today, arrang- 
ing camp and serving on details for work and guard duty. 


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ON THE “BALTIC”—By C. A. Cressy. 


It would take an abler pen than that of him who now, after 
fifty years, attempts to give some description of the memorable 
voyage of the expedition that was to plant the American flag 
upon the soil of South Carolina. After days and weeks of 
preparation, the gathering of troops and the requisite stores 
at Annapolis, Md., the various regiments were embarked on the 
transports to which they had been assigned, and the expedition, 
“ander sealed orders,” moved out upon the placid waters of 
Chesapeake Bay. The day was beautiful. All hearts were 
beating high with patriotic pride as we saw the flags flying 
from every mast and heard the strains of martial music from 
the bands assembled upon the quarter-decks of the various ves- 
sels. 

It was the evening of October 19, 1861, when we left An- 
mapolis. Many were the speculations as to our destination, but 
no hint could be gained in answer to our inquiries. The im- 
mense preparations that had been made, the vast stores of am- 
munition, the various arms of the different organizations that 
accompanied us, the field batteries, and the big guns, and the 
ample commissary stores all indicated that we were launched 
upon no ordinary enterprise, but, rather, upon one that was to 
mark decided efforts somewhere to extend the fields o? opera 
tion to the armies of the United States. 

The war vessels, the transports, the store-ships, the colliers, 
vessels loaded with horses, and others with sieging utensils, 
numbering in all at least seventy-eight, most of them under 
steam or sail, while others were in tow, presented a magnificent 
spectacle to the thousands assembled upon the wharfs to wave 
us a patriotic “God speed” to our destination. 

The vessels composing the expedition had started from An- 
napolis in three columns, and orders had been given to keep 
this formation. The frigate “Wabash” was in the lead, while 
the other war vessels, including gunboats, were disposed along 
the flanks of the columns of vessels, and the scene of the ves- 
sels with their white sails, the United States flags flying from 
every mast, presented a beautiful sight, never to be forgotten. 


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We had hardly left the bay and assumed our formation upon 
the open water when the wind, which had been fair, freshened 
to a stiff breeze, and many of the sailing vessels had to reef 
sails. The waves were running high, and there were indications 
of a storm. The wind continued to freshen, until it had as- 
sumed the proportions of a gale, and by night the waves of the 
ocean were white-capped in every direction. Some of the ves- 
sels, loaded as they were to their utmost capacity, labored 
heavily. 

We were approaching that rendezvous of storms, Cape Hat- 
teras, where there is always rough water, and it was soon appar- 
ent that we were in for a storm of no ordinary proportions. 
Hatches were battened, and sails were reefed, and all prepara- 
tions which the ablest seamanship could devise were made to 
weather the storm. It became almost impossible for anyone 
but a sailor—used to storms—to make his way along the spray- 
washed decks without holding on to something. Everything 
about the decks, both upper and lower, had to be lashed in place. 
Now and then a cask, breaking its lashings, would be hurled 
from one end of the deck to the other, and woe be to him who 
was unfortunate, enough not to get out of its way. On the 
smaller craft of the fleet the decks were washed by the waves, 
and men had to be lashed to the wheel to prevent their being 
washed into the sea. All attempts to keep our sailing forma- 
tion were useless. Each vessel had to take care of itself, with 
the result that the fleet became badly scattered. We had 
started from Annapolis on the 19th of October, 1861. We were 
buffeted by the storms that beset us until after the 31st, twelve 
days of the roughest weather at sea that any of us had ever ex- 
perienced. 

Such a tumultuous heaving of the ocean waves all about us 
could not fail to produce its effect upon the volunteer. It made 
him “heave.” Day after day as the ship rolled her way along 
amid those tossing billows it was a common sight to see three 
or four hundred men at the rail “paying a tribute to old Father 
Neptune” pretty much all the time. Every extraordinary wave 
but accelerated the haste in which the volunteer contributed his 


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“mite.” He had made so many contributions already that any 
“surplus” that he might be supposed to have “on deposit” 
seemed to be about exhausted. He had “overdrawn his ac- 
count.” 

I saw a soldier at the rail, with trembling limbs, and face so 
pale. It was no problem what might ail that seasick volunteer. 
An old sailor came along, and with a twinkle in his “weather 
eye” said to the heaving soldier: “Say, let me tell you something 
that will help you in this heavin’ business: you just take this 
piece of pork and swallow it [the sailor had tied it to a piece 
of string] and then pull it up again, and keep on swallerin’ it 
an’ pullin’ it up, an’ itll help things to go more easily.” he 
effect on the soldier is more easily imagined! than described. _ 


The ships rolled on in that heaving tide, 
And the soldiers, one and all, 
Lined up on deck at the vessel’s side, 
Were obeying Neptune’s call. 
They leaned out over the vessel’s side, 
And heaved and heaved in the rolling tide, 
So awful sick that some fairly cried, 
Till it seemed there was nothing left inside 
The seasick volunteer. 


The chaplain quoted a soothing text 

To a soldier in his pain. 
It made him heave, and the soldier said, 

“Now don’t do that again!” 
Religion to him was no pretext 
When he thought his boot-heels would come up next, 
So it left the chaplain quite perplexed 

What to do for the volunteer. 


It would take an inspired pen to describe the awful storm 
through which the vessels labored off Hatteras. Old sailors 
said they had never experienced anything worse. It was 
estimated that we had about seventeen hundred souls on board 
the “Baltic.” The whole of the Fourth Regiment, a large de- 


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tachment of engineers, Brigadier-General Wright and his staff, 
and quite a number of passengers, in addition to the large crew, 
make it probable that fully the number estimated were crowd- 
ing the vessel. 

Our quarters were, of course, below, wherever we could be 
stowed. ‘The bunks on the various decks were three tiers in 
height, and were as thickly arranged as possible, leaving 
but narrow spaces between them, and it was a difficult task for 
one soldier to pass another in the narrow spaces. We had to 
take all our equipments into the bunks with us, and this left 
us but little room for our personal comfort. Yet there was a 
general disposition to make the best of it, and, save from the 
chronic grumbler, little complaint was made. 

-My bunk happened to be a lower one, and above it were two 
others. About midnight on the night of October 31, the 
“Baltic,” when the storm seemed to be at its very worst, struck 
bottom on Frying-Pan Shoals. I can never forget (while I 
cannot describe) the scene that followed. Nearly all the men 
occupying the top bunks were thrown headlong to the floor. 
Guns, knapsacks, canteens, equipments, and men were pitched 
out in an inextricable jumble. Men were swearing, erying, 
screaming, and praying all aboat me. Immediately a rush was 
made for the gangway stairs. The wildest confusion prevailed. 
It seemed that pandemonium had broken loose. Men were in 
danger of being trampled to death in the awful rush that was 
made for the stairs, and this would have been the case in a mo- 
ment had we not heard the clear voice of our colonel, Thomas 
J. Whipple, shouting down the wind-sail, “Don’t a man leave 
your berth! It is alb right!” JI had started with the rush, but 
when I heard the clear voice of the colonel there was something 
inspiring about it, and I crawled back into my bunk with this 
feeling of assurance: “If Tom Whipple says ‘everything is all 
right, it is all right,” and I felt no more anxiety about the 
situation. Everybody felt the assurance that rang in that fear- 
less voice. Though the vessel rolled fearfully in that awful 
sea, yet comparative order was soon restored, and I never slept 
more sweetly than I did the remainder of that night. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 85. 


The “Baltic” was towing the “Ocean Express,” a large ship, 
heavily loaded, a staong cable connecting the two vessels. I 
was told that by the utmost vigilance on the part of “the watch” 
on each vessel, when the “Baltic” struck the shoals, that hawser 
was instantly cut with axes at both ends, and fell into the water, 
and by a most fortunate turn of the wheel on the “Ocean Ex- 
press,” that vessel shot by us so near that one might easily have 
tossed a biscuit to her decks, while her yards clashed with our 
own. Had it not been for that quick turn of the helm, the ves- 
sels would have crashed into each other, and not a soul on either 
vessel could have been rescued from that awful sea. The Provi- 
dence that was guiding the Union armies in those days was 
not unmindful of us in our peril that night on the storm-tossed 
waves of the ocean. 

During the passage we lost two men by death. They were 
buried at sea. One was William Sherrer of Company K, and 
the other was John S. C. Kelly of Company H. ‘They were 
buried with such military honors as are always accorded to 
soldiers dying at sea. Chaplain Willis officiated, and Dignam’s 
band rendered fitting music in the solemn services. 

During the days of the prevalence of the storms that buffeted 
us it was practically impossible to pay much attention to good 
order and military discipline. There was little disposition on 
the part of anyone, however, to be disobedient to the orders 
that from time to time were issued relative to our comfort and 
sanitary conditions. The decks below and above had to be kept 
as clean as circumstances would permit. Men were detailed to 
perform these necessary duties, and one can believe that, under 
Tom Whipple’s watchful eye, everything was done for our com- 
fort that could be done. 

The hospital department of the ship was crowded with sick 
men, and no one was more attentive to the wants and comforts 
of the soldier than our beloved colonel: His cheerful face and 
his kind words to the suffering boys were constant factors in 
the experiences of those long, weary days on the rolling deep. 

Chaplain Willis was attentive to the men in the hospital, 
and his kind words of cheer and comfort will be remembered 


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by the surviving ones who remember the peculiar experiences 
of those days. 

The storm had so scattered the fleet that several days were 
spent in the reformation of it. Rockets were sent up from the 
decks of the “Wabash” every night, and gradually, one by one, 
the scattered vessels were reassembled. Some of the vessels 
had been badly damaged by the violence of the storm, and in 
some cases horses and other portions of deckloads had to be 
consigned to the waves to save the ship and the lives of men 
on board. ; 

The “Governor,” one of the smaller vessels, was sunk, with 
a valuable cargo, but no lives were lost, one of the other vessels 
coming to her rescue. 

The “Union” was blown ashore on the coast of North Caro- 
lina, and several teamsters were made prisoners, among them 
Harvey E. Buxton of Company E and Qr.-Sergt. Charles J. 
Kelly of the Fourth, and eight or ten others. 

We reached the offing of Port Royal, 8. C., November 4, 
that is, such vessels of the expedition as had been able to 
rejoin the fleet after the terrible buffetings of the storm. 

The “Baltic” was sent out to sea to look for the “Ocean Ex- 
press,” collision with which we had so narrowly escaped. We 
spent an entire day in the fruitless search, and then returned 
to our anchorage. She appeared, however, later and appeared 
to be none the worse by reason of the ordeal through which 
she had passed. The war vessels, though badly scattered by the 
furious gales, had all assembled, and it was soon apparent that 
we had at last reached Port Royal, 8. C., the objective point of 
our long and weary cruise. 

The war vessels of the fleet consisted of the frigate ““Wabash,” 
the flagship, under command of Admiral Dupont; she car- 
ried fifty-three guns; the “Curlew,” nine guns; the “Poca- 
hontas,” the “Alabama,” the “Isaac Smith,” the “Mohican,” 
seven guns; the “Pawnee,” nine guns; the “Ottawa,” three 
guns; the “Seminole,” seven guns; the “Unadilla,” three guns; 
the “Seneca,” three guns; the “Pembena,” three guns; the “R. 
B. Forbes,” one gun; the “Penguin,” five guns; the “Mercury,” 


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e “Star of the South,” the gunboat “Vandalia,” and the 
ce ’—eighteen vessels in all. 

About eight o’clock on the morning of November 7 we heard 
the shrill call to arms on the various vessels—lying so, near us 
that we could distinctly hear the commands of their officers— 
and the vessels, the “Wabash” in the lead, steamed into position 
in the open water between the forts on either side of the wid 
entrance to Port Royal Harbor. It was an inspiring scene: 
the vessels in their most complete fighting trim, the flags fly- 
ing from every mast, the patriotic strains of martial music from 
numerous regimental bands assembled upon the quarter-decks 
of the various transports, and the graceful appearance of the 
vessels as they steamed slowly to position—all presented an in- 
spiring scene to the thousands of soldiers who were to witness 
their first sight of a naval engagement. 

We lay so near to the scene of action that we could distinctly 
discern the activities about Fort Walker in anticipation of the 
conflict that was to engage their attention. We could hear the 
sailors call the soundings, and the commands of the officers were 
borne to our ears upon the still air. Enthusiasm was at white 
heat in the hearts of all who were privileged to witness the 
stately vessels as they took their positions. 

The fire soon opened with a terrific broadside from the frigate 
“Wabash.” We could plainly see the sand fly in and about Fort 
Walker. She continued her progress in the circle, and swept 
around to Fort Beauregard at the other side of the wide harbor, 
and paid her compliments with equal effect to that earthwork. 
Vessel after vessel, as it came into position, delivered its shots 
with a precision that presaged destruction to everything within 
range of the terrible fire. The forts responded, and we saw 
shells and solid shot explode or fall into the water about the 
vessels. Sometimes the smoke of the guns about the warships 
was so dense that they were invisible, and then a puff of wind 
would lift the smoke and we could see the “jackies” as they 
worked the guns with the precision of clockwork. One by one 
the guns on Fort Walker were dismounted or rendered useless 
by the terrible effect of the guns of the fleet. 


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I saw two men working the last gun in Fort Walker. I 
could plainly see them as they loaded the gun and aimed it 
at the vessel within its range, an eloquent but hopeless response 
to the terrific broadsides that had brought death and destruction 
to their comrades. These two men continued to work that one 
gun until it, too, was destroyed, and I saw the blood and brains 
of these men spattered upon the wreck of the gun-carriage after 
we arrived in the fort. 

The battle lasted about four hours, and when the rebel flag 
went down, and Old Glory went up in its place, there was a 
cheer from the thousands who had been witnesses to the con- 
flict that it seems to me was “heard round the world.” 

It was a persistent fight to the end, and to the rebel forces 
in command a most disastrous one. There was not a gun left 
in the fort that could be put to any use after that awful rain 
of shot and shell from the guns of the fleet. The sight in the 
fort was something that cannot be forgotten. Gun-carriages 
were smashed into kindling wood. ‘The guns were lying about 
in places to which they had been hurled by the explosion of 
the big shells that had struck them. Blood was everywhere. 
I saw a sword in its scabbard bent nearly double. A piece of 
shell had struck it and killed the officer who wore it. ‘The 
whole interior of the fort was a picture of what Sherman said 
about war: “War is hell!” 

The Fourth Regiment and the Sixth Connecticut were 
ordered to land. A small vessel took us as near the shore as 
she could get, and then the surf-boats took us to within a few 
rods of the shelving beach, and we waded ashore and immedi- 
ately formed a battle line, while skirmishers were sent out to 
locate the enemy, if such there were, left upon the island. But 
the enemy had flown, and they did not care to resume hostil- 
ities. 

Details of pickets were made, and the troops in line were 
permitted to lie down in place, and, wet as we were (no fires 
being allowed by which we might dry our wet clothes), we slept 
as well as we could under the circumstances. 

We had gained a great victory. We had inflicted much worse 


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punishment upon the enemy than had been inflicted upon the 
brave defenders of Fort Sumter. Our colors waved over the 
enemy's works. We haa invaded the sacred soil of South Caro- 
lina and were the first American troops to set foot upon her 
bloodstained shores. 


U. S. FRIGATE WABASH. 


Once the pride and ideal of the American navy, the receiving 
ship “Wabash,” stationed at the Charlestown navy yard for 
thirty-seven years, is to go to the scrap heap. Information 
which sealed the doom of the proud old hulk came from Wash- 
ington to the Charlestown navy yard, and the scout cruiser 
“Salem,” a more modern fighting craft, is named to replace the 
“Wabash” after the spring target practice has been finished. 

Since the sides of the “Wabash” have buffeted the sea at 
Charlestown navy yard it has undergone changes, many changes, 
from the stripping of its spars and yard arms, later its three 
enormous masts, until today three small flag-poles stand as 
petite monuments to its once gallant masts and rigging. Every 
outward: sign of her former majesty and stateliness, as one of 
the most powerful full-rigged frigates that ever sailed the seas, 
has been removed. 

During its long existence the “Wabash” has been more 
fortunate than any of the other of her famous sister ships, the 
historic “Merrimac,” “Minnesota,” “Colorado,” and “Roanoke,” 
that marked the advent of steam assistance for propulsion in 
warships. She is now the sole survivor of that glorious quintet. 

For several years the winter gales have caused the naval 
officers some concern about the “Old Homestead,” as the “Wa- 
bash” is affectionately called in the navy. The heavier breezes 
have caused her to strain and creak, and discordant notes, 
sounds that indicated weakness and rottenness in her life-giv- 
in parts, has caused more speedy action on the part of the 
Washington authorities. 

On October 28, 1875, when the “Wabash” succeeded the 
famous old “Ohio” as the receiving ship and guard at this yard, 


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she had just returned from Europe, where she had held the lofty 
position as flagship of Rear Admiral Alden, and was fully 
equipped and resplendent. She then had her full battery of 
fifty-four guns protruding their shining noses through her stal- 
wart sides. 

She was first commissioned in 1856 at Philadelphia, where she 
was built. Like her sister ships, of which the “Merrimac” was 
one, she was designed to combine auxiliary steam power with a 
heavy sail plan, the first practical introduction of steam pro- 
pulsion in naval vessels of fighting size. She was first the flag- 
ship of Flag Officer Hiram Paulding, at one time Boston’s port 
captain. She made a show at her home ports and later, like her 
sister vessels, went abroad and received the plaudits and ad- 
miration due her, and was most highly complimented by the 
extensive copies made of her throughout the entire naval world. 

Her construction was an epoch in naval architecture, being a 
full-rigged ship of six hundred and fifty tons displacement, with 
lines of such strength and beauty, and sail plan, that she could 
outsail and weathergage any warship afloat. In addition, she 
had a big single screw that could drive ahead at a speed of four 
or five knots an hour, and her batteries were the heaviest and 
most up-to-date, having two ten-inches, twenty-eight nine- 
inches, fourteen seven-inches Dahlgren smoothbores, fifty-four 
guns mounted in broadside, supplemented by two twelve-pound- 
ers. 

To effectively man her thirty-seven officers and six hundred 
and fifteen men were required, yet so ample were her facili- 
ties that this body of men had sufficient room and no complaint 
of cramped quarters was heard in those days. 

“Old Homestead’s” real history was, of course, made in the 
War of the Rebellion. She was fitted out at the Charlestown 
navy yard and was in the exciting capture of Forts Walker 
and Beauregard, November 7, 1861, at Port Royal, both assaults 
on Fort Fisher, and numerous other minor engagements. At 
her masthead flew during the war the flag of the commanding 
officer, Admiral Dupont. 


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Sunday, November 1Y—Had parade and religious services at 
8 a. M. Then followed the regular weekly company inspection, 
after which the men had the day to themselves and improved it 
in gathering leaves for bedding and in general making things 
comfortable. A mail arrived from the North the day before, and 
there was much writing of letters to friends at home. Foraging 
began early, and the men helped themselves to poultry and neat 
cattle from the neighboring plantations until stopped by strict 
orders from the commanding general. 


Port Royat Harsor, S. C., November 17. 

After a bombardment, as well as after a storm, comes a calm. 
Things military and naval in this latitude are now excessively becalmed. 
We have rumors of what is to be and what has been done elsewhere 
in this vicinity, but I ‘regard them in all respects as either too idle to 
demand attention, or, referring to future movements, unadvisable for 
publication. 

There are evidences enough to warrant the belief that the Palmetto 
state has been badly scared, and, indeed, more frightened than hurt; 
but it is quite probable that a strong attempt will be made to oust the 
invading army before it shall find time to reconstruct the Hilton Head 
earthworks, and become accustomed to its new quarters. I fear there 
is too much truth in the observation which greeted the publication at 
Beaufort of General Sherman’s late proclamation to the loyal citizens 
of South Carolina: “You had best carry your proclamation back to 
General Sherman, sir,” said a member of the Rhett family to the officer 
who undertook to deliver it, “and tell him that South Carolina has no 
loyal citizens.” 


If she has, as matters now stand, they stand no chance at all of 
avowing their allegiance to the national flag, or communicating with 
those who have so lately unfurled it on her treacherous soil. We 
have yet to span the gulf that separates us from the just men of the 
confederacy. The enemy’s pickets are close upon ours, and intercourse 
is impossible. No cotton has been allowed to find its way to the coast, 
and it is the opinion of intelligent men that if the North wants the 
article it must be seized, gathered, and shipped, without going through 
the formality of saying to the planters, “by your leave.” 

There is a good deal of just complaint at the laxity of discipline 
among the troops, as well as at the inefficient manner in which the 
stores, guns, and ammunition have been put ashore from the transports. 
Every vessel might have been discharged within a week after the attack 
if a proper system had been followed. As the ships are chartered by 
the day, all needless delays are a source of loss to the government. 


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The question too is very signally asked: Why did not our gunboats 
proceed up Skull Creek and cut off the enemy’s retreat and capture 
Commodore Tatnall’s light-draught flotilla? Fortune has fired our 
arms wonderfully, but it is far from clear to many that we could not 
have followed up our first success with advantage, or that greater 
energy could not have been displayed in establishing things at the 
Hilton Head stronghold. 


Domestic LITERATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 


Specimens of letters found at Port Royal—Reflex of secession 
society—Glimpses of the chivalry at home and in camp. 


A gentleman, lately returned from Port Royal by the Atlantic, 
has favored us with an armful of correspondence, found at Hilton 
Head after the late battle. It consists, mainly, of letters from 
relatives in the interior of South Carolina to the secession volun- 
teers, and exhibits the most curious and novel specimens of punc- 
tuation and spelling. In the whole collection there are only 
two or three epistles in which the orthography is anything like 
correct, and which is not one continuous sentence from beginning 
to end. Although the personal allusions in the letters are ex- 
tremely spicy, we have no desire to do anything so vandalic as to 
expose family or private affairs, and make only such extracts, 
“Verbatim et literatim” as illustrate the general condition and 
state of society and business in the heart of the secession. 

The first extract which we present gives a good idea of the 
home-lodgings of the volunteers and the way furloughs were dis- 
tributed. 


Hirton Heap, Fr. WALKER. 

October Deare uncle I received Your Letter, and was glad to hirr 
fromre youe hoping these few lines may reach youe in good health as 
the leave mey Ime not as well satisfied as I was wene I first got yeare I 
want to get home and see youe awl the was so meny wanted to get a 
furlow till the had most a fus they Botherd the capten sow a bout 
goine home awl wanted furlowe firs the capten maid us awl draw what 
haint Bene home the was 48 wat had to draw the started from one 
and went up to 48 he put all the numbers in a hat thene wey drawed 
I got 29 Grady Bryant 30 Bill Waters 3 wene 28 goises thene it will 
Bee my time Wey got our money the paid us $30 a piece and awl that 
Did not get Blanketes got $33 I think wey are Doing as well as some 
is doing at home the Jus paid us one monts wages and our clothing 


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money I want to see home very much the was 2 more companey come 
yeare Last week the Jermane artilery I have nothing worth Ritin at 
pres ant | Remains youre Nephew till Death C. D. Reeve 

Rite as soone as youe get this. 


The following is dated Camp Camel, Hilton Head, Ft. Walker, 
October 1861. The “2 Infinger wot stold” it seems were sub- 
jected to severe discipline, considering that they only followed 
the example of their leader Floyd: 


I have nothing worth Ritin at presant the was 2 companey landed 
frome Charles to the Jermon Artilery the fort is ner finished the was 2 
companey Landed yeare yeastur Day evening the come frome York 
District Donevan Regment the are a part of 3 regments on this Island 
Youre wanted to now wat The Done with the 2 Infinger wot stold The 
was Drumed out of the companey I got $30 paid to mey since I Bene 
year wey got one monts wayges and $21 fore clothing the say they is 
got to give us $4 more for our six monts clothing confederate Sol- 
diers gets $50 a yeare fore clothing. 


Another letter from the father at Reeseville, October 18, says: 


All of the men over 45 and 16 has to muster once every two weeks and 
all between 16 and 45 has to muster every week the old men is com- 
manded by Robert May they are going to elect officers. 


A letter of the same date, no place named, says: 


i hope if you should be attaced by the enemies that you will come 
out as concorers (conquerors) but if you get killed i hope that you 
will die the death of a soldier. 


This extract from an undated letter is of interest, showing 
Beauregard’s plan to burn Washington and narrating an acci- 
dent at Richmond: 


I hear that General Beauregard said that if he could Gain Arlington 
high that he Would Burn up Washington and We heard that he had 
Gained it And that the was a fightin lik All fury But i have not recoy- 
ered new yet A Bout it There was a Sad Accident occurred near 
Richmond virginia cars Broke don with soldiers killed and cripled A 
grate Many pore creaturs they come to An untimely end the rodd 
Was Washed under and when the car com up it Gave Way Being 
Heavy loaded It Was A AWful for them could not get out shut up 
in the care. 


The following is a very interesting letter, dated “Camp Barton, 
August 10, 1861,” from a soldier in the Third Arkansas Regi- 


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ment. Being dated shortly after the Bull Run battle it is full 
of chivalric swagger : 


Charles we left Lynchburg about the 12 of July & we have been 
advancing on the enimy ever sence we left the rilroad at Staunton we 
are on green Brier river about 8 miles from the enimy we was not in 
the battle at manases Gap we was at Mc dollel We cod hear the guns 
plain but We xpkt to be in one sone Col rust tuck about three thousan 
men yestaday and to giave the yankes around on Cheat mountain I am 
listen for to hear the guns every minute We have them compleatly 
surrounded Old Governor Wise is on one side of them and we ar 
on the uther side And Col rust is going up to Charg Baynets we will 
scatter them like sheep for the caunt stand to. charg baynets the can 
stand off be hind a tree or be hind a log and shute with Thire Sharps 
rifel we sent out scouts the uther weake tha hid be hind the bushes and 
when 9g yankes com riding Down to a House to Steal a hog there our 
scouts faned into them the way seven hats pick up tha was seven of 
them fell on tha horses neck tha run off the was sen about two mils 
From that place the was not but seven of them sen it was supposed 
that tha was byckel in thire horses we think that we will kil three of 
them I heard that Guvner Wise had a little fight at Canoy Valley, not 
far frome this plase he kil 100 and wounded 60 & taken seven Pris- 
ners our Syperior officers ses That we will be on the Ohio river befor 
too weeks it is about 100 miles from this plase tha is grate many yan- 
kes Betweene hear and Ohio river But when w eget them started it 
ant no truble for them to retreat O! I must tell you a little Jock 
(Joke) probabley you have heard it at the Battle of manasses We cap- 
tured a very Noted gun and when tha was takn Her down the streets 
in richmon A prisner leapt out of the window and said I will be 
damed ef tha hant Got old betsy to Charles ef I sould happin to fall in 
the battle field I want to be bearred in the clothes that fel in So I ma 
rise in the day of Judgment in my Bloody Clothes face my maker I 
dont think that I could die in a better cause than in the defence of my 
country Charles I beleave I could whip as meny Yankes as can get 
around me bot i would fetch my gun to charg Baynets i would beleave 
that tha would fant for tha caunt stand the site of a baynet. 

I will bet that tha will get sick of the rebels befor it is don with. 

Charles I must fetch my leter to a clothes it is getting Lat and I must 
go about super I must tell you sumthin About what I have to eat We 
have bacon Flour Sugar Rise Coffe Charles Dyrec your letters to 

_Montercy 3 redgment Ark Compny K. 

M reeves in cear of Caaptin Wilkens. 


Here are extracts from one dated “Coleton Destrict,” which, in 
one sentence, comprising two foolscap pages, treats on a great 
number of subjects: 


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Coleton Destrict September 29, 1861. 

When you write agin sign your name fule and proper and do write 
plain whenever you write And the girls all send you howdy and all 
seames as dead hearted as they can be and I see no pleasure nor fun no 
more and I think that religion is finned dead for we have no preaching 
to go to any more and we have had a great storm Friday last and if the 
wind blow on Hilton Head like hit did here I think that you are all 
in the bottom of the sea or some other seaport or another thay isin 
much sickness in the neighborhood now. &c. 


The following extract from one signed by a meandering auto- 
graph terminating in the surname of Judy, and addressed to a 
volunteer at Ft. Walker, gives among other things a very dispar- 
aging idea of the company of chivalry, located at Cattle Creek, 
and of the frequency of the muster of the inhabitants: 


October the 4th 1861. 

The company out to Cattle Creak is nothing But littel Boys and old 
gray-headed meen the girls is all well and looks vary sassy hit maks 
my eyes run water to look at them and the Girls seas that they wants to 
sea you and some of the rest our our boys the told me what i is 
sonyt to tell you that the want to sea you vary bad and i to to to old 
them that you told me to tell them Howdy for you and it seam to pleas 
them vary much this day i was out to muster and sow, youre pay (pa) 
and he was well and sed that all was well. 


This addressed to a volunteer gives additional testimony as to 
mustering : 

September the 1 1861 Reeves vill P. O. S. C. 

Dir nephew I am not Glad that sickness remains in your camps as 
your mil may stope soon I write to you soon I received your letter this 
morning starling’ got to muster Every saturday and all Rest of us 
we have quite small boys at this time grate confusion about the war 


her the yankes has tuck a fort or two in noth Carlina we under- 
stand. 


The next dated “Otober” 14, from F. W. Pulaski, of Reeves- 
ville, gives some highly definite news about the progress of the 
war, and also about the prosperity of Reevesville and vicinity, 
and the alarming scarcity of whiskey. The story of pecuniary 
resources is touching: 

You want to hear from the war I understand the Yankees they 
had a battle in the mesure it lasted 59 hours 2 weekes a go loss un- 


known the south whipped them in kantucky whipped the Yankes 
one weeke a go loss not known. 


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The important news at home the Eighteenth regiment has got to go 
to the War and three Cornl malherds regiment, the Cattle Creek com- 
peny is in it if true or not I can not say I do not like that news M 
Magor Grant told that himself to us I understand that the officers has 
got to be examoned the next muster day to see if thay Do to war or 
not. Crops here I have got corn a pleanty I think cotton Can not be 
sold at all timber is not worth one dollar a raft you can judge how 
money is here. We have got Sct bills on the Banks here and git one 
in small payments in 3 monthes you can juge the money at this time 
Bacon 28 to 30 cts per lbs Coffee 45 sugar 20 cts per lbs. 

If you git enough to eate and git you Pay you are doing well I think 
L. F. Grissette he complains of hard times you can see the price of 
bacon he has got three hogs for bacon he has not any money at all 
15cts Bank Bills one in two monthes will not buy whiskey for him 
the price is 1.25 cts per gallon by the barrel. 


This dated September 14th: 


L. F. Grissette T. Grissette they are the same as when you was here 
Thay can Drinck whiskey yet. 

If thay do have that man shot for sleeping on post let we know at 
once must be hard thire for so Maney Capt. Beating men run away 
and he broat back put on trial for the marshel law is very hard some- 
times for a man on guard duty sleeping on post at often times death 
by the law. 

Times is quite hard here I am informed sum of my neighbors got 
no meet to eat at this time and I am not much better off myself bacon 
is 25cts per pound. 

We understand the war is commensed in virginia and in the city of 
Washegton I understand that there will be a hard battle next Sunday. 
I understand that sum of the troope is got to go to hilton head if 
true or not I can not say if thay come you “Put them 200 Racoons to 
feed your Yankee prisners on when you take them and not give the 
Yankes youre Bacon to eate.” 


_ This dated August 20th from Reevesville, S. C., gives addi- 
tional information about the Cattle Creek company, and tells a 
true story about a social South Carolina gathering : 


I will say to you that all the men in the Cattle Creek company from 
the ages of 16 to 60 years old has got to muster know at home every 
Saturday. I have got to muster So you can judge for the rest the 
Lawyers and Docters all muster at this time the Govner of the State 
wants 3000 men to go to virginia so Report says youre mule is doing 
well at this time youre dogs is doing well all so. 

I will tell you a true story tuck place at morgain Dewet last saturday 
night the 2 Grissettes L. Grimes G. Reeves and outhers Drunken frolick 


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all fallen in a pile nobody got hurt I was one I snppose you can guge 
(judge) all the Rest it is too good to keep you must know it. 


The next letter from which we extract is a lady’s hand, and is 
dated from no place and not signed by any name, but has an 
equivalent on one corner of the top—a representation of a flag 
carefully but crookedly drawn in red ink. The emblems on this 
banner are quite plain but extremely indefinite, and may be taken 
for frightened butterflies, peripatetic turtles, a flower garden, a 
small storm, or anything in general, of a mixed and incompre- 
hensible character. The writer says: 


i have joined A Society At Branchville the ladies going to see fore 
the soldiers And the Gentlemen joined And throwd in Money to By the 
clouths With And We makes them and Wen we get them done carry 
them to the presAdent of the Society and this is Mr. cameron and the 
vice presAdent is Mrs. Hoitt i can tell you We are in a close place thare 
is 42 Members All to gether deer cousin I Went to camp Meeting and 
was good But there was not many men there i can tell you there was 
eny quantiny of Girls And they seemed to be enjoying them seves very 
Well As if thare Bues Ware not gone to Ware But oh i missed mine 
All though i had as many Bues as i wanted i bet you cant guess how 
many i caught eight i did not go A sengal time Across the camp 
Ground by My Self How good you ought to be wen everybody speaks 
well of you And you have another negro sence you left home i went to 
see it Kate has a fine son i Wanted her to give it to me but she 
would not do it oh how i missed you Wen the negroes Brought youre 
mule out to water seamed to me that you must be dead. 


Another letter from a mother says: 


I have made you a pair of pants of off the negroe clothe for woolen 
clothe is so high that I can not get it. 


Another to a volunteer at Hilton Head says: 

I am afraid if the Yankees come there we will never see you any- 
more. 

A letter from a young lady says: 


Dear cousin When you come home don’t fail to stop at Charleston 
And have your likeness taken for me if you please it Want take but 
25cts, i will have mine taken for you that Will be better than A lock 
of hare, but i send you the hare you must Weare it one your arm for 
a Bracelet. 


A Mr. Griffith writes: 


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I hear that some of your company says that they cannot stay on the 
Island for there is no whiskey on it, tell them to drink sweetened 
water. 

He adds an admonition that if society of the gentle sex is not to be 
had they must learn to do without it. What a fall was there for 
chivalry ! 


One dated October 12th says: 


I heard that you was to be married shortly if you hadent to went 
off make haste and kill all the Yankeys and come back and give us a 
wedding and let us all to be together once more. 


With these extracts we close the page of chivalric. We have 
extenuated nothing and set down nothing in malice, but have 
reproduced the strict orthography of the text. So far as it is an 
exponent of the condition and circumstances of the enemy, either 
in a social, military or educational view, so far it is of interest to 
the public. We hope that it is not an average specimen of the 
intelligence of South Carolina. 

On November 21, Stephen E. Danforth of Co. B died in the 
hospital at Fortress Monroe, where he had been left when we 
sailed from Hampton Roads. 

Sunday, November 24—Parade, religious services and the 
usual inspection. There was much complaint. The men had 
been kept so busy that there was no time for cleaning up, and 
the guns were dirty. One man, on being reproached by the 
colonel, admitted that his gun was dirty, but added that he had 
the brightest shovel the colonel ever saw. The week had been 
passed in transporting provisions and war material from the ves- 
sels, in building a wharf, and in digging upon a line of fortifica- 
tions, which the engineers had already marked out. 


Hitton Heap IsLtanp, Port Roya INLET, 
SoutH CARoLina, November 24. 

After a lengthy delay in consequence of not being able to discharge 
her heavy cargo until today, the Illinois is under orders to leave 
tomorrow. The Ericsson left us for the North this afternoon, but, not 
being a steamer of much speed, the mails were kept back for the for- 
mer vessel. Mr. Sears, the postmaster of our expedition, has some 
12,000 letters awaiting dispatch; newspapers do not as yet form an 
item, but there is no knowing what a little time will bring forth. 


100. Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


The English frigate, Immortalite, of fifty guns, Captain Hawkins 
commander, sailed into our harbor last Wednesday, and is now 
securely lying at anchor a few cables’ length from the Wabash. Her 
salute of twenty-one guns was returned both by the flagship and from 
Fort Walker, the name of which, by the by, ought to be changed; since 
loyal men will have some difficulty in deciding whether it is named 
after the “gray-eyed man of destiny,” the Walker of Nicargua memory, 
Robert J. Walker, the senator, or that mythological yclept, Hookey 
Walker. ‘Fort Dupoint” would be appropriate, while Fort Beauregard, 
at Bay Point, might, be called Sherman, out of compliment to the 
landing forces of the expedition. 

Captain Hawkins immediately went on board the Wabash, and 
frankly stated the object of his visit to be to look after English inter- 
ests in this vicinity and to remove English subjects from ports which 
are hereafter to be bombarded. The principal officers of our fleet were 
much pleased with the captain’s manner during his lengthy visit to the 
flagship, and believe his presence here will be conducive to more free 
relations between the two countries. He will, at all events, be able to 
inform his government of the importance of our victory in these 
waters; of the thorough demoralization of the enemy; and the stam- 
pede of the slaves; and this information will come better from him than 
from anyone else or any other source, and go far to neutralize the re- 
ports of foreign consuls in southern ports. Within twenty-four hours 
of his arrival gunboats brought in a schooner as a prize, laden with 
arms, ammunition, and uniforms. The vessel hailed from Nassau 
(New Providence), and is one of four known to have left that port 
with similar cargoes, intended for the confederates. Two of these 
schooners have been captured, and the commodore feels confident he 
will succeed in laying hold of the others. The one above referred to 
carried, professedly, barrels of potatoes, consigned to Philadelphia, but 
when off the Savannah river, she ran in, and soon. found out her 
mistake. The English captain, on being made acquainted with the 
capture, replied: “Served her right for carrying such a cargo under 
the British flag.” 

Our life here has already become rather matter-of-fact; not exactly 
monotonous, for there is too much to do, but scarcely so exciting as you 
might suppose. The weather has turned very cold, particularly at 
night, and sore throats, coughs, and chills are prevailing among officers 
and the troops. Are we not to have any stoves? Blankets, too, are 
desirable, and lucifer matches should not be forgotten. I mention the 
latter, believing that not a “locofoco” exists in the whole of this expe- 
dition, our division sutler (the only one here) having forgotten such 
stores as would be in demand among campaigners. 

The fleet lies quietly at anchor half a mile from the shore of Hil- 
ton Head Island, and no doubt the uninitiated suppose it is idle. Noth- 


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ing of the sort, however, the vessels of light drift are constantly run- 
ning up the various rivers and streams and empty themselves into this 
inlet, while the Flag, Mohican, Seminole and others cruise about the 
coast towards Charleston and Savannah. These reconnoissances have 
established the fact that the enemy have given up the idea of defending 
their littoral, for their guns have been removed inland, and nothing but 
their earthworks remain. I learn from unquestionable authority that a 
panic has reigned in Savannah eyer since our victory. The women and 
children have left the city and fled into the interior of the fort, and 
so great was the influxion of strangers into Augusta that the mayor 
has issued a proclamation against further immigration, and hundreds 
of families are now camping around that city. There is a rumor that 
Tybee Island, at the entrance of the Savannah river, is today in our 
possession. This island is closed up to Cockspur, on which rests Fort 
Pulaski, one of the United States casemated works; but Tybee in our 
possession effectually closes the river, giving us at the same time a good 
base of operations from which to bombard the fort. 

Never was a point of attack better selected than at present. We seem 
to have fallen upon the richest spot on this southern coast. At Beau- 
fort we captured the complete lighting apparatus belonging to the 
lighthouse on Hunting Island, and that marking the shoal named Mar- 
tin’s Industry, and this is followed by the recovery of the revolving ma- 
chinery, lens, burners, lanterns, oil cans, etc., which formerly marked 
St. Helina Island. The visit of our quartermaster, Captain Saxton, to 
Beaufort last Friday gave us the possession of 100,000 feet of prime 
lumber, and fifteen wagon-loads of Indian corn have come in today, 
with many more to follow. The negroes too are coming in not singly 
but in families, and they tell us that there are hundreds more watch- 
ing their opportunity to run off. Strange indeed is the confidence they 
evince in the “Yankees,” as they call us, and droll the stories they tell 
of the conduct of the whites during our bombardment. Men running in 
Bluffton bootless, shirtless, and some without pantaloons; running for 
dear life, footsore, bleeding, and out of breath, “while,” said one intel- 
ligent young darkey, to me, “the guns went piff, piff, piff, and those 
damed things busted.” 

Our works are proceeding here with great rapidity, but I must neces- 
sarily be silent as to their extent, the number of guns they will mount, 
and the men required to man them. Suffice it to say, the generals in 
command consider they will be able to hold this island against 50,000 
men—an army which the South will find a difficulty in detailing from 
Hilton Head, as it will shortly be hit in a number of different places, 
simultaneously. If General Drayton or Major Lee could look at this 
island for a moment, they would not know it again. We have run up 
an enormous range of commissary buildings, large enough to contain 
provisions for 10,000 men during three months, besides suites of officers’ 


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apartments. We are also raising stables for 1,000 horses, with storage 
for forage overhead, and everything presages we are to make a lengthy 
if not permanent occupation. 


From Port Royat. 


Arrival of the Baltic and Curlew. 
The British Frigate enters Port Royal. 


The U. 8. steam transport, Baltic, Commander Comstock, ar- 
rived at this port yesterday afternoon from Hilton Head, which 
place she left at six o’clock on Monday morning, the eighteenth 
inst. 

She brings no news of interest except what has been already 
published, brought by the Atlantic and Rhode Island. She has 
fifteen passengers, principally from the army. She brings a 
secession soldier, named James Darrah, of the Ninth regiment of 
South Carolina Volunteers, who was one of the first prisoners 
taken at Fort Walker, and has since taken the oath of allegiance. 
Everything remains quiet on the island. 

November 25th. 

Yesterday our troops took possession of Tybee Island, at the 
mouth of the Savannah river, and shall continue to hold the 
position, as it effectually cuts off that city from the outer world. 
I am informed there is good anchorage inside the bar, and that 
ships of war will be kept constantly there. 

Another branch of the expedition went to St. Helina Island, 
and, without striking a blow, took the enemy’s batteries. The 
guns had been carried inland. I learn from authoritative sources 
that we shall continue to hold this inlet also. A third expedition 
to the interior is also at work, but its action not being 
fait accompli, | keep silence upon it. 

Corporal Charles P. Stevens of Co. F, Private Charles H. 
Seavey of Co. C, and James M. Allen of Co. G died November 
25. 

Heavy firing in the direction of Beaufort, and all sorts of 
rumors in camp. 

Thursday, November 28—Thanksgiving Day in New Hamp- 
shire, and the regiment was excused from all drill. There were 


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games in the morning, and at dinner soup was served with the 
hard-tack and coffee. In the afternoon the regiment paid a visit 
to the Third New Hampshire in its camp. 

November 29—A detail of 300 men, made up of volunteers 
from each of the companies and commanded by Major Drew, 
went aboard the steamer Ben De Ford and was taken down the 
coast to Tybee Island, at the mouth of the Savannah river, as a 
guard to a body of engineers who made a study of the island 
with reference to a proposed attack upon Fort Pulaski. The 
detail returned to the camp at Hilton Head on December 1, the 
chief incident of the excursion being the boarding of a blockade- 
running schooner which had been run ashore after being chased 
by Federal gunboats. The captain, mate, and cook were cap- 
tured, but the crew had made their escape. The schooner was 
loaded with oranges, cigars, whiskey, and other commodities. 
Some of the men took away as many of the oranges and cigars 
as they could carry, and afterwards sold them in camp at a good 
price. 

Sergeant Abner L. Knowlton of Co. D, who accompanied the 
expedition, wrote in his diary the following description of Tybee 
Island, and its surroundings: “From the summit of the light- 
house we had a splendid view of the island. As we stood facing 
the fort (Fort Pulaski), which was in full view, with its brick- 
colored walls and dark-mouthed portholes, we could plainly see 
the rebel gunboats opposite the fort, while a little farther down 
the channel lay two old hulls, which it is reported are to be sunk 
in case of an attack. Now turn a little to the right, and we have 
a splendid view of the silvery, threadlike Savannah, as it winds 
its way through the evergreen country of the ‘land of cotton.’ 
Now make a right or right-about-face, and either will bring you 
in full view of the boundless ocean, while by facing to the left 
we have a splendid view of the island and the country beyond 
the narrow creek which separates it from the mainland. We 
went out and were put on picket guard. The country is a level 
plain, surrounded by mounds of drifting sand, with now and 
then a low, marshy creek. The forests are red cedar, live-oak, 


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and cypress. The oaks are covered with a sort of long, trailing 
moss, and the underwood is very thick, making it impossible for 
a man to get along, or, as Buswell of Co. D said, ‘The devil 
could not find a man if he should hide, unless he was watching 
him when he hid.’ ” 


December 1, 1861. © 

i In the second story were assembled some sixty 
negroes, male and female; and when I arrived a remarkable 
looking, white-headed old negro was “deaconing” off sentences, 
and the entire congregation, with shut eyes and swaying to and 
fro, were singing them. The leader, for instance, said, “Christ 
is full of mercy; He will forgive us, hell-deserving sinners,” and 
then they sang it. After they had finished this, they having 
meanwhile brought me a chair and seated me in the middle of 
the room, one they call “Prince” made a prayer. To be sure, 
every ten words he repeated “This glorious evening,” “merciful 
Jesus,” “tender Saviour,” but on the whole the prayer was 
really very impressive and evidently sincere and from his heart. 
The soldiers stood around with as much decorum as they would 
have shown in their church at home; and when the prayer went 
on, “We pray Thee, merciful Jesus, tender Saviour, to bless 
the soldiers who have come over difficult waters to this island 
to fight. Oh, tender Saviour, preserve their lives, and make 
them victorious, merciful Jesus, over the enemy,” and then went 
on to speak of those in bonds; the men grew more sober, and 
I could see the eyes of more than one of the strong men around 
me glisten. 

When the prayer was done the old negro said, “Will some 
of you gemplemen please to read we poor ignorant creatures a 
chapter in the Bible,’ and as I saw the officers hesitated, as 
though they did not know whether it would agree with their 
dignity to take part in a negro meeting, I said I would, and one 
of the officers giving me a Testament, I read the “Parable of 
the Sowers.” After I had done they prayed again, sung a hymn 
in which we all joined, and then chanted a benediction, and 
then, rising, sang “Glory Hallelujah,” which ended the services. 
Take it all together, I have many a time attended church in 
our own New Hampshire where the services were far less im- 
pressive, solemn, and sincere. 

Mounting our horses again, after looking at some funny lit- 
tle negro babies, crowing and jumping about in their mothers’ 
arms, we went on to the pickets on the water’s edge, from 
which we could see the main land and the enemies’ pickets 


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in full sight. I had my field glass and could see them with 
great distinctness. After staying here a little while we turned 
about and rode to a Mr. Pope’s plantation. 

LOUIS. BELL. 


Sunday, December 1—The detachment returned to Hilton 
Head from Tybee Island, the regiment was again united, and 
the day was spent in cleaning camp. 

The expedition to Tybee Island was simply for the purpose of 
enabling the Chief Engineer, Captain (afterwards General) Q. 
A. Gilmore, to make an examination as to the practicability of 
later reducing Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of the Savannah river, 
but it made a great stir among the enemy, as is shown by the 
report of Gen. Robert E. Lee, then in command at Savannah, to 
Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War, of which the 
following is an extract: 


Gen. Ropert EH. Let on THE TYBEE INCIDENT. 


Smr:—On Sunday last, 24th inst., the enemy crossed Savannah Bar 
with five of his vessels, and made a lodgement on Tybee Island. Sub- 
sequently three other vessels joined them, and the force on Tybee 
Island was reénforced. Five vessels, one of them a frigate, said to be 
the Sabine, now lay inside of the bar north of Tybee Island. They 
are three or four miles from Fort Pulaski, within range of whose 
guns they have not yet approached. The force on Tybee Island is 
reported to be large, but I am unable to state it. No demonstration of 
their purpose has yet been made, further than the occupation of the 
island. 


December 83—About 2 A. M. the long roll sounded and we were 
were all turned out in battle line, where we were detained an 
hour. It was either a false alarm or a trial to see which regi- 
ment responded first. 

Edward Dalton of Co. K and also Andrew J. Johnson of Co. 
H died December 4. 

December 6—The Second Brigade went to Beaufort, S. C. 
Josiah S. Place of Co. D, a Gilmanton boy, died today. Men 
are working on the fortifications. 


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December ?’—Company E boys presented Second Lieutenant 
Edgerly with a watch. Henry S. Ober of Co. C died suddenly. 

Sunday had general inspection, lasting two hours. 

Corporal Charles M. Fisher of Co. C, who had been discharged, 
died December 10, near New York city, on his way home. The 
Seventh-ninth Pennsylvania landed today. The English frigate 
Immortalite left Port Royal. 

At midnight, Monday, a strong gale nearly put our camp out 
of commission. Cold. George E. Schelling of Co. B died 
December 12. 

Thomas J. Brown of Co. A died December 13. 

December 14—The steamship Ericsson arrived December 14, 
having on board the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania. 

Sunday was warmer. Regimental inspection. The Ninth 
Maine and Sixth Connecticut moved camp over to the entrench- 
ments. December 16 the United States frigate Sabine came in 
and anchored. 

Of the Fourth Regiment, 700 men are at work on the fortifica- 
tions. There are 15,000 men on Hilton Head Island. LEclipse 
of the moon, December 17, next day. 

The Seventh Connecticut left for Tybee Island. Plenty of 
shoveling. 

Usual Sunday inspection, consuming nearly all the forenoon. 

December 23—Very heavy rain last night. Battalion drill at 
11 A.M. Captain Newell of Co. E, who had resigned, and several 
discharged men left for home. December 24 was the coldest 
night we have experienced. December 25—First Christmas in 
the war. A very nice, pleasant day. Neither Santa Claus nor 
the Jonnies were in sight. 

Sunday—Hard, long inspection of everything we had. Since 
being in South Carolina we have had but little evidence of Sun- 
day observance. The absence of a chaplain is the cause of this 
neglect. 

December 30—After one week’s illness Corporal John P. 
Smith, Co. E, died—the first death in Co. E. When the news 
of his death reached Manchester, his fiancée, a Miss Watson, 


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committed suicide in the canal, near Granite street. She 
worked on the Manchester corporation and boarded there. Both 
were buried later side by side in Valley cemetery, near the mon- 
ument of the late Governor Moody Currier. 

December 31—The regiment was mustered for pay. Corporal 
Smith’s funeral today. The body was later sent home to Man- 
chester. It is said that about 200 men have died here since 
November 7, when we landed. Since leaving home, September 
27, the Fourth New Hampshire has lost by death seventeen. Of 
the seventeen who died, Co. I did not lose any. THach of the 
other nine companies are represented in the death record. 

Wednesday, January 1, 1862—The new year had a sad begin- 
ning. About 3.30 p. m., John H. Whitehouse of Co. F was acci- 
dentally killed by George M. Marshall of Co. D. Both were on 
guard. Whitehouse was sitting near the guard tent, while 
Marshall was trying to clean a loaded gun, which was dis- 
charged, the ball striking Whitehouse in the side and passing 
through his body. His comrades immediately raised enough 
money to send his body home, where it was buried in the family 
lot at Somersworth. Today two New York regiments went to 
Beaufort, S. C., where trouble was expected. 

George F. Gage of Co. A died January 2, the next day. 

The steamer Vanderbilt sailed for New York, having on board 
the body of John H. Whitehouse, who was killed January 1. 
Received regular army caps and pants. A ration of whiskey was 
issued. 

Rained all day Sunday. First full stormy day since we 
landed. Resting in our quarters. 

Capt. Orrin Brown of Co. F is being court-martialed for some 
irregularity of the pay-roll. Sunday, January 12, general 
inspection. There was a balloon ascension from Hilton Head 
for observation. 

Two battalion drills both January 13 and 14. 

It is reported that we are to move away. 

January 15—Robert L. Holbrook of Co. A died the 15th inst. 

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orders were, ready to embark at a moment’s notice. Sergeant 
H. M. Weed of Co. K, who had been discharged in December, 
reached Manchester and died. Colonel Whipple’s forty-sixth 
birthday. January 21—About 11 a. m. struck tents; went to 
the wharf and boarded the steamer Delaware. Fair in the 
morning; rained in the afternoon. January 22—At anchor in 
Port Royal harbor. Daniel F. Sanborn of Co. H died on the 
steamer Atlantic, en route home. 

At anchor three days. David S. Bean of Co. A died at Hilton 
Head hospital January 23. ta 

At about 9 a. M., January 26, the fleet started, and at 3 P. M. 
anchored at the entrance to Warsaw Sound. 

The next day gunboats went up into an inlet and commenced 
firing. James Brown of Co. A died at Hilton Head hospital, 
January 27. 

All quiet the rest of the month. Still at anchor. Our cooks 
were sent ashore to cook rations very much needed. 

February 1—The new month opened favorably for hungry 
soldiers. The cooks came aboard with a barrel of baked beans, 
and in the afternoon we received a ration of whiskey. Went to 
bed neither dry nor hungry. Sunday received a mail. Steamer 
Star of the South, came with the Ninth Maine regiment. 
Cooks served us with soup. February 3 changed steamers, leay- 
ing the Delaware with the Empire City. More room. 


Warsaw IsLanp. 


All who wished were allowed to go ashore on Warsaw Island. 

Inspection by General Wright. Sunday, February 9, went 
ashore on Warsaw Island and pitched our tents. A dreary, des- 
olate place, but better than on boats. 

February 10—Rained all night. The Ninth Maine, Sixth 
Connecticut, Ninty-Seventh Pennsylvania and Fourth New 
Hampshire are on Great Warsaw Island. We are camped in a 
cedar and oak grove near the shore, surrounded nearly by water, 
and in the highest place not over four feet above high tides. 
Dress parade on beach at 5 p.m. Prescott, Co. D, shot alligator 


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seven feet long. February 12—President Lincoln’s fifty-third 
birthday. Steamer Marion, from Hilton Head, with sick ones 
who had been left behind. February 13—First Lieutenant F. 
W. Parker of Co. E was promoted captain of his company ; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Edgerly to first lieutenant, and Private Harvey 
F. Wiggin of Co. A was made second lieutenant; also First Lieu- 
tenant G. F. Towle of Co. B was made captain of Co. F. 

Benjamin Fairfield, Co. D, died February 14 at Fort Mouroe, 
Va. February 20, at daybreak, we struck tents and went aboard 
the Empire City in small boats. 

February 21—At anchor, Warsaw Sound, Georgia. President 
Lincoln’s young son died last night. 

February 22—Still at anchor. Washington’s _ birthday. 
Flags flying at masthead of all the fleet. A beautiful day— 
clear and warm. 

Sunday, February 23—Inspection. Expecting to sail. Gen- 
eral inspection February 24. 

Last night a schooner broke loose and ran into our steamer. 

February 26—Inspection of arms. Heavy shower. February 
27—Steamer McClellan, from Hilton Head, with General Sher- 
man, February 28—Weighed anchor at 5 Pp. m., and sailed all 
night. At 8 a. M., March 1, anchored in St. Andrew’s sound. 
Large fleet of transports and naval vessels anchored near us. 
Sunday, March 2—George Evans of Co. K died during the night 
and was buried at sea this morning. This is the third death 
and burial at sea since we left Hampton Roads. Are still on 
the Empire City. About noon we anchored near the north end 
of Cumberland Island, Ga. 

Next day at 9 A. M. weighed anchor and sailed in a southerly 
direction. Middle of the forenoon anchored in sight of land. 
Rough and windy. Edwin M. George, who was discharged in 
January, died today at his home in Bennington, N. H., March 3. 

Wind blew hard all night. About 10.30 a. m., March 4, our 
vessel, the Empire City, got aground near the north end of 
Amelia Island. At 8 p. m. the steamer Belvidere took us aboard 
—all but Co. C—but soon we were aground again. 


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FERNANDINA, FLORIDA. 


March 5—On board the Belvidere, aground in Cumberland 
Bay. In the afternoon the steamer Boston took us off. About 
9 p. M. landed at Fernandina, Fla. Most of the regiment spent 
the night in a large Seorebnises some were quartered in what was 
the Whitefield House. 

March 6—Companies E and F were detailed on provost guard, | 
Captain George F. Towle, provost marshal, with headquarters 
the Whitefield House. The regiment went into camp out- 
side the city. We found this small city a pleasant place, but 
nearly deserted. But very few whites. Everything is lovely 
here—trees are budding, birds singing, and flowers are blooming. 
March 7—Fair and cold. General Wright, from Brigade head- 
quarters, issued the following order to Colonel Whipple: 


After having embarked the eight companies of your regiment on 
board the steamer Boston, in pursuance of the verbal instructions given 
you this evening, you will proceed with the gunboat expedition to the 
Saint John’s river, under the command of Commander J. R. Golds- 
borough, and codperate with that officer in the objects of the ex- 
pedition. 

It is understood between the flag officer commanding the naval forces 
and myself that neither Jacksonville nor any point upon the river below 
is to be permanently occupied by our forces; but it may be desirable 
to land at one or more of these points, for the purpose of reconnois- 
sance or other desirable services, and occupy them for a few hours 
only, returning, of course, with the gunboats to this place when this 
shall have been accomplished. 

You will place yourself in official relation with Captain Goldsbor- 
ough, commanding the naval force, who is now off the Saint John’s en- 
trance, on your arrival there, and arrange with him in regard to the 
operations in which the services of your command may be required. 


Companies A, B, C, D, G, H, I, and K of the regiment left on 
the steamer Boston for Jacksonville, Fla., with six gunboats. 
We crossed the bar and headed for St. John’s river. Sunday, 
March 9—Reached the mouth of St. John’s river this morning. 
Six companies went aboard the gunboats to act as sharpshooters. 
The gunboats were the Ottawa, Pembina, Seneca, Isaac Smith. 


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Colonel Whipple received the following order from General 
Wright: 


Flag Officer DuPont proceeds today to the Saint John’s river, and 
after the contemplated operations in that vicinity shall have been fin- 
ished, will probably continue down the coast to Saint Augustine, in 
which case you will still remain with the navy and cooperate with it. 

Should Saint Augustine be taken possession of, and it should be 
considered important by the flag officer to occupy it, you are authorized 
to leave, say, two companies in Fort Marion as a garrison, with at 
least ten days’ provisions, a trusty captain being placed in command. 
The remainder of your force will then return to its place on the 
Boston. 


Still outside the bar. March 11 crossed the bar, and came to 
anchor opposite Mayport Mills. Passed two lighthouses today 
and two batteries, mounting four guns, but saw no inhabitants. 
The shore is sandy and low, and presents a gloomy aspect, espe- 
cially when the wind blows. Then the sand drifts like a New — 
Hampshire snowstorm. Company I was on a gunboat which 
was sent to St. Augustine. 

Corporal A. L. Knowlton of Co. D records in his diary, under 
date of March 12: Co. C landed at Mayport Mills. The fleet, 
with Cos. A, B, D, G, H, and K, started at 7 a. m. for Jackson- 
ville. After going a mile, “All hands to your quarters!” cried 
the boatswain’s mate. “Man the guns for action!” and every 
sailor flew to his post, and all the soldiers were formed in line 
and put under waiting orders. From two deserters taken the 
night before it had been learned that we were to be attacked by 
a battery ashore. We were not molested, however, and passed 
the batteries in safety. The place is called St. John’s Bluff, and 
is a very important point on the river, being a high elevation on 
a sharp bend, and commanding the channel for a long distance. 
If the enemy had fortified this bluff, they would have made 
dreadful work if any boats had tried to go up the river. We 
now passed on through a variety of scenery. Here, on the right, 
a wide swamp; to the left, spreads a fine plantation, with its 
green rows of corn, which reach from the river’s bank to the 
shaded mansion in the distance. We'see another splendid house, 


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half hidden in the never-failing shrubbery, while in its rear 
stretches a beautiful grove of fine oak trees, and on the opposite 
shore is a hovel, the habitation of the poor whites. At nearly all 
the places we pass the white flag is raised. At one place a small 
boat landed and was received by a few men, while the ladies 
stood on the bank and appeared as though they did not know 
whether we were friends or foes. We passed on and came to the 
smouldering remains of a burning building—a steam sawmill. 
We had seen the red glare of fire all the previous night, and we 
realized that before leaving the place the enemy intended to burn 
all, rather than leave it for us. We reached Jacksonville at 
noon, and a flag of truce went to the wharf to reply to one raised 
by the citizens. We landed and formed in line on Bay street, 
when Colonel Whipple gave orders that no soldier enter any 
house without orders, that no property of any kind be taken, 
and that every man was expected to bear himself in a gentle- 
manly manner. We found nine sawmills, one iron foundry, one 
store, several dwellings, and the largest hotel all in ashes, and a 
Confederate gunboat, which was in process of building at this 
place, was also burned. 

Phineas J. Perrin of Co. B, discharged in February, died at 
Nashua, N. H., March 14. 

Our picket guard was called in nearer the main force. Last 
night was one of anxiety, for we expected to be attacked, a large 
force having been reported five miles outside. Rude breastworks 
were thrown up, and batteries planted at important points, while 
every soldier slept with his gun by his side. But there was no 
alarm. Heavy rain tonight. March 15, 1862, General Wright 
reported from Fernandina: “I have the honor to report that I 
have just learned from my aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Hubbell, 
who accompanied the expedition to the St. John’s river, that the 
batteries at the mouth of the river and at St. John’s Bluff were 
abandoned on the approach of the gunboats, and that Jackson- 
ville was evacuated by the rebels before our forces reached the 
town. Jacksonville was occupied by six companies of the 
Fourth New Hampshire on the 12th instant. Seven sawmills, 


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4,000,000 feet of lumber, a large hotel, four or five private 
dwellings, the railroad depot, and the gunboat in process of con- 
struction and nearly ready for launching were burned by the 
rebels on their evacuation of the place. 

A portion of the gunboats, having with them one company of 
the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, went to St. Augustine, 
which the rebel forces had deserted on the first appearance of the 
expedition on the Florida coast. The inhabitants of the town 
are represented to have hailed with joy the arrival of our forces 
and their relief from the oppressive rule of the rebel authorities. 
At Jacksonville many of the inhabitants are still remaining, 
though considerable numbers had gone when our troops landed. 

Sunday, March 16, at Jacksonville, Fla., some of the men of 
Co. G, by reason of too close contact with Florida whiskey, started 
a row and were fired on by the guard, one man being killed, 
Martin J. Stanton, a Manchester boy. The same day Co. I, Cap- 
tain N. H. Brown, landed at St. Augustine, came on U. 8S. gun- 
boat Isaac Smith, and took possession of the city without oppo- 
sition. 

JACKSONVILLE, March 18—Colonel Whipple resigned today. 
He was beloved by the entire regiment, who regretted that he 
was no longer to lead us. He was always interested in the wel- 
fare of his men, strict in discipline, but considerate and reason- 
able. Strong men shed tears as he bade the men good-by and 
shook the hand of each. The next day, March 19, Cos. E and 
F, which had been at Fernandina since March 5, were relieved 
by the Ninth Maine, and went aboard the steamer Belvidere 
about 3 p. mM. Colonel Whipple came aboard, made a speech, 
and shook each man by the hand. It was an affectionate, tear- 
ful farewell. Remained at anchor all night. March 20, about 
6 A. M., the Belvidere, with Cos. E and F aboard, commanded 
by Captain Towle, left Fernandina for St. Augustine. Arrived 
off the city at 1 p. m., but the water was so rough that we 
could not enter the harbor. Cloudy, very windy, part of the day 
rainy. Cos. EH and F had.been on guard duty at Fernandina 
since March 5. Very little of interest took place. 


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St. AUGUSTINE. 


March 21—About 10 a. M. entered the harbor, but were not 
able to reach the wharf to land until about 4 Pp. m., when we were 
received by Co. I, which had been at St. Augustine about a week, 
and whose members furnished a collation to their comrades. 
We then took quarters at Fort Marion, an old Spanish fortress, 
Co. C is now at Mayport Mills; the other six companies at Jack- 
sonville. It is hoped the report that we are soon to be reunited 
will be realized. 


Our ENTRANCE InTo St. AUGUSTINE BY Capr. Gzo. F. Tow, 
Cont: : 


March 19, 1862, went aboard Belvidere, at Fernandina. Laid 
at dock until morning, then sailed for St. Augustine, Colonel 
Bell on board. Arrived off bar 1 p. mM. Slight squall on 
way. Old “Johnny Cups,” a Union pilot, came off to take us in 
our old friend, the Isaac Smith. The boat that landed us at 
Hilton Head, with a new battery to replace that lost in the 
gale, lay inside. It was noon, the 21st, before the tide allowed 
us to enter the harbor. -A single, long jetty projected from the 
town into the harbor. A strong breeze blowing from the shore 
kept us broadside on backing and running ahead in vain efforts 
to reach the wharf. Finally an old seaman from the Isaac 
Smith came aboard to assist. At his suggestion the boat was 
stopped abreast the dock, an anchor dropped, and as she swung 
head to wind, the anchor was raised, steam put on, and we 
speedily ranged alongside the jetty. The town extending along 
the seawall on the bay presented a most attractive appearance. 
The tropical vegetation was in luxuriant profusion. Near the 
harbor entrance, to the right as we entered, stood the old Spanish 
San Marcos, now Fort Marion; at the southern extremity, the 
old Spanish convent, now called St. Francis Barracks. A few 
handkerchiefs were waived to us as we landed at 4 Pp. M., and 
marched down to occupy the old fort. Its drawbridge and port- 
cullis, the watch towers at true angles, all brought back those 
ancient days when exposed against the Spanish flag along th» 
coast. 


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March 22 we found the marines from the fleet already in pos- 
session, Captain Brown of Co. I the first to land, having been 
appointed provost marshal. The inhabitants had shared the 
apprehensions prevailing everywhere on the coming of the north- — 
ern invaders. Two companies called the St. Augustine Blues 
and the Beauregards had been organized here from the able- 
bodied men, but as the Union forces went in at the seaside these 
troops evacuated the town on the land side. 

At the close of the war these two companies in Hardees Corps 
were paroled in North Carolina by Major Towle. But few of 
the original members had escaped the perils of war—death, cap- 
tivity, and disease. The flagpole on the plaza had been cut 
down, said to have been done by women. Some of the chips 
were saved as souvenirs. 

The women, having no means of escape, had made a virtue of 
necessity and remained to meet the “Yankees.” All the houses, 
mostly low and one story, were provided with close shutters. 
The first day, as we promenaded the town, these shutters were 
closed tight. The second day an opening of an inch or two, 
through which could be caught the gleam of a bright eye, bore 
evidence as to the curiosity of these self-made prisoners. On the 
third day, thrown wide open, the inmates contemplated as we 
passed, with glances of startled interest, and finally on the fourth 
day, reassured and with confidence in our pacific intentions, they 
came out to their usual evening promenade along the seawall. 
This wall extended the whole length of the town. From the fort 
to near the barracks was just the width for two to walk, arm in 
arm, and was really a most delightful place to walk in the cool 
of the evening. 

Drilling was resumed as soon as the troops were settled on 
shore, and daily we went through the skirmish drill to the de- 
light of the Augustine gamins. 

On the 26th Cos. E and F were ordered from the fort 
to the barracks at the south end of the town. At 3 Pp. mM. Cap- 
tain Towle received orders to arrest Col. Samuel Buffington, the 
proprietor of the Magnolia House, and Mr. Solana, who had 


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been a member of the Florida secession convention. Both of 
these gentlemen were found in their respective residences. They 
were assigned a good room in the barracks. Furniture and food 
were sent them by their families, and with the exception of being 
deprived of their liberty they were in every way comfortable. 
Colonel Buffington had two charming daughters and so had Mr. 
Solana, both celebrated for their personal beauty. 

Sunday, March 23—Yesterday was cool and very windy. 
Today we have had general inspection. Received four months’ 
pay the 24th. 

March 25—At Jacksonville a stirring incident occurred dur- 
ing the night—the first-experience by any of the Fourth in 
actual contact with the enemy. A picket guard was placed at 
some distance out from Jacksonville, and made its headquarters 
in an old abandoned chapel. A sentinel having been stationed at 
what was considered a suitable point, the other members of the 
guard appear to have settled down to rest in fancied security. 
Sometime in the night they were attacked by a body of the 
enemy, and seemingly taken by surprise, George W. A. Gold- 
smith of Co. H was killed. Richard E. Davis, Co. H, was very 
seriously wounded, and Wallace E. Woodworth and Solomon C. 
Bumford, and John E. Hugtin of the same company were taken 
prisoners. The case of Davis proved to be a remarkable one in 
the surgical annals of the war. He was shot through the abdo- 
men, and, as some intestine must have been cut by the bullet, his 
wound was supposed to be inevitably mortal. Under the care of 
Surgeons Eastman and Greeley, however, the wound healed and 
Davis fully recovered, living for many years after the war. 

March 26—After two days of pleasant weather, left Fort 
Marion and took up quarters in United States barracks in the 
southern part of the city. These barracks, which had been used 
by troops during the Indian war in Florida, were old and in ex- 
tremely bad condition. Much hard work and considerable time 
were required to clean them up and make them suitable and con- 
venient for our use. 

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of fortification, and the only one of its kind in the United 
States. It was built by the Spaniards to take the place of the 
wooden fort built by Menendez, who founded St. Augustine, and 
gave the place its name. It was constructed of stone, faced on 
the outside with coquina, a sort of shell rock, which is spongy 
rather than brittle, and which the cannon balls of the time when — 
the fort was built would sink into without shattering it. While 
the fortress was still uncompleted, Oglethorpe, the founder of 
Georgia, is said to have bombarded it for forty days without 
effect. It was long in building, and was not completed until 
1756. When Florida passed from Spanish control, the United 
States government gave the fortress at St. Augustine the name 
of Fort Marion in honor of the celebrated patriot of Revolution- 
ary fame. 

The fort has an open inner court surrounded by mess rooms, 
barracks, and store rooms. Horrible tales of Spanish cruelty 
are told of one room, known as the dungeon, connected with the 
court by a narrow passage through five feet of wall. In the 
northwest bastion is “Coacoochee’s cell,” occupied in the Semi- 
nole war by the chief of that name. Later, Osceola, more dis- 
tinguished, was confined in the same room as a prisoner of war. 
Charles T. Batchelder of Co. E, discharged at Hilton Head, died 
at the home of his uncle in Pittsfield, N. H., March 27, just 
six months since the regiment left Manchester. 


Fort Marton, St. Aucustrne, Fua., March 29, 1862. 


Tieutenant Commanding Nicholson, U. S. N.: 

Srr:—I am very sorry to complain of the officers under your 
command, but the circumstances hereinafter mentioned compel 
me to do so. 

Military expediency rendered it necessary that I should place 
one Samuel Buffington under arrest. I am held responsible 
to my superior officers and military law if I have exceeded my 
authority or violated any instruction in so doing. Yesterday 
(28th March) your officers held a meeting, or accidentally met 
together, and unanimously came to the conclusion that I had 
committed a great injustice in causing a loyal citizen to be 
arrested. One of your officers, Mr. Gale, informed me of the 


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- above proceeding in the hearing of several persons not con- 
nected with the navy or army, at the same time intimating that 
the matter would be made public in the Northern press. If 
the naval and military forces are to work at cross purposes in 
this way the efficiency of both is ended. If the disloyal part 
of the inhabitants of St. Augustine, the chief of whom is Mr. 
* Buffington, is to be encouraged by men in the service of the 
United States, I shall be compelled, much against the best in- 
terests of the government and my own inclination, to place St. 
Augustine under martial law, as by my orders I have power to 
do so. 

The proceeding of your officers is so extraordinary, and so 
utterly at variance with the uniform courtesy of officers of the 
navy, that I am at a loss to explain it. 


LOUIS BELL, 
Ineutenant Colonel Commanding. 
Fort Marion and St. Augustine Barracks. 


March 30—Following two days of pleasant weather, without 
especial incident, came the usual Sunday morning inspection, 
after which the men were given permission to attend church ser- 
vice. ‘There were several churches in St. Augustine, and the 
men of the regiment were given permission to attend service on 
Sunday according to their choice, as we had no chaplain. 

The last day of March was fair and very warm. A report that 
armed men were secreted in a house caused a false alarm and a 
search without results. 


Fort Marton, April 2, 1862. 

Str:—I am well informed as to your threats against the 
government, both at the time of the naval force being in sight, 
when you attempted to raise a company to resist the United 
States forces, and your threats since. 

As long as you do not attempt to leave the city, and do not 
abuse your position, you can remain with perfect security in 
the exercise of your usual business. 

Should any overt act of treason be shown by you, I shall 
inflict the punishment of treason with as little hesitation as I 
did the punishment for attempted treason. 

LOUIS BELL, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding U. 8S. Forces. 
St. Augustine, Fla. 








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April 2—Still very warm. The three companies at St. Au- 
gustine still separated from the regiment. Usual drills and 
dress parade on the plaza, which had long been the market-place 
and common meeting-ground of the citizens of St. Augustine. 
Co. E went out scouting at 9 p. M., and remained out until early 
morning. 

April 3—Following is an account by Captain Towle of the 
capture of a blockade runner: 

“Colonel Bell sent for me to say that news had been received 
of a blockade runner having come in across the bar at Matanzas 
Inlet, some twenty miles down the Sound, and he wished me to 
attempt her capture. I picked twenty men from my company, 
F. The gunboat Isaac Smith furnished three boats manned 
by sailors, and taking old ‘Johnny Cups’ as pilot, we pulled 
down the Sound, starting about 4 p.m. The night was very 
dark, and as we rowed softly along, keeping a sharp lookout, we 
began to fear the vessel might have escaped to sea. But sud- 
denly, at 7.45 Pp. m., she loomed up in the darkness, stern on, the 
- tide still running in. The hght of her cabin lamp, not seen 
until we were close upon her, gave her a ghostly and weird 
appearance. I cautioned the men not to fire until the word was 
given, and we pulled for her sides with cheers and yells. As my 
boat struck her, I jumped for the bulwarks, but my fingers 
slipped, and, the boat running down with the tide, I was 
near dropping overboard, when one of the men seized me by the 
legs, and with a sudden push, and jumping at the same time, I 
went in over the rail head foremost. The crew made no resist- 
ance, nor could they have done so with any chance of success. 

“The prize proved to be the British Empire, 95 tons burden, 
with an assorted cargo from Nassau. Her cargo was invoiced at 
$3200, but was really valued at $12,000. Her clearance papers 
were for St. John, N. B., and her master claimed that the Brit- 
ish flag which he was flying should protect his vessel, as he had 
only put in here on account of her leaking badly. But the facts 
were he had run the blockade out of Jacksonville not long before 
with naval stores, the vessel being still sticky with them. Not 


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knowing of the occupation of St. Augustine, he had come in to 
Matanzas with the design of coming up the inside passage to St. 
Augustine, where he would land his stores, rather than risk the 
blockading fleet off the mouth of the St. John’s. Learning, 
when too late, that St. Augustine was taken, he was waiting for 
the tide to run out to sea when we put in an appearance. Their 
boat, with some of the crew, was absent, which they explained to 
be for the purpose of sounding the bar, but we afterwards ascer- 
tained that they had conveyed ashore a large quantity of percus- 
sion caps, to be buried in the sand. The next day, April 4, the 
blockade runner was brought up to St. Augustine, where it ar- 
rived about 6 Pp. M., and anchored off the city.” 

Under the heading, “Capture of a Rebel Schooner,” the St. 
Augustine Hxaminer, published by the Fourth New Hampshire 
during its stay in that city, gave the following account of the 
affair : 

“Tieutenant-Colonel Louis Bell, commander of this post, hay- 
ing information from reliable sources that a schooner was laying 
at anchor off Fisherman’s Camp in Matanzas Inlet, her capture 
was determined upon. The information was transmitted to 
Captain Nicholson of the Isaac Smith, and late on Thursday 
afternoon, April 3, the three cutters of the Isaac Smith, under 
charge of Acting Master Gregory, accompanied by a detachment 
from Co. F, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, under charge of 
Captain Towle, started, and by eight o’clock Pp. M. gained sight 
of her. Our men were on her decks before her crew knew what 
was up. . She proved to be the schooner British Empire, for- 
merly the Rebecca, and owned by Captain Willy of Jacksonville, 
but at the present date hailing ostensibly from Nassau. She 
was loaded with a cargo of assorted goods, and had a crew 
of six men. She was got under weigh by daylight of Friday, 
and by evening was safely anchored off St. Augustine. A part 
of her cargo, such as pork, beef, salt, flour, ete., was sold at auc- 
tion on Monday, and brought good prices.” ; 

April 7—The cargo of the blockade runner, British Empire, 
was sold today at auction. A detail was engaged in mounting 


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extra guns on the fort. At night the companies at the barracks 
were ordered to the fort, as a false alarm had caused apprehen- 
sion of an attack. April 9 was the first all-day rain since arrival 
at St. Augustine. The companies returned to the barracks in 
the early morning, and were ordered back to the fort at 8 P. M. 

Today appeared the first issue of the St. Augustine Hxraminer 
under its new management. The last previous issue was on 
March 8, 1862, after which the editor, publisher, and proprietor 
had taken to his heels on the arrival of the gunboat Isaac Smith, 
and the landing of Co. I, in command of Captain Brown. There 
were practical printers in the Fourth, and men amply able to fill 
the vacant editorial chair. They found a printing outfit ready 
to their hands, and promptly improved their opportunity. The 
general appearance of the Haaminer was preserved in so far 
as circumstances would permit, but its tone was radically 
changed. From an ardent supporter of the cause of secession 
it became a stanch supporter of the Union, and so remained 
during the stay of the Fourth at St. Augustine. It was made 
up as a four-page newspaper, three columns to a page, the page 
being eight and a half by twelve inches. In its announcement 
of advertising rates there was a remarkable anticipation of the 
practical results of the primary election laws which were to come 
into vogue fifty years later, for it was humorously announced 
that “Five dollars will be charged for all announcements of Can- 
didates for Office, in advance.” 

The first Union issue of the Hxaminer contained General 
Sherman’s proclamation to the people of East Florida, in which 
he promised protection to loyal citizens and urged an immediate 
return to allegiance to the United States government, and in 
which occurred the following notable summary of the history of 
Florida under the domination of Spain and the horrors of the 
Seminole war: “There is great satisfaction in the fact, now be- 
come patent to all, that a large portion of you still cling, in your 
hearts, to that Mother who first liberated you from the thraldom 
of a despotic government, who next rescued you from the deathly 
grasp of the wily savage, at a frightful cost of life and treasure ; 


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and who afterwards elevated you from the condition of terri- 
torial dependence to that of a proud and independent State.” 

A bright editorial explained the change in management and : 
political sentiment. There was a stirring poem, “The Flag of | 
Our Union,” in the meter of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and 
bearing the marks of originality or of clever adaptation; ac- 
counts of the victory at Fort Donelson and of Burnside’s suc- 
cesses in North Carolina; confidence in Kit Carson’s efforts in 
Texas; reference to “the iron-plated gunboats that have lately 
been constructed for the government; report of a Union meeting 
held by the citizens of Jacksonville, with the resolutions 
adopted; a conundrum: “What is the difference between Fort 
Marion and Fort Donelson? One is a shell fort, and the other a 
fort shelled;” and at the foot of the last column, the old-time 
printer’s reliance, evidently inserted as a jest: “This line is put 
in to fill out the column.” The Hraminer appeared regularly, 
price per copy five cents, while the Fourth remained at St. Au- 
gustine. About 2 a. m., April 10, the garrison at the fort was 
alarmed by the firing of the pickets. ‘The men were stationed on 
the parapets of the fort in readiness for defense, but the alarm 
proved to be unnecessary, as the picket, in the darkness, had shot 
acow. April 11—Cos. A, C, D, and G came today on the 
steamer Belvidere. Also a schooner arrived with four heavy 
guns for the fort. April 12—The four companies that came 
yesterday are quartered at the fort, the other three companies 
returning to the barracks. April 14—Rained hard all the fore- 
noon. John B. Hutchins of Co. D died here yesterday. Owing 
to arrests of citizens whose loyalty was suspected there was 
apprehension for the personal safety of the colonel, and a large 
guard was placed about his headquarters. A negro spy was 
arrested, and extra guards were placed about the city. 

April 19—Four heavy guns were unloaded from the schooner 
that came from Jacksonville. Sunday, the usual duties, and a 
large detail at the wharf unloading commissary supplies. April 
22—The fifty-first birthday of our popular surgeon, Dr. 
Eastman. The 24th, Steamer Cosmopolitan arrived with 





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General Benham. The next day the general reviewed and in- 
spected the regiment. All the companies, with the exception of 
Co. E, are ordered into the fort. Day passed with inspection 
and church service. April 30—Mustered for pay. Long roll 
sounded last night either for false alarm or practice. 

May day we had a heavy thunder storm, driving to quarters 
every one not on guard. Loren H. Dorr, Co. F, of Farmington, 
died at 7.30 p. M., and was buried with military honors the next 
day. Steamer Honduras arrived with the mail. The negro 
spy, confined in the fort, escaped. The pickets fired on him, but 
without effect. May 6 received new dark blue coats. 

The next afternoon pitched tents in the rear of the fort, the 
first time we had used tents since coming to Florida. Sunday, 
May 11—Steamer Honduras came in with the mail, provisions, 
and the paymaster. Lieutenant Mayne, who had been in New 
Hampshire on recruiting service, returned with nineteen re- 
eruits. May 12, after signing the pay-roll, received two months’ 
pay. The weather resembles that of New Hampshire, and even 
when it is warm there is a refreshing breeze from the sea. 

Steamer Honduras came in again from Hilton Head. Its reg- 
ular trips supply us with provisions and frequent mails. 

May 19—The steamer Honduras sailed today, having on board 
two men of Co. G, who, after conviction by court-martial of 
disorderly conduct in the unfortunate affair at Jacksonville, 
were taken under guard to Hilton Head to undergo their sen- 
tence of six months’ confinement and dishonorable discharge. 

During the past week we have had two battalion drills in addi- 
tion to the usual company drills in the afternoon. 

Sunday, May 25—General inspection of arms and quarters by 
Colonel Bell. 

May 29—We had a battalion drill at 5 o’clock a. m., which 
lasted an hour and a half. These drills, through the considera- 
tion of the colonel, were always held at an early hour to escape 
the heat later in the day. Sergeant Knowlton of Co. D, in his 
diary, states that on the coast of Florida the average number of 


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fair days in the year is 250, while in the northern states the 
average is about 125. 

Sunday, June 1—A schooner arrived with a mail. This 
morning Cos. C and E were sent ten miles into the country on 
a scouting expedition. June 4—Battalion drill in the evening. 
A heavy shower in the night, the wind blowing down some of 
the tents. 

Frank A. Garland of Co. K died teday at Fernandina. Cos. 
B, H, and K have been stationed at Fernandina since leaving 
Jacksonville. The other seven companies are still doing garri- 
son duty at St. Augustine. 


Sr. AuUGUSTINE, Fia., June 6, 1862. 

A terrific tornado has been raging today and has driven a 
little schooner into this harbor, and by her I can send you a 
few more lines. I am seated in a little house I have had built 
on top of the fort in the bastion of St. Peter. It is covered 
first with a canvas roof, and then with a great square canvas 
over it; that makes an awning under which I sit during the 
heat of the day. My house has a window that looks out over 
the ocean, and I can see from this -window the sea for miles 
up and down, and in front the surf breaks in one continuous 
roar. 

T have not deserted my city residence, but I sleep at the fort, 
and as a curious example of habit the cannon that is fired each 
morning at sunrise within twenty feet of my head never wakes 
me, though the challenge by the sentinel in front of my door 
always does. 

A part of the regiment is made into cavalry, and whenever 
I want to go beyond the pickets I am escorted by my company 
of cavalry with sabres and revolvers, who would effectively 
drive off any Secesh who are in the neighborhood. 

I have two great troubles here. The first is the bands of 
guerrillas who infest the country. These wretches have taken 
and hung a man who lives three or four miles away merely be- 
cause he had taken the oath of allegiance. I have promised - 
to shoot the first one I catch in exchange for him. The perse- 
cutions that the Union people here have to undergo are heart- 
rending. JI have been forced to the conclusion that I could not 
protect them if they lived beyond the range of my Columbiads. 
I have asked for arms and ammunition with which to supply 
the Seminoles, Creeks, and other Indian tribes still living in 





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the southern part of the state, and then to turn them loose on 


the wretches. It would not be surprising if before this letter 
reaches you I should have held a pow wow with the chieftains 
and set them loose. 

My second great trouble is the negroes. They seem to un- 
derstand that our being here makes them free, and put on all 
sorts of airs. Now the slaves here are nearly all more or less 
white (I have seen girls here, and men as well, that I should 
have pronounced white who are or were slaves), so they con- 
sider themselves free. I am called upon almost always to de- 
cide on the question. It is sometimes very hard. The slaves 
here have one revenge: you know that negroes are not allowed 
in the street after eight o’clock without a pass from the master. 
I allow no white person in the street after nine without a pass, 
so the darkies say to the master, “You nigger now, you have to 
go to Massa Bell for a pass, yah! yah!” 

LOUIS BELL. 


Sunday, June 8—Our usual Sunday morning inspection was 
held at 6 P.M. James F. Tilton, a private of Co. I, was married 
to a young lady of St. Augustine, named Walton. The cere- 
mony was performed by Alvah Buzzell of Co. F, who, before en- 
listment, had been a local preacher. The father of the young 
lady was strongly opposed to the marriage, and on his complaint 
to the colonel, the bridegroom and the officiating minister were 
arrested and confined in fort. June 11—Moved our tents back 
of the drill ground. 

June 13—A sad drowning accident occurred today, which 
made a profound impression on Co. D, and indeed upon the 
entire regiment, and sent heavy and lasting grief to three New 
Hampshire homes. The following account, from the diary of 
Sergeant Abner L. Knowlton, written at the time, is of peculiar 
interest : 

This morning nine men beside Sergeant Knowlton himself be- 
longing to our company, Sergt. A. H. C. Jewett, Sergt. Adoniram 
J. Jones, Corp. Charles C. Cofran, Solomon N. Leavitt, John H. 
Jackson, John Lamay, Luther L. Libby, Philip Olwell, and Wil- 
liam B. Reynolds, took a sailboat and went down the harbor on a 
pleasure excursion. We landed at the lighthouse, and, after par- 


taking of refreshments, we visited the sandbar and enjoyed a sea 
bath. At 1p. mM. we started on our return trip. There was a light 





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and fair wind on our return, and all went well with us until we were 
within half a mile of the fort, when Libby, who was sitting in the 
bow of the boat, suddenly jumped up to come aft, and, springing 
upon the gunwale of the boat and grasping the mast to steady him, 
the boat suddenly upset, and in a moment we were all in the water 
and the boat bottom up. The tide was running out at the rate 
of six miles per hour. We were about fifteen rods from the sand- 
bar, which at low water was above the surface. As soon as I came 
up I grasped the boat, but was immediately pulled under water 
by Lamay and Cofran, and it was only by superhuman exertions 
that I cleared myself from their death grip and rose to the surface 
after being pulled down three times without once coming to the 
surface to breathe. Upon coming up, I again swam for the boat, 
on which were clinging Jewett, Jones, Leavitt, Olwell, and Jack- 
son, and seized it. We soon found that the boat would not sup- 
port us, and, all encumbered as we were with clothing, we struck 
out for the shore, which we gained in an exhausted condition. 
Olwell, Jones, and Jewett would have sunk and been lost had it not 
been for Leavitt and Jackson, who on landing, divested them- 
selves of their clothing and went in to their rescue. . Libby, 
Cofran, and Lamay went down, the two latter clasped together, 
before we reached the shore. It was impossible to render them 
any assistance, as they had so nearly drowned me, by clinging to 
anyone who came within their reach. Thus perished three 
estimable young men, universally beloved and respected by their 
companions in arms, and who all leave mothers and others to 
mourn their untimely end. They died in the days of their youth, 
and were summoned suddenly into the presence of their God. 
May their souls rest in peace, and may they find in that untried 
world to which they have been so suddenly summoned that peace 
and ioy which passeth all understanding. May God grant that 
their parents may meekly submit to this sudden dispensation, and 
give them grace and strength to bear up under this affliction. 
Cofran belonged to Northfield, N. H., and was twenty-one years 
of age. He leaves father, mother, brothers, and sisters. Lamay 
was about eighteen years of age and has parents, who reside at 
North Groton, N. H. Libby was twenty-two, and also leaves 
parents, who reside in Gilmanton, N. H. 


June 16—After all means to recover the bodies of the three 
young men drowned on the thirteenth had failed, that of Luther 
L. Libby rose to the surface, and was found by a local fisherman. 
It was brought ashore, and the funeral occurred at 11 A. M., the 





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Episcopal service being read by Captain Sawyer of Co. A. It so 
happened that during our service, until he received his death 
wound, the terms of the three successive chaplains, all being very 
brief, Captain, later Major, Sawyer officiated as chaplain at 
most of the funerals of the regiment. The schooner Reindeer 
arrived with mail and supplies. 

June 18—At dress parade the order was read informing us of 
the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Bell to be colonel, his com- 
mission to date from May 16; also of the promotion of Captain 
Sleeper of Co. C to be lieutenant-colonel. A severe thunder 
shower the 19th. 

Sunday, June 22—Co. F, Captain Towle, took up their quar- 
ters at the courthouse as provost guard, relieving Co. I, Captain 
Brown. 

Harland 8. Streeter, Co. K, died June 24, at Beaufort, S. C. 

June 25—A number of undesirable persons, both whites and 
blacks, who had caused considerable trouble, were sent beyond 
the picket lines, with orders not to return. 

June 26—There was some lack of a sense of responsibility, 
owing to the light nature of the duties to be performed and the 
absence of an enemy, and two men were arrested today for sleep- 
ing on their posts. A friendly shower gave the seven companies 
a rest from battalion drill, and the usual Sunday inspection was 
postponed on account of a rainy day. 

Lieutenant Isaac W. Hobbs of Co. F, afterwards captain, 
quietly observed his twenty-fifth birthday. During our stay in 
St. Augustine this studious officer has acquired the Spanish lan- 
guage. 

June 30—General inspection and muster for pay at 5.30 A. M. 

July 1—Thermometer 110 in the shade, and no extra duty re- 
quired. At 9 p. mM. the garrison was alarmed by the firing of 
pickets on the Jacksonville road. We were marched to the fort. 
but, the alarm proving to be false, returned to our quarters at 
11 P. M. 

July 4Celebrated Independence Day for the first time since 
leaving home. At sunrise a national salute of thirty-four 





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guns was fired from Fort Marion, a burlesque parade was formed 
on the drill ground and marched down St. George street and 
through other streets to the common, where Private John L. 
Brown of Co. A delivered an historical address. On this occa- 
sion the officers served in the ranks, the management of the 
whole affair being in the hands of the enlisted men. The pres- 
entation of a wooden watch to one of the leaders was a feature 
of the day. Later the men amused themselves with competition 
in catching a greased pig, climbing a greased pole and taking 
part in a wheelbarrow, potato, and pig race. In the afternoon 
Co. G had a dinner at the Florida House. That afternoon Co. 
F, on duty as provost guard, voluntarily marched to the fort and 
relieved the men of the other companies for enjoyment of the re- 
mainder of the day about town—a kindly act of true comrade- 
ship. Rain in the evening, and the fireworks was a failure. 
Four men of the Fourth Regiment were born on the fourth of 
July: Edward L. Goodwin of Co. A, who was discharged Janu- 
ary 31, Wm. H. Nichols of Co. B, 8. G. Atwood of Co. D, and 
John Fullerton of Co. K. John W. Quimby of Co. A, in patri- 
otic haste, was born July 3, while Francis R. Merrill of Co. F, 
more slow, was born July 5, and your historian, slower yet, was 
born July 7. 

Sunday, July 6—A clergyman of the Episcopal church, pre- 
sumably with strong Southern sympathies, was conducted be- 
yond pickets, with orders not to return. 

July 6—Extreme hot weather continues, and the mosquitoes 
have become so troublesome that mosquito nets have been issued, 
which afford some relief to the men. The steam propeller, Gen- 
eral Burnside, came in today with the mail, the paymaster, and 
Adjutant Fuller and Doctor Greeley, who have returned from a 
furlough home. 

July 9—Received two months’ pay. Five men of the regi- 
ment, who had been discharged, left for home today on the 
schooner, Amy Chase, among them Orderly Sergeant Mark H. 
Cowell of Co. F, who had contracted a serious lung trouble. His 
company generously presented him with a purse of $100. July 





PAR Dae 


COMPLETE ROSTER OF..THE OFFICERS AND 
MEN OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT NEW 
HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 


—_—____— 


WITH STATISTICS OF CASUALTIES AND FULL LIST OF THE 
DEAD AND SURVIVORS. 





THE GRANITE STARE 
By Rev. J. B. Lemon. 


Hurrah for all that life holds dear, 
For bracing ozone-atmosphere, 
For splendid water, cool and clear, 
For viands rich through all the year! 
I’m glad to say that I am here 

In old New Hampshire! 


If you are truly friend of mine, 

And not exactly feeling fine, 

Just hie yourself across the line 

Into New England’s Palestine; 

And rest and health and joy are thine 
In old New Hampshire! 


The land of Stark and Webster, too, 

Where fleecy clouds in skies of blue 

Reflect a myriad colored hue 

O’er all that nature’s best could do 

In foliage, fields, and lakes for you, 
In old New Hampshire! 


Some talk of mountains, high and low, 

Of summer streams from melting snow, 

Of breezes fresh that always blow, 

And people whom we ought to know. 

You'll find them all where tourists go, 
In old New Hampshire! 





COMPLETE ROSTER 


OF THI 


FOURTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE 
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 


(FOUR YEARS) 


CORRECTED AND REVISED 1911 By JOHN G. HUTCHINSON, HISTORIAN OF 
THE REGIMENT. 


* Original men mustered in September 18, 1861. 
** Reénlisted men mustered in February 28, 1864. 
All men not * were recruits. 


Mustered into the service of the United States September 18 
to 20, 1861, at Manchester, by George T. Ingham, First Lieu- 
tenant 11th Infantry, U. S. A. Organization completed Sep- 
tember 20, 1861. ‘The Band was mustered out September 16, 
. 1862, at Hilton Head, S. C. The original members who had 
not reénlisted were mustered out September 27, 1864, at Con- 
cord, by William M. Graham, Captain First Artillery, U. 8S. A. 
The reénlisted men and recruits were mustered out August 23, 
1865, at Raleigh, N. C., by Benjamin Seaward, Brevet Captain 
U.S. Vols. Each man was a volunteer appointed or enlisted 
for three years unless otherwise stated. 


Abbott, Horace F. Co. K; born New Hampshire; age 27; resi- 
dence and credited to Derry; mustered in Dec. 24, ’63; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65; served in Co. B, 3 N. H. V. Died Sept. 
16, '97, Salem. 

Abbott, Jairus C.* Co. F; born North Berwick, Me.; age 24; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 6, 61. Died Dec. 5, 63, Mor- 
mie sil See 

Abbott, Joseph C.* Co. K; born and resident Londonderry; age 
“To”; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61. Died June 11, ’63, Folly Isl., 
Sm Grrserved in: Conn G. tN.) i 

Adams, Joseph E. Co. F; substitute; born Massachusetts; age 
29; credited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 29, 63. Died Aug. 8, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. 

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Adams, Matthew.** Co. H; born Newbury; age 19; resident New 
London; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61, as Sergt; 2 Lt. Sept. 24, 63; 
wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Virginia; Capt. Co. A, 
Noy. 21, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Sept. 26, 04, Den- 
ver, Col. 

Adams, William.* Co. F; born Maine; age 44; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 5, ’61; discharged Oct. 5, 62, Beaufort, 
S. C. Died Apr. 16, 87, Clinton, Me. 

Ahern, James. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 30; credited 
Washington; mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; mustered out Aug. 
225 Oss 

Allen, Benjamin F. Co. E; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; credited 
Kingston; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; wounded May 22, ’64, near 
Bermuda Hundred, Va.; wounded and taken prisoner Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Nov. 21, 64, Salisbury, N. C. 

Allen, Charles H.* Co. E; born Dedham, Mass.; age 19; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 
764; served in Co. C, 1 N. H. Died June 8, ’99, Billerica, Mass. 


Allen, David G. Co. D; born Gilmanton; age 32; resident Gilman- 
ton, credited Farmington; mustered in Dec. 18, 63; wounded 
May 22, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va., and Jan. 15, 65, Ft. Fisher, 
N. C.; discharged July 8, ’65, Concord. Died Jan. 2, ’88, Gil- 
manton. 


Allen, Francis A.** Co. E; born Peterborough; age 26; residence 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 764; 
wounded May 22, ’64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; discharged 
Oct. 24, ’64, Philadelphia, Pa. Died Aug. 19, 89, Portsmouth. 


Allen, James M.* Co. G; born Amesbury, Mass.; age 23; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 6, 61. Died Nov. 25, ’61, Hilton 
FleadaseiGs 2 


Ambrister, Jacob.* Co. B; age 37; resident Portsmouth; enlisted 
Aug. 1, 61. Did not go to war with 4 Regt. Died June 1, ’62, 
Portsmouth. 


Ammond, Lapoet. Co. H; substitute; born France; age 23; cred- 


ited New Ipswich; mustered in Oct. 14, 63; wounded May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; deserted May 25, ’64. 


Anderson, James. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged Oct. 3, 64. 

Anderson, Joseph. Co. K; born Manchester, Eng.; age 29; cred- 


ited Derry; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; deserted May 6, ’64, Ber- 
muda Hundred, Va. 


Anderson, Peter. Co. K; substitute; born Sweden; age 23; cred- 
ited Milan; mustered in Apr. 6, 65; deserted June 10, ’65, Ra- 
leigh, N. C. No good. 


Andrews, John. Co. B; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 21; 
credited Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 21, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged Aug. 26, 64. 

Annis, Charles S. Co. 1; born Benton; age 25; residence and cred- 
ited to Woodstock; drafted and mustered in May 18, ’64. Died 
June 7, 65, Alexandria, Va. 





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Annis, Zebina N.** Co. G; born Littleton; age 23; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 15, °64; 
wounded June 4, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 
765. 1 Maine Vols., 3 months. Resides in Tilton. 


Appleyard, Joseph.* Co. D; born Elland, York County, Eng.; age 
25; resident Holderness; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; wounded 
July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; killed Aug. 16, ’64, 
Deep Bottom, Va. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. 
Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meriiorious conduct during 
operations before Charleston, S. C. 


Armstrong, James. Co. E; substitute; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; de- 
serted Mar. 18, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Ash, Moses.** Co. D; born Hill; age 29; resident New Hampton; 
enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 14. 64; credited Bristol. 
Died, wounds, Nov. 14, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 


Aspinwall, Jacob E. W.** Co. A; born Somersworth; age 19; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; 
credited Dover; appointed Prin. Musc. Nov. 20, ’64; discharged 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 5, ’09, Townsend, Mass. 


Atkinson, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; born Scotland; age 19; 
credited Sanbornton; mustered in Dec. 20, 64; deserted Apr. 
26, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Atwaters, Elias. Co. F; substitute; credited Campton; mustered 
in Dec. 24, 64; deserted June 4, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Atwood, Albert.** Co. K; born New Hampshire; age 35; resident 
Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 26, ’64; 
killed June 30, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Atwood, Sylvester G.* Co. D; born Sanbornton; age 18; resident 
New Hampton; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; to Co. B, 1 Art., U.S. A, 
Noy. 2, 62; reénlisted Feb. 1, ’64; discharged Feb. 1, 67, Ft. 
Wadsworth, N. Y. Resides in Sanbornton. 


Austin, John E.** Co. H; born Salem; age 28; resident Atkinson; 

enlisted Sept. 12, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt; reénlisted Feb. 

20, 64; wounded May 15, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered 

oe Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Died Sept. 19, ’94, Haverhill, 
ass. 


Austin, William H. H.* Co. E; born Exeter, Me.; age 19; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; wounded Oct. 22, ’62, Poco- 
taligo, S. C.; discharged Apr. 15, 63, Beaufort, S.C. V. R. C. 
Died May 10, ’87, Suncook. 


Avery, Louis C. Co. I; substitute: born Alton; age 18; credited 
Concord; mustered in May 18, ’64; discharged Aug. 9, ’65, 
Washington, D. C. Resides Bartlett, Neb. 


Ayer, Charles W.* (Co. F; born Gilmanton; age 21; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Sept. 8, ’61; discharged Sept. 21, ’64, Ft. 
Monroe, Va. Died Oct. 2, ’05, Concord. 


Ayers, Thomas. Co. B; substitute; credited Canaan; mustered in 
Oct. 21, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted July 6, ’64. 





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Babb, Stephen E.** Co. A; born Sebago, Me.; age 29; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; cred- 
ited Dover; wounded June 7, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va.; trans- 
ferred to Co.-D, 16 V. R. C,, Jan. 24, °65; discharsed Sept. 
9, 65, Pittsburg, Pa. Died Sept. 14, ’71, Natick, Mass. 

Bachelder, Jenvin T.* Co. H; born and resident Allenstown; age 
21; enlisted Sept. 9, °61; to Co. By 1 Art., UL Sine aneeeumose 
discharged Sept. 15, ’64, Pt. of Rocks, Md. Died Oct. 9, ’89, 
Haverhill, Mass. 

Badger, William.* Co. D; born Gilmanton; age 35; resident San- 
bornton; appointed Capt. Sept.-20, 61; discharged June 4, 1864. 


Capt. Regular Army after war. Died May 12, 97, Boston, 
Mass. 


Bagley, Jonathan J.* Co. K; born Haverhill; age 23; resident Sal- 
ae enlisted July 27, ’61; killed July 5, ’64, near Petersburg, 
a. 


Bagley, Jonathan R.* Co. K; born Sanbornton; age 41; resident 
Manchester; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Jan. 13, 62. 
Died July 17, ’oo, Derry. 

Bailey, George. Co. D; born Greenville; age 24; credited Wilton; 


enlisted Aug. 12, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62. Died Sept. 8, 
763, Morris Isl., S. C. 


Bailey, Joseph W.* Co. K; born Canada; age 42; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 15, 61. Died Aug. 4, ’62, Beaufort, S. C. 


Bailey, Rufus.* Co. E; born Salem; age 41; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; appointed Corp. Sept. 30, ’62; discharged 
Sept. 27, 64. Died Jan. 10, ’66, Sutton. 

Baker, John H. Co. E; born Cambridge, Mass.; age 20; credited 
Manchester; drafted and mustered in Oct. 6, ’63; appointed 
Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 1, ’99, Chicago, Ill. 

Baker, Robert B.* Co. E; born Merrimack; age 25; resident Allens- 
town; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; discharged June 1, 64, Beaufort, S. 
C. Resides Pepperell, Mass. 

Baker, William. Co. H; substitute; born Monroe County, N. Y.; 

’ age 21; resident New York City, credited Gilford; mustered in 
Sept. 9, ’63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
Aug. 7, ’64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Baker, William D.* Co. C; born Lisbon; age 22; resident Hook- 
sett; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; discharged July 20, 63, Beaufort, S. 
C. Died Mar. 23, 88, Lynn, Mass. 

Balch, John, Jr.** Co. C; born Johnson, Vt.; age 24; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; wounded 
June 7, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died 
Mar. 28, ’69, Nashua. 

Ball, Michael.** Co. F; born Ireland; age 21; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; deserted 
June 12, 64, Concord. Died Aug. 11, 1889, Somersworth. 

Ballou, Wayland.** Co. H; born Bristol; age 18; resident Hill; 
enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; wounded July 13, 
64; appointed Sergt.; discharged Feb. 28, 65, to accept promo- 
tion. U.S.C. T. Died July 4, ’83, Bristol. 





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Ballou, Weston.* Co. H; born Bristol; age 18; resident Hill; en- 
listed Sept. 10, 61; wounded July 13, ’64, near Petersburg, Va.; 
mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Danville, III. 


Bantist, John. Co. I; substitute; mustered in Dec. 27, ’64; de- 
serted Apr. 4, 65, Burgaw, N. C. No good. 


Barker, John W.* Co. K; born and resident Londonderry; age 39; 
enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; killed July 28, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Barker, William S.** Co. K; born Andover, Mass.; age 31; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 12, 61, as Sergt.; 1 Sergt. May 
I, 62; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; credited Londonderry; appointed 
1 Lt. Nov. 9, 64; Capt. Co. E, Feb. 17, ’65; discharged May 30, 
65. Died Feb. 8, ’08, Londonderry. 


Barney, Alanson W.** Co. C; born Grafton; age 27; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; credited Thornton; killed May 15, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 


Barney, Samuel. Co. G; substitute; born Canada; age 20; credited 
Milan; mustered in Mar. 29, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Bartlett, Charles H.* Co. H; age 18; resident Manchester; en- 
listed Sept. 18, 61. Died Oct. 5, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 

Bartlett, John.** Co. K; born and resident Goffstown; age 28; 
enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; 
wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed Seret.; 
wounded Jan. 15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; discharged June 12, ’65, 
Manchester. Resides in Manchester. 

Barton, Charles W. Co. D; substitute; born New York; age 24; 
credited Bethlehem; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; reported Aug. 23, 
65, as absent on detachment service from June 27, ’64. 

Baslow, Simon. Co. B; born Canada; age 22; resident Lebanon; 
enlisted Feb. 13, 62; mustered in Feb. 20, 62. Died Feb. 17, 
oA Miornis) Ish. S, (C. 

Bassett, Jay P. Co. H; born and resident Pittsfield, credited New 
Castle; age 18; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 
765. Died March 6, 1904, Haverhill, Mass. 

Batchelder, Charles L.* Co. K; born Concord; age 28; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; 7 N. H. V. Did not go to 
war with 4 N. H. Died Mar. 24, ’66, Manchester. 

Batchelder, Charles T.* Co. E; born Deerfield; age 18; resident 
Pittsfield; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; discharged Dec. 5, ’61, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Died Mar. 27, ’62, Pittsfield. 

Bateman, Richard W.** Co. G; born and resident Dover; age 18; 
enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; credited Dover; 
wounded May 20, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, wounds, June 
26, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

Batho, George. Co. B; substitute; born Sussex, Eng.; age 24; 
resident Montreal, Can., credited Campton; mustered in Oct. 
15, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Mar. 28, ’93, Hampton, 
Va. 


Bauer, Henry C. Co. F; substitute; born Germany; age 29; resi- 
dent New York City, credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, ’63; 
reported Aug. 23, ’65, as absent on detached service since Sept. 
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Beamis, John W.** Co. I; born and resident Haverhill; age 18; 
enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; appointed Corp.; 
ane mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died March 26, ’98, Haver- 

ill. 

Bean, David S.* Co. A; born Newport, Me.; age 21; resident 

ReeuEstst enlisted Sept. 6, 61. Died Jan. 23, 62, Hilton Head, 


Bean, George W. Co. E; substitute; born Glover, Vt.; age 22; 
resident Charleston, Vt., credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 
19, 63; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged 
May 16, 65, Manchester. Resides Wheelock, Vt. 

Bean, Henry F.* Co. A; born Old Town, Me.; age 27; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Died Sept. 4, ’06, Corinna, Me. 

Bean, Levi.** Co. A; born Dover; age 18; resident Dover; enlisted 
Sept. 13, 61; wounded Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; reén- 
listed Feb. 16, 64; appointed Corp.; wounded Jan. 15, 765, Ft. 
Fisher, N. C.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Beard, George F. Co. F; born Hillsborough; age 20; credited 
Goffstown; mustered in Mar. 16, 65 for I year; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65. 

Beckley, Charles C. Born Weathersfield, Vt.; age 34; resident and 
credited Plainfield; appointed 1 Asst. Surg. Oct. I, 63; mus- 
tered in Dec. 11, 63; resigned Mar. 26, 64. Died Feb. 18, ’86, 
Plainfield. 

Beede, Charles. Co. G; born Barre, Vt.; age 18; mustered in July 
14, 63. Died Mar. 14, 65, Wilmington, N 

Beede, David.* Co. G; born Corinth, Vt.; age 43; resident Candia; 
enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; discharged Feb. 27, ’63, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died Apr. 5, 81, Togus, Me. 

Beede, William.** Co. G; born Vermont; age 18; resident Candia; 
enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; credited Manches- 
ter; appointed Corp.; wounded June 30, ’64, near Petersburg, 
Va. Died Jan. 30, 65, Salisbury, N. C. 

Behm, George. Co. E; substitute; born Germany; age 31; credited 
Merrimack; mustered in Oct. 14, ’63; missing May 16, 64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; returned; discharged Aug. 13, 65. Died 
Aug. 19, ’03, Winchester, Ky. 

Belfeaur, Joseph. Co. D; substitute; born Canada; age 31; cred- 
ited Woodstock; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; mustered out Aug. 
2B 053 

Bell, Louis.** Born Chester; age 24; resident Farmington; ap- 
pointed Lt.-Col. Sept. 3, ’61; appointed Col. May 16; 762; 
wounded Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; wounded mortally 
Jan. 15, 65, and died Jan. 16, ’65, Ft. Fisher, N. C. Capt. Co. 
IX, At OING Jals 

Bell, William B. Co. H; born and resident New Castle; age 19; 
credited Gosport; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged July 15, 65. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 

Beman, Alfred H.* Co. B; born Malone, N. Y.; age 27; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; discharged disabled Aug. 5, ’62, 
Beaufort, S.C. V.R.C. Died June 24, ’81, Nashua. 





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Benar, Alexander. Co. I; substitute; born Quebec, Can.; age 21; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; wounded May 20, 
764, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Bennett, John F. Co. K; born New York; age 19; resident Middle- 
town, N. Y., credited Hampstead; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; re- 
ported as “absent, sick, at Middletown, N. Y., since March, ’65.” 

Bennett, Thomas D.* Co. C; born Brookline; age 30; resident 
Brookline; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Resides Townsend, Mass. 

Bentley, Francis B., alias Charles Stevens. Co. F; substitute; born 
England; age 32; credited Northfield; mustered in Aug. 20, 63; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Dec. 14, ’94, St. Charles, Mich. 

Berg, John A. Co. K; substitute; born Stockholm, Sweden; age 
20; credited Campton; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Milwaukee, Wis. 

Berry, Albert C.** Co. B; born Greenland; age 21; resident Ports- 
mouth; enlisted Aug. 8, ’61; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64; captured May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov. 
24, 64; appointed 1 Sergt. Mar. 1, ’65; discharged July 28, ’6s5, 
Raleigh, N. C. Died July 14, ’73, Bridgeport, Conn. Burned 
to death. 

Bickford, George E. Co. B; born Dover; age 15; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Feb. 7,62; mustered in Feb. 28, 62, as Musc.; 
discharged Oct. 18, ’62, Beaufort, S.C. V.R.C. Died Oct. 26, 
*10, Hanson, Mass. 

Bickford, Horatio N.** Co. E; born Littleton; age 43; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; cap- 
tured Apr. 9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 29, 
65; discharged June 5, 65, Concord. Died June 14, ’05, Man- 
chester. 

Bidwell, Henry E. Co. K; substitute; born Hartford, Conn.; age 
23; credited New Ipswich; mustered in Oct. 14, 63; captured 
Apr. 9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 30, 765; 
discharged June 5, ’65. 

Billings, Liberty. Born Saco, Me.; age 39; resident Concord; mus- 
tered in July 20, ’62, as Chaplain; discharged Nov. 4, ’62, to 
accept promotion. Died Oct. 12, 77, Fernandina, Fla. 

Billings, Walter R.** Co. D; born New Hampshire; age 19; resi- 
dent Wilton; enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; ap- 
pointed Corp. July 15, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Killed 
by a bear Nov. 8, ’95, Lowell, Mass. 

Billings, Warren.* Co. B; born Canton, Mass.; age 34; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 6, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; 
discharged July 5, 63, Concord. 2N. H.V. and V. R.C. Died 
March 7, ’87, Dover. 

Bishop, Martin. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 32; credited 
Campton; mustered in Oct. 21, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; 
discharged Oct. 15, ’64. 

Bixby, George S.** Co. H; born Manchester; age 20; resident 
Epsom; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64; captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; released Feb. 
28, 65; appointed Sergt. Mar. 1, 65; discharged July 11, ’65. 
Resides Epsom. 





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Black, Louis. Co. D; substitute; born Belgium; age 32; credited 
Colebrook; mustered in Jan. 5, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Blackey, Elisha G.* Co. D; born Tamworth; age 27; resident Cen- 
tre Harbor; enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; discharged Jan. 29, 63, Beau- 
fort, S. C. Died Dec. 9, 63, Moultonborough. 


Blackman, Joel. Co. K; born Gilmanton; age 52; resident and 
credited Grafton; enlisted Sept. 15, 62; mustered in Sept. 16, 
62; discharged Oct. 26, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. Died June 22, ’o1, 
Swanzey. 


Blair, John. Co. G; born Ireland; age 33; credited Lebanon; mus- 
tered in Nov. 21, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; last appears 
on said ship’s roll June 30, 64, with remark, “Never returned 
from picket duty.” 


Blaisdell, Jerome.* Co. G; born Swanton, Vt.; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61, as Corp.; discharged Aug. 
8, 63, Morris Isl., S.C. 1 N. Mi. V. Died! AtieaiG Ge 


Blake, Rufus.* Co. K; born Alexandria; age 36; resident Franklin; 
enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died May 28, 
84, Holderness. 


Bodwell, Christopher A.** Co. H; born Lawrence, Mass.; age 25; 
resident Salem; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; appointed Corp.; reén- 
kee Jan. 1, 64; killed May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 1 N. 
lk WE 


Bodwell, William J.** Co. H; born Lawrence, Mass.; age 25; res- 
ident Salem; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; reénlisted Feb. 26, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Hallowell, Me. 


Boely, Eben S. Co. B; born Stratham; age 30; credited Farming- 
ton; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; captured Apr. 9, 65, Washington 
Station, N. C.; released Apr. 29, 65; discharged May 31, ’6s. 
Died Feb. 1o, 85, N. H. : 


Bohanon, Moses. Co. I; born Danbury; age 44; credited Cor- 
nish; enlisted Aug. 23, 64; mustered in Aug. 23, 64; discharged 
June 22, 65. Died Nov. 7, ’84, Pepperell, Mass. 


Bolo, Andrew J.* Co. A; born Dover; age 18; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 14, 61; wounded May 15, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
June 7, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
July 24, ’06, Haverhill, Mass. 


Bonner, William.* Co. F; born Philadelphia, Pa.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 209, ’61; discharged Jan. 19, ’62. Co. 
Hy 2eN ri VieWead: 


Borman, Charles M. Co. D; born Winchendon, Mass.; age 42; 
credited Wilton; enlisted Aug. 14, 62; mustered in Aug. 22, 
62; discharged Sept. 25, ’65, Concord. 


Bowers, August. Co. H; substitute; born Saxony, Ger.; age 30; 
resident Troy, N. Y., credited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 
9, 63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Dee. 1, 
64, Petersburg, Va. 


Boyce, Jonathan.** Co. G; born Londonderry; age 37; resident 
Goffstown; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; killed 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 





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Boyden, George W.* Co. H; born Grafton, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Hillsborough; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; 69 Co., 2 Batt’l, I. C., Dec. 
To. 63; discharged Sept. 20, 64, Washington, D. C. Resides 
Hillsborough. 

Boyle, Cornelius.* Co. I; born Ireland; age 38; resident Plymouth; 
enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; discharged Apr. 246 (02 beantort, on 1c. 
Died Feb. 28, ’g1, Campton. 

Boyle, James L.** Co. A; born Rochester; age 19; resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; wounded Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S. 
C.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; credited Dover; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Resides No. Berwick, Me. 

Boynton, George F.* Co. D; born Gilford; age 36; resident Centre . 
Harbor; enlisted Sept. a 1Ou captured Nov. 3, 61; paroled 
June 2, 62; discharged Dec. 7, ‘62, Washington, D. Gi 

Brackett, Ginles jJ.** Co. F; born Maine; age 23; resident Turner, 
Me.; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb 28, ’64; credited Man- 
chester; wounded Jan. 15, 65 Ft. Fisher, N. C.; captured Apr. 
9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 29, ’65; dis- 
charged June 5, 65, Concord. Died Dec. 18, ’95, So. Boston, 
Mass. Correct name George W. Fargo. 

Brackett, Charles R.** Co. B; born and resident Somersworth; age 
18; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; cred- 
ited Nashua; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Rochester. 

Bradley, John. Co. I; peta, born England; age 22; credited 
Orford; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Brannon, William.* Co. H; fark Ireland; age 40; resident Bos- 
cawen (Fisherville, now Penacook); enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; re- 
enlisted Feb. 16, 64; wounded July 22, ’64, near Petersburg, 
Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Oct. I9, ’73, Orange, 
Mass. 

Brenan, John. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Franklin; mustered in Jan. 4, ’65; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 
Breniken, William. Co. D; substitute; born Germany; age 27; 
credited Enfield; mustered in October 20, 63; deserted June 3, 

64, White House, Va. 

Brennan, Peter. Co. C; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 23; cred- 
ited Keene; mustered in Dec. 10, ’64; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 

Bresnahan, John.** Co. H; born Ireland; age 18; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded July 
30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; appointed Sergt. Mar. 
1, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Sept. 4, ’90. 

Bresnahan, Michael.** Co. G; born Derry, Ire.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; to I. C., July 1, ’63; reén- 
listed Apr. 14, 64; appointed Corp. Sept. 18, 64; discharged 
Feb. 25, 65. Died Sept. 5, 84, Manchester. 

Brewster, John W.* Co. B; born and resident Portsmouth; age 
39; enlisted Sept. 13, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; wounded 
October 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; appointed 2 Lt. Dec. Tee O23 
wounded May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 
14, 64. Died Sept. 27, ’72, Portsmouth. 

Brewster, Marquis J.* Co. I; born Unity; age 31; resident Hamp- 
stead; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; deserted July 12, 62, St. Augustine, 
Fla. 





12 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Briar, Louis. Co. A; substitute; age 21; resident Island Pond, Vt.: 
credited Haverhill; mustered in October 23, 63; wounded and 
captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died June 7, ’64, 
in Libby prison, Richmond, Va. 

Brierly, Daniel. Co. D; substitute; born England; age 32; credited 
Danbury; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; discharged Nov. 25, ’65. 
Brigham, Charles P.* Co. H; born Charlestown, Mass.; age 29; 
resident Sandwich; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 

64. Died May 26, ’96, McCool Junction, Neb. 

Brigham, Ephraim T. Co. 1; born Exeter; age 23; credited Man- 
chester; mustered in Feb. 14, 63; deserted Apr. 12, 64, Con- 
cord. Died Feb. 16, ’94, Key West, Fla. 

Brigham, Frank.** Co. H; born Derby, Vt.; age 18; resident Goffs- 
town; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded 
June 30, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; appointed Sergt.; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Exeter. 

Broderick, Michael.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 28; mustered in 
Sept. 18, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 

Broderick, Patrick.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 19; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Died July 21, 87, Augusta, Me. 

Bronson, Louis. Co. D; born Canada; age 21; credited Concord; 
mustered in Aug. 5, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Brooks, George. Co. F; substitute; born Massachusetts; age 27; 
credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; deserted June 30, ’65. 

Brooks, William H.** Co. G; born Kilkenny, Ire.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 764; 
wounded July 25, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; captured Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Nov. 14, ’64, Salisbury, N. C. — 

Broomhead, Erastus, alias George Green. Co. C; age 21; cred- 
ited Farmington; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Apr. 28, ’65, Jacksonville, 
Fla. 

Brown, Alexander.* Co. E; born Ireland; age 25; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 23, 61; sentenced Sept. 15, 63, by gen- 
eral court martial to be confined at hard labor, and to for- 
feit $10 per month of monthly pay for balance of term of ser- 
vice, for disobedience of orders and conduct prejudicial to good 
order and military discipline. Died March 26, ’98, Pawtucket, 
Ree : 

Brown, Amos W.** Co. G; born and resident Auburn; age 22; 
enlisted Sept. 16, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; credited Manches- 
ter; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 26, ’79, Chester. 
Ti AN Jel We 

Brown, Charles.* Co. C; born Halifax, N. S.; age 23; enlisted 
Aug. 28, 61, as Corp: Died’ Sept. 25, 63) Morris) slays aGamen 
Ne He WV. 

Brown, Charles A.** (Co. F; born Berwick, Me.; age 19; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 25, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; cap- 
tured Apr. 9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 
29, 65; discharged June 14, ’65, Concord. Died Apr. 16, ’o5, 
Berwick, Me. 





Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 13 


Brown, Charles L.* Born Chester; age 18; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61, as Sergt.-Maj.; appointed 2 Lt. Co. I, 
Maik, 22, 2, IDhiech |ulne Beas, leeliiie Jisik, So (C5 a IN, Tel, We 

Brown, Edwin S.** Co. H; born Deerfield; age 30; resident King- 
ston; reénlisted; captured Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, Va. 
Died Feb 19, 6s, Salisbury, N. C. 

Brown, Franklin A.* Co. I; born Lowell, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Chester; enlisted Aug. 15, ’61, as Corp.; discharged July 6, ’62, 
St. Augustine, Fla. Resides Raymond. 

Brown, George. Co. I; born New York; age 20; credited Farm- 
ington; mustered in Dec. 22, ’63; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Brown, George B.* Co. F; born Wells, Me.; age 41; resident Som- 

ersworth; enlisted Aug. 12,61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H 


Brown, George F.** Co. D; born Moultonborough; age 17; resi- 
dent Laconia; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; 
killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. 


Brown, George P.** Co. C; born Temple; age 22; credited Brook- 
line; enlisted Aug. 29, 61; reénlisted; appointed Wagoner; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 7, ’96, Townsend, Mass. 

Brown, James.* Co. A; born Barrington; age 23; resident Bar- 
rington; enlisted Sept. 7, Or.  DiedMWan, 27, 62), Hulton Eleads 

Cc 


Brown, James. Co. B; substitute; born Canada; age 28; credited 
Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; deserted June 3, ’64, Cold 
Harbor, Va. 

Brown, Jeremiah, Jr.* Co. B; born North Hampton; age 44; resi- 
dent North Hampton; enlisted Aug. 29, 61; discharged Feb. 11, 
62, Hilton Head, S. C 


Brown, John. Co. D; substitute; age 25; credited Henniker; mus- 
tered in Jan. 4, 65; deserted June 12, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No 
good. 

Brown, John. Co. K; substitute; age 28; credited Marlow; mus- 
tered in Jan. 14, ’65; deserted Apr. 16, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No 
good. 


Brown, John L.* Co. A; born Wilmot; age 30; resident Farm- 
ington; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Aug. 31, 08, Farmington. 

Brown, John W. Co. I; substitute; age 22; credited Portsmouth; 
mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; deserted Apr. 4, 65, Burgaw, N. C 
No good. 

Brown, Joseph. Co. K; substitute; age 22; credited Milan; 
mustered in Apr. 1, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Brown, Joseph F.* Co. A; born Acton, Me.; age 18; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 11, ’61; discharged Jan. 9, ’62; Hil- 
ton Head, S. C. Died April 8, 82. 

Brown, Nathaniel H.* Co. 1; born Derry; age 27; resident Derry; 


appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Oct. 6, 62. 1 N. H. Cav. 
Died May 11, ’o9, Derry. 





14 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Brown, Noah S.** Co. F; born Somersworth; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; cap- 
tured Apr. 9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 
29, 65; discharged June 12, ’65, Concord. Died Nov. 20, ’94, 
Somersworth. 


Brown, Orrin.* Co. F; born Atkinson, Me.; age 28; resident Som- 
ersworth; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; cashiered Jan. 24, ’62. 
Died Apr. 7, ’10, East Corinth, Me. 


Brown, Thomas J.* Co. A; born Wilmot; age 35; resident Farm- 
EON, enlisted Aug. 31, ’61. Died Dec. 13, 61, Hilton Head, 


Brown, Walter G.* Co. I; born Lowell, Mass.; age 24; resident 
Hampstead; enlisted Aug. 17, 61, as Sergt.; appointed 1 Sergt. 
Died! Sept: 16; (635 Morris IsipysaG 


Brown, William. Co. I; substitute; born England; age 27; cred- 
ied eamuS te mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 
23, *65. 

Bryant, Elias A.* Co. C; born Washington; age 21; resident Fran- 
cestown; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; appointed Prin. Musc. Nov. 1, 
763; wounded severely July 30, 64, mine explosion, Virginia; 
discharged Oct. 10, 64. Resides Loon Island, Lake Winnipe- 
saukee, summers; Daytona, Fla., winters. Wounded, lost leg 
July 30, 64. 

Bryer, Clarence L.** Co. 1; born Groton; age 18; resident Groton; 
enlisted Aug..26, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; appointed Corp.; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. Resides Newark, Vt. 


Bryer, John A. Co. 1; born Lake Village; age 18; credited Groton; 
mustered in Mar. 30, ’64; appointed Corp.; discharged July 1, 
’65, David’s Isl., N. Y. H. Resides Antrim. 


Buckham, John D.* Co. K; born Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eng.; age 
40; resident Litchfield; enlisted Aug. 8, 61; appointed Corp. 
Jan. 3, 62; Sergt. Feb. 1, ’62; wounded June to, ’62, James Isl., 
S. C.; discharged Oct. 15, 62, Beaufort, S. C. Died Apr 22; 
’96, Hudson. 

Buckley, Henry. Co. B; born Canada; age 21; credited Alstead; 
mustered in Dec. 3, 63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; released Feb. 26, 65; appointed Corp. Mar. 1, ’65; dis- 
charged July 28, 65, Raleigh, N. C. 

Buckman, Augustus H., alias James H. Ham. Co. A; born Salem, 
Mass.; age 23; residence Dover; enlisted Jan. 5, 62; mustered 
in Feb. 28, 62; reénlisted and mustered in Feb. 16, 64; deserted 
Oct. 12, 64. Died May 29, ’95, Dover; suicide. 


Bumford, Solomon C.** Co. H; born Alexandria; age 36; resident 
Hillsborough; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; captured Mar. 24, 62, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.; paroled Oct. 19, 62; exchanged; reénlisted Jan. 
I, 64; appointed Corp. Mar. 1, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Died June 26, ’71, Bradford. 

Bunten, Alonzo.* Band; born Dunbarton; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as 2 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died April 5, ’93, Chelsea, 
Mass. 





Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 15 


Burdick, Norman.* Co. C, born Middletown, Vt.; age 26; resi- 

dent Milford; enlisted se bes 61; appointed 2 Lt. Co. H, Jan. 

7, 62; discharged Nov. 12, 62. Died May 14, ’08, Albany, 
NE 


“ia David H.** Co. C; born Brookline; age 21; credited Brook- 
line; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24,. 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, °65. Resides Vineland, N. J. 

Burke, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; hor Ireland; age 24; credited 
Fi vppton Falls; mustered in Dec. 20, 64; mustered out Aug. 
23, ’65. 

Burke, William G.** Co. C; born Charleston, S. C.; age 36; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 764; 
credited Alton; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Aug. 28, ’96, 
Alton. 

Burleigh, David O.* Co. D; born Sandwich; age “43”; resident 
Laconia; appointed 2 Lt. "Sept. 20, 61; appointed 1 Lt. May 1, 
62; Capt. Cons Oct 74 162; discharged June 4, 64. Died Aug. 
28, ros, Laconia. 

Burnham, Robert T. Co. A; born New Durham; age 27; credited 
Farmington; mustered in Dec. 18, ’63; captured Apr. 9, ’65, 
Washington, N. C.; released Apr. 29, 65; discharged June 2, 
65, Concord. Resides Farmington. 

Burns, James. Co. A; substitute; age 28; credited aaenesbee: 
mustered in Oct. 6, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted 
Mar. 17, ’65. 

Burns, John. Co. D; substitute; born Milford, Del.; age 28; cred- 
ited Laconia; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; captured and released 
Apr. 13, 65; discharged June 26, ’65, Concord. 

Burns, John. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; resident 
Portland, eae credited Pelham; mustered in Sept. 2, 63; cap- 
tured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff ff, Va.; released Mar. 11, ’65; 
discharged July 13, 65, Concord. 

Burns, Michael. Co. B; born Ireland; age 30; resident New York 
City, credited Stoddard; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; to U. S. Navy 
Apr. 28, 764; discharged May 16, ’66. 

Burns, Richard. Co. C; substitute; age 23; credited Pelham; mus- 
tered i in Dec. 21, 64; appointed Corp.; deserted July 18, 6s, Ra- 
leigh, N. C. No good. 

Burns, Thomas J.* Co. F; born Sherbrooke, Can.; age 31; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted July 27, ’61, as Corp.; appointed 
Seret.; wounded July 19, 64, Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 
27, 64. Resides Denver, Col. 

Burns, Thomas S.** Co. E; age 20; born and resident Bedford; 
enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; credited Man- 
chester; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides 
Bedford. 

Burr, Frank.* Co. G; born Burlington, Vt.; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 2, 61, as Sergt.; discharged Sept. 18, ’64. 
1 N. H.V. Correct name Frank Logan. 

Burrell, Robert. Co. E; substitute; born Newport, R. I.; age 22; 
resident Newport, R. I., credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 
6, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; discharged ialiyarAeec OSs 





16 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Bush, Orin. Co. H; born New Durham; age 23; credited Man- 
chester; mustered in Nov. 27 Ose captured May 16, ’64, Drew- 
ry’s Bluff, Va. Died July 16, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Bussell, John B.* Co. B; born Holliston, Mass.; age 21; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt. May 
8, 63; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Aug. 28, ’06, Weirs. 

Bussius, William. Co. H; substitute; born Germany; age 32; resi- 
dent New York City, credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 
63; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. 

Buswell, Charles K.* Co. D; born Sanbornton; age 27; resident 
Sanbornton; enlisted Sept. 14, ‘61; discharged. Jan. 31, 62. Died 
Apr. 7, 02, Manchester. 

Butler, Augustus.* Co. B; born Canada; age 25; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Oct. 22, 
’71, Nashua. 

Butler, James. Co. I; substitute; age 25; credited Portsmouth; 
mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Butler, Leonard.* Co. B; born Burlington, Vt.; age 20; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Re- 
sides Merrimack. 


Butler, Mitchell M.* Co. B; born Canada; age 36; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; discharged Mar. 11, ’63, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died Aug. 2, ’96, Salem, Mass. 


Buxton, Harvey E.* Co. E; born and resident Francestown; age 
22; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; prisoner Novy. 3, 61; wounded July 10, 
‘64, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 
21, 91, Lowell, Mass. 

Buzzell, Alvah.* Co. F; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 50; enlisted 
Aug. 24, 61, at Concord; discharged Nov. 8, 62. Died Apr. 2, 
88, Southbridge, Mass. 


Buzzell, Frank A.** Co. I; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 24; resi- 
dent Andover; enlisted Aug. 24, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; 
reénlisted Feb. 9, 64; wounded July 19, 64, near Petersburg, 
Va.; appointed 1 Sergt.; discharged Feb. 18, ’65. Resides 
Togus, Me. 


Buzzell, John T.** Co. E; born Allenstown; age 22; resident Ep- 
som; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Dec. 25, ’63; discharged 
Aug. 13, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Nov. 9, ’89, Epsom. 


Cahill, Francis.* Co. G; born Weare; age 24; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 27, 61, as Corp.; discharged Mar. 11, 63. I N. 
HA. V., Co. G; Died Janay. co! 

Calahan, Robert. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Colebrook; mustered in Jan. 5, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Callagan, Patrick. Co. B; born Ireland; age 35; credited Ports- 
mouth; mustered in Dec. 24, "63; deserted July 15, 64, near Pet- 
ersburg, Va. 


Campbell, Robert. Co. C; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 


30; credited Dover; mustered in Nov. 1, 64; appointed Corp.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 17 


Cane, Michael. Co. C; substitute; age 21; credited Cornish; mus- 


tered in Dec. 21, 64; deserted Mar. 7, 65, Wilmington, N. C. 
No good. 


Card, Nathaniel W. Co. B; born Eliot, Me.; age 30; resident 


Dover: enlisted Jan. 13, ’62; mustered in Feb. 28, 62; dis- 
charged Oct. 15, ’62, Beaufort, SiGe 


Carleton, Charles A.* Co. B; born Brooklyn, N. Y.; age 25; resi- 
dent Concord; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed 1 Lt. 
Jain, U7, O2s Capt. Oct. 3, 62; declined appointment as Capt.; 
appointed Adjt. Nov. 2, ’62; discharged July 18, 64, to accept 
eee 2MNG months, from April 19, 61. Died Apr. 

797, New York City. 


ae oeaneuee Co. D; born Meredith; age 19; resident Laconia; 
enlisted Aug. 29, 61. Died July 3, 63, Folly Isl., S. C. 


Carr, Brackett L.* Co. D; born and resident Meredith; age 26; 
enlisted Aug. 14, 61; discharged Dec. 5, ’61, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Co. F, 2 N. H. V. Died of wounds July 28, 63, Gettysburg, Pa. 


Carr, George W.* Co. 1; born Windham; age 19; resident cere 
enlisted Aug. 5, 61; discharged Dec. 27, 61, Hilton Head, S. 
Died Aug. 6, ’06, Manchester. 


Carr, Hamilton. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 26; credited 
Salisbury; mustered in Nov. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Carroll, John. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
Sanbornton; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; deserted June 10, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Carter, Charles A.* Co. A; born and resident Dover; age 18;. en- 
listed Sept. 3, 61; to Batterv B. r Art., U. S. A., Jan. 21, 763; 
reenlisted Mar. 31, 64; appointed Corp. May 1, ’64; captured 
June 29, 64, Ream’s Station, Va. Died Nov. 29, 64, Ander- 
sonville, Ga. 


Carter, Charles T. Co. G; born Lowell, Mass.; age 19; credited 
Wilton; enlisted Aug. 9, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62; appointed 
Sergt.; discharged June 15, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Nov. 18, 
fon Lyndeborough. 


Cash, William. Co. E; born England; age 19; credited Raymond; 
mustered in Dec. 28, 63; killed Feb. 11, 64, Morris Isl., S. C. 


Cass, Albert.* Co. K; born Allenstown; age 18; resident Man- 
chester: enlisted Sept. a, oe mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Oct. 10, 93, Sag Harbor, ING 


Cassidy, Patrick. Co. C; substitute; mustered in Dec. 19, ’64; de- 
serted Mar. 12, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 


Castles, Patrick.* Co. E; born Ireland; age 22; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 24, “61: discharged Feb. 7, 63, Beaufort, Se Gs 
Died Apr. 4, ’00, Pembroke (Suncook). 


Chadwick, Jonathan.* Co. A; born Berwick, Me.; age 29; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; discharged ‘Mar. 4, ’63, Beau- 
fontwomeCa Dredbeb. 6) 733) Farmington. 


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Challis, Timothy W.** Co. D; born Corinth, Vt.; age 34; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 25, ’61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. Oct. 
7, 62; 1 Lt. Co. A, July 27, ’64; Adjt. Nov. 9, 64; captured 
Apr. 8, 65, between Wilmington and Magnolia, N. C.; confined 
about 3 weeks; released; mustered out Aug. 23, 65; Bvt. Capt. 
U. S. V., to date Mar. 13, 65, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the capture of Ft. Harrison, Va.; Bvt. Maj.'U. S. V., to 
date Mar. 13, ’65, for gallant and meritorious services in the 
capture of Ft. Fisher, N. C. Died Feb. 1, ’90, Manchester. 

Champagne, Joseph. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 22; resi- 
dent Canada, credited Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 20, ’63; killed 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Chaney, Lewis. Co. K; substitute; born Baltimore, Md.; age 27; 
credited Portsmouth; mustered in Jan. 7, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65. 

Chapman, Clarence L.** Co. F; born Springvale, Me.; age 18; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61, as Corp.; ap- 
pointed Sergt.; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; wounded July 19, ’64, 
Petersburg, Va.; appointed 1 Lt. Nov. 9, 64; Capt. Feb. 17, ’65; 
discharged May 17, ’65. Resides Somersworth. 1 N. H. V. 

Chapman, Samuel. Co. F; substitute; born England; age 22; resi- 
dent Canada, credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 19, 63. Died 
May 24, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va. ; 

Chapman, Stephen C.* Co. G; born Piermont; age 24; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 23, 61, as Sergt.; mustered out Sept. 
27, 64. Died July 5, ’98, Johnson City, Kan. 1 N. H. V. 

Chase, Alonzo.** Co. 1; born Andover; age 22; resident Andover; 
enlisted Aug. 27, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb, 14, 64; 
wounded severely July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 
Died, wounds, Aug. 24, ’64. 

Chase, George W.* Co. 1; born New London; age 30; resident An- 
dover; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61, as Corp.; discharged disabled Jan. 
13, 62. Resides River Sioux, Iowa. Capt. 1o N. H 

Cheney, Lewis H.** Co. D; born Groton; age 18; resident Canter- 
bury; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed Sergt.; 
Com. Sergt. July 18, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died 
Monte Vista, Col., March 17, 711. 

Chester, William. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 20; cred- 
ited Stewartstown; mustered in Jan. 21, ’65; mustered out 
Aties 23) 765) 

Chew, Charles K.* (Co. 1; born Hampstead; age 25; resident Plais- 
tow; enlisted Aug. 10, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died 
Nov. 9, 67, Plaistow. 

Christy, John.* Co. I; born Canada; age 27; resident Derry; en- 
fisted Aug. 7, 61; discharged July 6, 62, St. Augustine, Fla. 
Clark, Asa.* Co. H; born Concord; age 21; resident Concord; 
enlisted Aug. 22, 61; to 86 Co., 2 Batt’l, I. C., Dec. 10, ‘63; 
discharged Sept. 19, 64, Washington, D. C. Died Feb. 27, 07, 

Warner. 

Clark, Charles C.* Co. D; born and resident Sanbornton; age 
35; enlisted Sept. 12, 61, as Corp.; discharged Dec. 5, ’61, Hilton 
Head, S. C. 15 N. H. V. Died Feb. 13, 97, Belmont. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 19 


Clark, Dennis. Co. E; substitute; born Canada; age 20; credited 


Winchester; mustered in Jan. 5, 65; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 
Resides Ellenburg, N. Y. 305 rged Aug. 23, ’65 


Clark, George W.** Co. H; born Canada; age 20; resident North- 
field; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; credited Can- 


terbury; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; discharged May 11, ’65, Con- 
cord. Resides Derry. 


Clark, James. Co. K; born Compton, Can.; age 29; credited Hol- 
derness; mustered in Jan. 26, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Clark, James, 1st. Co. I; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; deserted Apr. 
13, 65. No good. 

Clark, James, 2d. Co. I; substitute; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; de- 
serted Mar. 17, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 


Clark, Jonathan.* Co. I; born and resident Haverhill; age 23; en- 
listed Sept. 3, “61, as Sergt.; discharged Jan. 29, 63, Concord. 
Died Oct. 29, ’76, Burlington, Kan. 

Clark, Samuel.** Co. K; born and resident Londonderry; age 25; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ‘64; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; exchanged May 4, ’65; discharged June 
28, °65, Concord. Resides Georgetown, Mass. 


Clark, Theodore.** Co. J; born Derry; age 17; resident Windham; 
enlisted Aug. 17, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; credited Salem; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Resides Nashua. 


Clark, Walter.* Co. E; born Scotland; age 31; resident Merri- 
mack; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; appointed Corp. Apr. 29, 62; Sergt. 
Sept. 30, 62; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; dis- 
charged Sept. 27, 64. Died May to, ’74, New York City. 

Clarke, John H.* Co. C; born and resident Milford; age 19; 
enlisted Aug. 24, 61; discharged Sept. 28, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 
Resides Roxbury, Mass. 

Clay, Charles H.**. Co. A; born Dover; age 25; resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 10, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Mar. 26, ’76, Strafford. - 

Clayton, George.* Co. I; born Topsham, Vt.; age 34; resident 
Hampstead; enlisted Sept. 13, 61; wounded severely May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Dead. 


Clayton, Robert.** Co. K; born Manchester, Eng.; age 28; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; cap- 
tured July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Virginia. Died Feb. 5, ’65, 
Danville, Va. 

Clement, William H.** Co. F; born Rollinsford; age 33; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 27, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 20, 
764; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged June 
28, ’65. Resides Rollinsford. 

Clifford, Charles. Co. I; substitute; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; de- 
serted June 1, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Clifford, Frederick G.* Co. B; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; resi- 
dent Nashua; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; wounded June 24, 64, near 
Petersburg, Va. Discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 1, ’gr, 
Ethel, La. 


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Cliggott, James H. Co. I; substitute; born Cork, Ire.; age 38; res- 
ident Philadelphia, Pa.; credited Gilmanton; mustered in Sep- 
tember 29, ’63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; re- 
leased May 20, ’65; discharged July 17, 65, Raleigh, N. C. 

Clough, Albert. Co. D; born Vermont; age 41; resident Lewis, 

Y., credited Grafton; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; furloughed 
June 21, ’64, from hospital, David’s Isl., N. Y. H. 


Clough, Joseph M.* Co. H; born Sunapee; age 33; resident New 
London; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, 61; wounded July 30, ’64, 
mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 17, 64. 1 
Lt. 1 N. H.; Lt.-Col. 18 N. H. Resides New London. 


Cloutman, Horatio G.** Co. A; born New Durham; age 27; resi- 
dent Farmington; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
deserted Apr. 7, 64, Concord. Died July 1, ’88, Farmington. 

Cobb, Willard K.** Co. E; born and resident Pittsfield; age 18; 
enlisted Aug. 23, 61; appointed Corp. Sergt. Nov. 1, ’63; reén- 
listed Jan. 30, 64; credited Manchester; wounded May 16, ’64, 
Eee: Bluff, Va.; killed Sept. 29, 64, New Market Heights, 

a. 


Cochran, Albert A.* Co. C; born New Boston; age 20; resident 
Milford; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; discharged Feb. 12, 63, Beau- 
fort, S. C. Resides Alabama. 

Cochran, David H. Co. C; born and credited Brookline; age 32; 
mustered in Nov. 25, 63, as Musc.; discharged Aug. 23, 65, 
Raleigh, N. C. Died Mar. 15, ’00, Hyde Park, Mass. 


Cochran, Jeremiah.* Co. B; age 37; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61, at Man- 
chester; discharged Apr. 22, 63, Beaufort, S. C., by reason of 
having lost left arm by accidental discharge of musket. Dead, 
date unknown. 


Coffin, Samuel F.* Co. K; born Gilead, Me.; age 40; resident Hud- 
son; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Musc.; discharged Feb. 17, ’63, 
Beaufort, S. C. Died Turner, Me. 


Coffin, William H. Co. F; born Maine; age 25; resident Freeport, 
Me., credited Wentworth; mustered in Dec. 26, 63; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Jan. 31, ’07, Freeport, Me. | 

Cofran, Charles C.* Co. D; born and resident Northfield; age 20; 
enlisted Aug. 14, 61, as Corp.; drowned St. Augustine, Fla. 
June 13, ’62. 

Colbath, Jeremiah H.** Co. A; born New Durham; age 18; resi- 
dent Alton; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; cred- 
ited Dover; wounded May 15, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, ’65. Died Nov. 24, 95, Farmington. 

Colbath, Lafayette.* Co. A; born Middleton; age 32; resident 
Milton; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
April 5, 95, Dover. 

Colbath, Lionel B.* Co. A; born and resident Farmington; age 
30; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; deserted June ro, 62, Annapolis, Md. 
1o N. H. V. Died June 24. ’09, Laconia. 

Colbert, Patrick. Co. K; born Ireland; age 18; resident Boston, 
‘Mass., credited Derry; mustered in Dec. 26, 63; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 21 


Colburn, Amos L.** Co. I; born Dracut, Mass.; age 29; resident 
Concord; enlisted Aug. 20, 61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. Co. 
F, May 17, 62; 1 Lt. Dec. 1, 63; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep 
Bottom, Va.; appointed Capt. Nov. 9, 64; declined; discharged 
Nov. I, 64, as 1 Lt. 1 N. H. V. Resides Concord. 


Colburn, Irvin.* Co. C; born and resident Brookline; age 37; 
enlisted Aug. 24, 61, as Corp.; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va. Died Feb. 7, 65, Florence, S. C. 


Colby, Charles G.** (Co. K; born and resident Franklin; age 19; 
enlisted July 31, 61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; deserted 
on furlough Nov. 18, 64. Died Aug. 30, ’o1, Franklin. 


Colby, Isaac K.** Co. E; born Londonderry; age 23; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; cred- 
ited Londonderry; killed May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va 


Colby, Sylvanus. Co. I; substitute; born and resident Woodstock, 
Vt.; age 22; credited Barnstead; mustered in Sept. 29, 63; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Colcord, Charles E.** Co. C; born Epping; age 23; resident South 
Hampton; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; 
credited Rollinsford; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 
Died, wounds, June 26, ’64, Pt. Lookout, Md. Color bearer 
when mortally wounded. 

Cole, Charles A. Co. E; born Canada; age 22; credited Windham; 
mustered in Dec. 28, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides 
Appleton, Wis. Correct name Charles Gosha. 

Cole, Daniel Q.* Born Rumney; age 45; resident Concord; ap- 
pointed Commissary Aug. 20, 61; to Co. I, as 1 Lt. Oct. 20, ’61; 
resigned Oct. 24, 62. Died Apr. 2, ’85, Concord. 


Cole, Jeremiah. Co. B; born Madbury; age 42; resident Dover; 
enlisted Jan. 14, ’62; mustered in Feb. 28, ’62; discharged May 
SOs oneidead, S.C.) To Ns He Vea Diedm )iilys 18h iG4r) Kits 
Monroe, Va. 


Cole, Levi W. Co. H; born and resident New Castle; age 21; 
credited Gosport; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged Nov. 17, 65; drowned Mar. 7, ’69, George’s 
Banks. 

Colenson, Marks. Co. I; substitute; born Poland; age 22; credited 
Greenland; mustered in Jan. 2, ’65; deserted Aug. 17, ’65. 
Colfoss, John H.* Co. D; born Dorchester, Mass.; age 23; resident 
New Hampton; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; to Battery M, 1 Art., U. 
S. A., Nov. 4, 62; discharged Aug. 26, 64. Died Mar. 7, ’86, 

Sanbornton. 

Collin, James. Co. 1; substitute; mustered in Dec. 27, 64; deserted 
Apr. 6, 65, Magnolia, N. C. No good. 

Collins, Andrew J.* Co. H; born and resident Kingston; age 
26; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Apr. 
28, 65, South Kingston. 

Collins, George W.** (Co. H; born and resident Kingston; age 
31; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 25, 
64; captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Dec. 24, 
64, Salisbury, N. C. 


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Collins, Horatio J.* Co. E; born Deering; age 24; resident Weare; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; to Co. B, 1 Art., U. S. A., Nov. 4) “62: dis- 


charged Sept. 9, ’64, Pt. of Rocks, Md. Died Aug. 21, ’og, 
Weare. 


Collins, James.* Co. A; born Ireland; age 37; resident Rochester; 


enlisted July 30, ’61; discharged Feb. 17, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died Nov. 6, ’95, Rochester. 


Collins, John. Co. E; born and resident Northfield; age 34; cred- 
ited Franklin; mustered in July 26, 64; wounded Jan. 16, ’65, 
by explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; discharged June 
29, 65, Smithville, N. C. Died Jan. 3, ’03, Northfield. 

Collins, Thomas. Co. I; substitute; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; de- 
serted June 9, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Colomy, James R.* Co. H; born:and resident Farmington; age 
19; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged Apr. 6, 64, Beaufort, S. C 
Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for 
gallant and meritorious conduct during operations before 
Charleston, S. C. Died Rochester. 


Colomy, William H.** Co. F; born Middleton; age 18; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Sept. 25, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 25, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp. Dec. 1, ’64; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Resides 
Farmington. Brother of James R. 

Colston, Henry N. Co. F; born Windsor, Vt.; age 38; resident 
Lebanon; mustered in Mar. 29, ’62; discharged May 8, 63, Hil- 
ton Head, S. C. Died July 16, ’79, Amherst, accidentally killed. 

Comings, David L. M. Born Cornish; age 37; resident and cred- 
ited Swanzey; appointed 2 Asst. Surg. Aug. 13, 62; mustered 
in Aug. 21, 62; appointed Asst. Surg. Oct. 8, 62. Died Aug. 
I, 63, Swanzey. 

Comore, Andrew.** Co. A; born St. Philip, Can.; age 25; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Sept. 13, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; de- 
serted Apr. 7, 64, Concord. 

Conlon, Patrick.** Co. H; born Ardee, Ir.; age 22; resident Salem; 
enlisted Aug. 19, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 20, 764; 
discharged Nov. 23, 64. 1 N. H. V. : 

Conner, Martin. Co. I; substitute; mustered in Dec. 27, ’64; de- 
serted May 3, 65. No good. 


Conner, Stephen.* Co. B; born Hart’s Location; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; discharged Sept. 27, 64. 
Resides Wentworth. U.S. Marine Corps. 


Connolly, Michael.** Co. C; born Longford, Ir.; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; cred- 
ited Nashua; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
Sept. 12, °64, Andersonville, Ga. Awarded “Gilmore Medal 
by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 


Conway, Patrick.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 19; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 19, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Ware 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Resides West Concord. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 23 


Cook, Charles E.** Co. C; born New Hampshire; age 18; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 3, ‘61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; appointed 
Corp.; captured May 20, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled 
Dec., 64; appointed Sergt. Mar. 1, 65; Com. Sergt. June 18, ’65; 
discharged July 17, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Resides Quincy, Ill. 


Cook, George W. Co. C; born Tamworth; age 23; resident and 
credited Nashua; mustered in Aug. 14, 62; wounded Oct. 22, 
62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 
Died June 7, ’64, Richmond, Va. 


Cook, Lewis. Co. I; substitute; credited Barnstead; mustered in 
Sept. 20, 63; deserted June 1, ’64, White House, Va. 


Cook, William H. Co. C; born Madison; age 21; resident and 
credited Nashua; enlisted Aug. 7, 62; mustered in Aug. 14, ’62; 
appointed Corp.; captured May 20, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
released Dec. II, ’64; appointed 2 Lt. Mar. 1, 65; not mustered; 
discharged June 12, ’65, as Corp. Resides Pomona, Fla. 


Corey, Henry S.* Co. D; born Landaff; age 21; resident Andover; 
enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, Annapolis, Md., 
severely injured Washington, D. C., Oct., 61. Resides Lisbon. 


Corliss, Alvin R.** Co. 1; born Salisbury; age 23; resident Boston, 
Mass.; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; credited 
Franklin; wounded June 27, ’64, near Petersburg, Va.; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Died Dec. 26, ’96, Dayton, 
Ohio, Soldiers’ Home. 


Cornell, James. Co. C; mustered in Nov. 14, 63; deserted June 3, 
64, White House, Va.; apprehended; dishonorably discharged 
Dec. 15, 65, New York City. 

Corrigan, Owen.** Co. E; born Ireland; age 25; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb. 21, 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died May 7, ’84, Lowell, Mass. 


Corson, John R.* Co. A; born and resident Lebanon, Me.; age 20; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; appointed Corp; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. 
Ded @Octay mss) 72: 

Corson, Martin.* Co. A; born Epping; age 28; resident Dover; en- 
listed Sept. 12, 61; discharged May 9, 63, Hilton Head, Swic: 
Died Nov. 26, ’84, Milton. 1 Inf. and 1 Art. N. H. V. 


Cotton, George E.* Co. D; born Gilford; age 21; resident Upper 
Gilmanton; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; captured Apr. 6, 62, near Jack- 
sonville, Fla.; paroled Oct. 19, '62; discharged Dec. 29, 162, 
Washington, D. C. Died Feb. 23, ’94, Laconia. 2 Commence 
le wAGt 

Cowan, Charles. Co. B; born Ireland; age 24; resident Baltimore, 
Md., credited Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; appointed 
Sergt.; 1 Sergt. Aug. 15, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Cowell, Mark H.* Co. F; born and resident Somersworth; age 28; 
enlisted Aug. 19, ’61, as 1 Sergt.; discharged July 8, ’62, St. 
Augustine, Fla. Died Sept. 17, 762, Somersworth. 

seph. Co. I; substitute; born Cleveland, Ohio; age 23; 

ae ae Prey, N. Y., credited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 

29, ’63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died in 
hands of enemy Sept. 17, 64. . 


24 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Coyle, Patrick. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; credited 
Upper Gilmanton; mustered in Dec. 27, ’64; reported on m. o. 
roll as absent, sick, at Ft. Monroe, Va., since May 11, 65. 


Coyne, James. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Pelham; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; captured Apr. 1, ’65, Mag- 
ale N. C.; released Apr. 29, 65; discharged June 2, ’65, Con- 
cord. 

Cram, Henry B.* Co. B; born Ossipee; age 20; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; appointed Corp. Apr. 17, 64; mus- 
tered out Sept. 27, 64. Died July 25, 74, Great Falls. 

Crandall, Ephraim.* Co. C; born Danielsonville, Conn.; age 25; 
See enlisted Aug. 31, 61. Died June 23, ’63, Folly 
Ve sh & 

Craver, John. Co. K; substitute; mustered in Apr. 8, 65; deserted 
June 10, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Crawford, Franklin. Co. D; born Bridgewater; age 24; credited 
Clarksville; drafted; mustered in Sept. 16, 63; discharged July 
18, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H. Resides Pittsburg. 


Cressy, Amos.* Co. E; born Newbury; age 38; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; captured, wounded, May 16, ’64, 
Ee Bluff, Va. Died of wounds, June 6, ’64, Richmond, 

a. 


Cressy, Charles A.* Co. E; born Newbury; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; wounded May 15, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.; discharged, wounds, Oct. 5, ’64, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Resides Newport, Minn. Co. C, 1 N. H. 

Crooker, Charles T.* Co. C; born Bow; age 18; resident Amherst; 
enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; discharged Sept. 28, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 
Resides Nashua. Blind. to N. H. V. 

Crooks, Alexander. Co. F; substitute; born Scotland; age 24; cred- 
ited Hooksett; mustered in Aug. 19, ’63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 30, 
64; deserted July 22, ’65. 

Crosby; Luther G.* Co. C; born Milford; age 19; resident Peter- 
borough; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; Battery M, 1 Art. U. S.+ A:, 
Feb. 24, 63. Died Aug. 26, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 

Crosby, Thomas W. Co. C; born Wilton; age 38; resident and 
credited Nashua; enlisted Aug. 13, '62; mustered in Aug. 14 
’62: discharged Oct. 5, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. Died Feb. 10, ’75, 
Nashua. 

Cross, David.* Co. I; born Newbury; age 42; resident Andover; 
enlisted Aug. 22, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; credited Concord; 
mustered in Feb. 20, 64; killed July 6, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Crowell, Jesse C.* Co. K; born and resident Windham; age 18; 
enlisted Aug. 26, 61; discharged Nov. 17, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died April 6, ’81, Derry. 1 N. Ee Eh. Aint . 

Crowley, John. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credite 
Deniey: mustered in Oct. 20, 63; to U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’643 
deserted Sept. 4, ’64. 2 nen 

ddy, Michael.** Co. E; born Ireland; age 37; resi ent Manches- 
ai dee enlisted Aug. 27. 61; reénlisted Feb. 26, 64; captured May 
16, °64, Drewry’s Bluff. Va.: escaped May 4, ’65; discharged 
June 14, 65, Concord. Died Mar. 28, ’98, Togus, Me., Soldiers 
Home. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 25 


Srnmings, James um, Cone: born Thetford, Vt.; age 21; resident 
Aanchester; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; discharged Aug. 27, ’63, Mor 
ris Isl, S. C. Died Apr. 26, ’81, Lancaster. V. R. C. 

Currier, Albert H. Co. C; substitute; born Massachusetts; age 20; 
resident Boston, Mass.; credited Canaan; mustered in Oct. 20, 
63; missing Aug. 14, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; returned; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Currier, Charles M.* Born Methuen, Mass.; age 28; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 18, 61, as Prin. Musc.; appointed 1 Lt. 
Co. K, Jan. 17, 62; resigned June 11, 62. Died July 4, 708. 
Chicago, Ill. 

Currier, Ephraim C.* Co. K; born and resident Danville; age 27; 
appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; appointed Capt. Jan. 17, 62. Died 
Vio wre 02) Beautort, S. C. 

Curtis, Rufus.** Co. A; born New Castle; age 33; resident Farm- 
ington; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 25, 64; appointed 
Corp. Nov. 20, ’64; discharged Aug. 11, 65, New York City. 
Died Feb. 5, ’03, Milton. 

Cushing, Almus.* Co. G; born Goffstown; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; discharged Jan. 12, 62. Resides 
Nashua. 

Cutler, Andrew B.** Co. D; born Nashua; age 23; resident San- 
bornton; enlisted July 31, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; captured 
Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died of wounds Dec. 22, ’64, 
Salisbury, N. C. 

Cutter, John. Co. I; substitute; born England; age 26; credited 
Chesterfield; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; captured Apr. 9, Tos, 
Burgaw Station, N. C.; released Apr. 20, ’65; discharged June 
5, ’65, Concord. 


Dalton, Edward.* Co. K; born Manchester, Eng.; age 30; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 2, 61. Died Dec. 4, ’61, Hilton 
lead sun@. 

Dame, James.* Co. A; born and resident Rochester; age 44; en- 
listed Sept. 9, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. Died 
Nov., 775, Rochester. 

Dame, John L.* Co. E; born and resident Farmington; age 27; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Dec. 24, 61, Hilton Head, S. 
(GM Dicdiehebwirs) (65. to N-SHeVe seals 

Danforth, James M. Co. I; born and credited Northfield; age 39; 
Coan Aug. 27, ’62; mustered in Aug. 30, ’62; killed Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va. Pits 
forth, Stephen E.* Co. B; born Amherst; age 19; residen 

Bee Neche: Dicted Sept. 5, 61. Died Nov. 21, ’61, Ft. Monroe, 
Was 
ling, Granville D.* Co. B; born Lowell, Mass.; age 22; resident 

Be haa: enlisted Sept. 8, 61; wounded June 28, 64, Petersburg, 
Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died May 6, ’02, Lowell, ee 

‘liam. Co. K; substitute; credited Orford; mustered in 

eee es: We S Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted May 15, "64. 

harles B. Co. D; born and credited Wilton; age 19; 

OE Ce 12, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62; discharged Aug. 

24, 65, Concord. Died May 19, ’74, Wilton. 


26 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


erie dene F.* Co. K; born and resident Manchester, age 23; 

enliste ug. 28, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Dead, date 
unknown. 

Davis, Daniel.* Co. F; born Newfield, Me.; age 45; resident Som- 
ersw orth; enlisted Sept. 8, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt. Apr. 
Tue Oe wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Blufl, Va.; discharged 
Sept. 27, ’64. Died Oct. 26, ’93, Somersworth. 

Davis, Daniel, Jr.** Co. H; born Sutton; age 32; resident Concord; 
enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; reénlisted and mustered in Feb. 28, ’64; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; Aug. 16, 64, Deep 
Bottom. Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Nov. 20, 85, 
Concord. 

Davis, Darius O. Co. D; born Hartford, Me.; age 30; resident 
Somersworth; mustered in Mar. 27, 62; discharged Apr. 16, ’65. 
Resides Osakis, Minn. 

Davis, Francis H.* Co. D; born Meredith; age 21; resident Laco- 
nia; enlisted July 25, 61, as Sergt.; appointed 1 Sergt.; 2 Lt. 
Co. I, June 4, ’63; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
promoted 1 Lt. Nov. 9, ’64; not mustered in; discharged Nov. 
12, 64, as 2 Lt. Died May 12, ’95, Laconia. 

Davis, George F.** Co. E; born Barnstead; age 23; resident Pitts- 
field; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; credited Man- 
chester; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled 
Dec. 14, 64. Died Dec. 30, 64, Annapolis, Md. 

Davis, George W.* Co. H; born and resident Hill; age 23; enlisted 
Aug. 31, 61. Died Dec. 13, ’63, Morris Isl., S. C. 

Davis, James. Co. C; substitute; born Portsmouth; age 34; resi- 
dent Ellsworth, Me., credited Lisbon; mustered in Oct. 20, "63; 
U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; discharged Oct. 15, 64. 

Davis, John F.** Co. K; born Lowell, Mass.; age 23; resident 
Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, °64; 
credited Manchester; deserted Apr. 12, ’64, Concord. 

Davis, Richard E.* Co. H; born July to, 38, and resident Hill; 
age 22; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; wounded Mar. 25, ’62; discharged 
Oct. 18, 63. Died Dec. 6, ’08, Manchester. See V. R G 

Davis, Richard O. Co. F; born England; age 26; credited Lemp- 
ster: mustered in Dec. 26, 63; killed June 26, 64, near Peters- 
burg, Va. ; 

Davis, William H.* Co H; born Barnstead; age 21; resident Pitts- 
field: enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; Co. D, 1 Art., U. S. Av; INowargs 
62: discharged Sept. 8, 64, Camp Woodruff, Va. Dead. 

Day, Daniel, Jr. Co. F; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 443 credited 
Pittsburg; drafted and mustered in May 18, 64; discharged 
June 15, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. Died ’o2, West Stewartstown. 

Dearborn, Abram.* Co. B; born Northfield; age 24; resident Exe- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; discharged Sept. 15, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 

Dearborn, Charles H.* Co. D; born and resident Sanbornton; age 
20; enlisted Sept. 14, 61. Died July 20, 63, Hilton Head, S. (@; 

Dearborn, David P.** Co. F; born Sanbornton,; age 25; resident 
Weare; enlisted Sept. 18, 61; appointed 2 Lt. Co. G, Mar. 22, 
62; appointed 2 Asst. Surg. Dec. 16, 62; Asst. Surg. May 2, 64; 
Surg. Nov. 9, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 6s. Died Apr. 2, ’88, 
Brattleboro, Vt. 


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Dearborn, George W.* Co. 1; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Haverhill, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 16, 61; Co. B, rt Art., U. S. 
A,. Nov. 3, 62; discharged Aug. 16, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 
Died Nov. 13, ’99, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Dearborn, Richard. Co. D; born, resident and credited Northfield; 
age 34; enlisted Aug. 21, 62; mustered in Aug. 30, ’62; captured 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged June 26, 65. Died 
July 16, ’or, Northfield. 

Decoene, Francis. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 37; cred- 
ited Gorham; mustered in Mar. 31, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. Died July 10, ’co, Washington, D. C. 

Dempsey, James. Co. D; substitute; born Cork, Ir.; age 28; cred- 
ited Wolfeborough; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Resides Lewiston, Me. 

Dennett, Joseph C.* Co. E; born Gilmanton; age 32; residence 
Pittsfield; enlisted Aug. 24, 61, as Corp.; wounded Oct. 22, ’62, 
Pocotaligo, S. C. Died Jan. 16, 64, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Dennison, John. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 30; credited 
Acworth; mustered in Dec. 20, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Dentney, William. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 24; cred- 
ited PaMyen zc; mustered in Dec. 19, 64; mustered out Aug. 
2am OGs 

Devine, James. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
sad mustered in Dec. 19, 64. Died May to, ’65, Raleigh, 
Nae: 

Dickerman, John C.* Co. I; born Loudon; age 18; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; appointed Com. Sergt. June 13, 63. 
DredwAnten 1,163, lolly Isl, Sic 

Dickett, Joseph. Co. K; substitute; age 23; credited Marlow; mus- 
tered in Dec. 20, 64; reached 4 N. H. V. and joined Co. K, 
May 6, 65; deserted July 21, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Dickey, James M., Jr.** Co. E; born and resident Manchester; 
age 16; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted and mustered in Feb. 
28, 64; wounded Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. Fisher, N. .C.; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Wounded three times. Resides Corinth, Miss. 

Dickey, Matthew.* Co. K; born Chester; age 33; resident Merri- 
mack; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Apr. I, ’76, Manchester. 

Dignam, Walter.* Band; born England; age 34; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as Band Leader; mustered out Sept. 
16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Apr. 22, ’91, Manchester. 

Dignam, William.* Band; born England; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as 1 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C.; reénlisted Mar. 28, ’63; cred- 
ited Ossipee; mustered in Mar. 30, 63; assigned to Co. G; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, 65. Died June 15, 95, Hampton, Va., Sol- 
diers’ Home. : 

Dillon, Edward J.* Co. G; born Roxbury, Mass.; age 23; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 18, ’61; discharged Jan. 26, 63, New 
York City. Resides Marlborough, Mass. Now blind. 

Dillon, John. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 36; credited 
Goffstown: mustered in Jan. 5, 65; deserted Apr. 9, 65, Ra- 
leigh, N. C. No good. 


25 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Dillon, John. Co. K; substitute; born London, Eng.; age 21; cred- 
ited Alexandria; mustered in Oct. 16, ’63; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released May 2, 65; appointed Corp. 
July 1, 65; discharged Aug. 3, 65, Concord. Died Apr. 29, ‘99, 
Manchester. Correct name John J. Dillon. 

Dimick, George W.* Co. C; born Hartford, Vt.; age 24; resident 
Milford; enlisted Aug. 10, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Dissmore, Thomas.* Co. K; born and resident Londonderry; age 

28; enlisted Aug. 7, ’61. Died Aug. 11, 63, Morxis Isljsss © 

Doak, John G.* Co. B; born and resident Lynn, Mass; age 40; 
enlisted Aug. 7, ’61; discharged Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Died Apr. 23, 92, Lynn, Mass. 

Dodge, Addison S.* Co. C.; born Wenham, Mass.; age 24; resi- 
dent Francestown; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61. Died Oct. 1, ’63, Mor- 
ag) MSIL, SS: 

Dodge, Orin T.** Co. C; born and resident Raymond; age 23; en- 
listed Sept. 20, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; mustered in Feb. 
28, 64; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 

Dolley, DeWitt D.** Co. D; born Gray, Me.; age 21; resident 
Laconia; enlisted Aug. 5, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; credited 
Gilmanton; captured Apr. 9, 65, South Washington, N. C.; 
discharged July 21, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Apr. 5, i lea= 
conia. 

Donnoly, Patrick.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 28; resident Man-- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; deserted May 28, ’63, David’s 
Isl., N. Y. H. Dead, date unknown. 


Donohue, Thomas.* Co. B; born Ireland; age 37; resident Litch- 
field; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; discharged Feb. 11, ’62, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Died Jan. 12, ’80, Wilton. 

Donovan, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 39; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; discharged Jan. 12, 62. Dead. 


Dooley, James.* Co. K; born Ireland; age 30, resident London- 
derry; enlisted Aug. 9, ’61; discharged Mar. 12, ’63, Beaufort, 
S. C.. Died July 13, 95, Londonderry. “18 Noses 

Dorr, Orrin Q.* Co. F; born Berwick, Me.; age 20; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Aug. 1, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Feb. 5, ’75, Cambridge, Mass. 


Dorr, Lorren H.* Co. F; born Alton; age 18; resident Farming- 
ton; enlisted Aug. 15, 61. Died May 1, ’62, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Douglass, Joseph.* Co. E; born Scotland; age 39; resident Ban- 
gor, Me.; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; discharged July 6, "62, St. Au- 
gustine, Fla. Died Dec. 12, ’84, National Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me. 

Dow, Gilbert F.** Co. H; born and resident Canterbury; age 20; 
enlisted Aug. 27, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; captured Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Dec. 20, 64, Annapolis, Md. 

Dow, Hezekiah.* Co. F; born and resident Atkinson; age 23; en- 
listed Sept. 26, 61; discharged July 8, ’62, Hilton Heady tos GC. 
Resides Oakland, Cal. 

Dow, Jacob H.* Co. H; born Claremont; age 41; resident Bristol; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Oct. 31, ’63, Morris Tcl eS ace 
Died Apr. 20, ’84, Hill. 


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Dowd, Patrick.** Co. G.; born Killarney, Ir.; age 20; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; 
reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, 
Petersburg, Va.; appointed 2 Lt. Co. C, Mar. 1, 65; 1 Lt. June 
2, 65; not mustered in; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65, as 2 Lt. 
Resides Manchester. 

Downey, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; resi- 
dent Nashua, credited Hill; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Died Apr. 26, ’07, Togus, Me., Soldiers’ 
Home. Served Co. D, 16 Mass. 

Downing, Henry J.* Co. H; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; resi- 
dent Hillsborough; enlisted Sept. 12, 61; Co. B, r Art., U. S. 
A., Noy. 1, 62; discharged Sept. 5, 64, Pt. of Rocks, Md. Re- 
sides Nichols, Iowa. 

Doyle, Patrick.** Co. B; born Kerry, Ireland; age 18, resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded 
June 7, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; appointed Corp.; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Oct. 14, ’85, Chelsea, Me. 

Drake, Darius A.* Co. D; born New Hampton; age 21; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 25, 61, as Sergt. Died, wounds, Aug. 
22 Osos: lsh SC: 

Drew, Edgar H.* Co. H; born Lowell, Mass.; age 14; resident 
Salem; enlisted Aug. 30, ’61, as Musc.; discharged May 3, 
762, Jacksonville, Fla. Son of Col. J. D. Drew. Died Dec. 25, 
*93, Danvers, Mass. 


Drew, George A.* Co. F; born Newmarket; age 19; resident 
Lawrence. Mass.; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61, as Sergt.; wounded Oct. 
EPMO EOCOLAligon S.C.) discharoredm Api) (OsuetO accept 
promotion. Resides New York City. U.S. C. T. 

Drew, Israel L.* Co. H; born Brookfield; age 36; resident Law- 
rence, Mass.; appointed 1 Lt., Sept. 20, ’61. Died Nov. 6, ’61, 
Annapolis, Md. 1 N. H. V. Brother Col. J. D. Drew. 

Drew, Jeremiah D.* Born Brookfield; age 39; resident Salem; 
appointed Maj. Sept. 3, 61; appointed Lt. Col. Dec. 1, ’63; 
discharged Sept. 17. 64. 1 N. H. V. Died May 2, 1905, Law- 
rence, Mass. 

Dreyfuss, Samuel.* Co. F; born Speyer, Ger.; age 26; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 26, 61; discharged Jan. 7, 763, 
Beaufort, S. C. 

Drummer; Charles H.* Co. F; born Keene; age 23; resident Keene; 
appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; resigned Mar. 21, 62. 1 N. H. V. 
and U. S. Navy. Died June 15, 1884, Keene, N. H. 

Dubiton, Louis. Co. H; substitute; born Toulon, France; age 29; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; deserted May 1, ’64, 
Gloucester Point, Va. 

Dubois, Henry. Co. K; substitute; credited Milan; mustered in 
Apr. 6, 65; deserted May 9, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 
Duchanen, Edward. Co. I; substitute; credited Holderness; mus- 
tered in Dec. 29, ’64; deserted Apr. 4, ’65, Burgaw, N. C. No 

good. 

Ducy, John. Co. G; age 18; born and resident Concord; enlisted 
Sept. 28, ’61; mustered in Oct. 31, ’61; discharged Nov. 9, ’62. 


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‘Due, Franklin.* Co. C; born and resident Hancock; age 22; en- 
listed Aug. 28, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Leom- 
inster, Mass. 

Due, Sylvester.* Co. C; born Hancock; age 28; resident Peter- 
borough; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Feb. 14, ’64, Morris 
Isl., S.C. Brother of Franklin Due. Accidentally killed Oct. 
15, 92, Port Huron, Mich. 

Duffy, Michael. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 29; credited 
Grafton; mustered in Noy. 1, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Dumore, George. Co. G; substitute; born Stanstead, Can.; age 21; 
resident Canada, credited Pelham; mustered in Sept. 2, 63; 
wounded June 5, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va.; discharged June 25, ’64. 

Duncan, Jarnes. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 19; resident 
Grafton; mustered in Nov. 11, ’64; reported as absent on de- 
tached service, Goldsborough, N. C. 

Duncklee, Lorenzo P.* Co. C; born Milford, Mar. 29, ’39; age 22; 
resident Nashua; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 
64. Now blind and lost arm. Resides Nashua. 

Dunham, Timothy A.** Co. I; born Boscawen; age 25; resident 
Hill; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; appointed Wagoner; reénlisted Feb. 
18, 64; credited Canaan; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Sept. 
14, 80, Newport. 

Dunn, John. Co. 1; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; credited La- 
conia; mustered in Dec. 27, ’64; deserted July 31, 65. No good. 

Dunn, Matthew. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Hinsdale; mustered in Dec. 19, ’64; deserted July 18, ’65, Ra- 
leigh, N. C. No good. 

Dupont, Paul. Co. H; substitute; born Bordeaux, France; age 25; 
resident Montreal, Can., credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 
9, 63; deserted May 1, ’64, Gloucester Point, Va. Bounty 
jumper. 

Duquette, Francis. Co. H; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 
38; credited Berlin; mustered in Mar. 10, ’65; deserted July 14, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Durgin, George W.* Co.’A; born and resident Dover; age 26; 
enlisted Aug. 29, 61, as Musc.; wounded Oct. 22, ’62, Poco- 
taligo, S. C.; discharged Feb. 17, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Died Feb. 
19, 07, Roxbury, Mass. 

Durgin, Jacob R.* Co. H; born Poland, Me.; age 25; resident 
Lawrence, Mass.; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Mar. 9, ’63, 
Beautort, 1 ©. ; 

Dustin, Eliphalet.* Band; born Francestown; age 36; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 7, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered 
out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Dec. 19, ’86, Man- 
chester. . 

Duston, Jackson.** Co. C; born Salem; age 25; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; discharged 
Aug. 23, 65, Concord. Died Jan. 25, ’98, Concord. 1 N. H. V. 


Eady, Samuel. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; resident 
Waterbury, Vt., credited Enfield; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; 
captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Dec. 14, 64, 
Summerville, S. C. 


Fourth Regiment New H ampshire Volunteers. 31 


Eastman, James. Co. G; substitute; credited Nashua; mustered in 
Oct. 6, 63; deserted Apr. 21, 64, Gloucester Point, Va, Bounty 
jumper. 

Eastman, Josiah C.* Born Loudon; age 50; resident Hampstead; 


appointed Surg. Aug. 20, ’61; resigned Oct. 7, ’62. Died Nov. 
27, 97, Hampstead. 


Eaton, John, Jr. Co. H; born Corinna, Me.; age 23; resident Pitts- 
field, credited New Castle; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; appointed 
Corp.; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; 
discharged July 20, ’65, Manchester. Died Mar. 22, ’97, Man- 
chestemw2y Nir. Vs 


Eddy, John 1D) Band; born Northborough, Mass.; age 38; resident 
New Ipswich; enlisted Sept. 24, ’61, as 3 Class Musc.; mus- 


tered out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Aug. I1, ’66, 
New Ipswich. 


Edgerly, Andrew J.* Co. E; born Oct. 8, ’28, Barnstead; age 32; 
resident Manchester; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; appointed 
1 Lt. Jan. 17, 62; discharged Mar. 10, 63. Died Feb. 26, ’90, 
Medford, Mass. 


Edgerly, Henry F. Co. H; born Cambridge, Vt.; age 22; resident, 
and credited New Castle; mustered in Dec. 24, ’63; wounded 
July 24, 64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, Aug. 2, 64. 


Edmunds, William M.** Co. H; born and resident Pembroke; 
age 20; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; wounded 
July 5, ’64, and died of wounds July 6, ’64, Petersburg, Va. 
Served in 1 N. H. as Moses W. Edmunds. 


Elkins, Alonzo S. Co. F; born Vershire, Vt.; age 26; resident Leb- 
anon; mustered in Apr. 7, 62. Died July 6, 63, Folly Isl., S. C. 


Ellis, James.** Co. D; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 19; resident 
New London; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; wounded Sept., 63, Morris 
Isl, S. C.; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Resides Togus, Me., Soldiers’ Home. 


Ellis, William H. Co. D; substitute; born England; age 21; cred- 
ited Warner; mustered in Jan. 4, 65; wounded Mar. 30, ’65; 
entered Foster Gen. Hosp., New Berne, N. C.; transferred to 
New York Apr. 18, ’65. 


Elmer, Joseph M. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Warner; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Emerson, Albert D. W.** Co. I; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 20; 
resident Derry; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Jan. 
POA mimistered Olt Aue: 23, O54") TaN Hie Nie du Nias. 
*97, Derry. 

Emerson, Daniel W.* Co. H; born Methuen, Mass.; age 37; res- 
ident Salem; enlisted Sept. 13, ’61; discharged July 12, ’63, 
Folly Isl, S. C. Died Dec. 21, ’91, Concord. Veteran Reserve 
Corps. 

Emerson, George H.* Co. B; born Burlington, Vt.; age 22; res- 
ident Claremont; enlisted Aug. 31, cont, mustered in Sept. 18, 
61, as Corp.; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, 
Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 18, ’85, Cohoes, 
NG Y: 


32 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Emerson, George H.** Co. H; born Wilmot; age 18; resident 
Danbury; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; credited 
Andover; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, 
Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 24, ’72. 

Emerson, James. Co. E; substitute; credited Lebanon; mustered 
in Oct. 19, 63; deserted June 1, 64, White House, Va. Bounty 
jumper. 

Emerson, Marcus M.** Co. I; born July to, ’43, and resident Rum- 
ney; age 18; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp. Oct. 20, ’64; discharged June 22, 65, Concord. 
Resides Rumney. 

Emery, Daniel.* Co. E; born Bartlett, Mar 20, 31; age 29; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Mar. 2, ’63, 
Beaufort, S.C. V. R. C. Died Aug. 31, ’95, Manchester. 

Emery, Daniel C.* Co. A; born Milton; age 36; resident Middle- 


ton; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; discharged Oct. 2, ’62, Beaufort, 
S.C. V. R. C. Died Feb. 4, ’98, Milton. 


Emery, Ebenezer S.* Co. E; born Sheldon, Vt.; age 41; resident 
Auburn; enlisted Aug. 27, 61; discharged Oct. 5, 62, Beaufort, 
4 C. Served in Veteran Reserve Corps. Died Dec. 8, 76, Au- 
purn. i 

Engel, Louis P. Co. F; substitute; born Prussia; age 26; resident 
New York City, credited New Boston; mustered in Sept. 2, ’63; 
wounded May 15, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; deserted June 1, 64, 
City Point, Va. 

Estey, Charles E.** Co. K; born and resident of Londonderry; 
age 18; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; wounded 
and captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Aug. Io, 
64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Estey, Horace P.** Co. K; born Salem; age 22, resident Lon- 
donderry;, enlisted Aug. 15, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64. Died 
ane 6s, Pt. of Rocks, Va. 

Estey, John C.** Co. K; born Feb. 23, 42, and resident of Lon- 
donderry; age 19; enlisted Aug. 9, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
15, 64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 
Seret. July 4, 65; 1 Sergt. Aug. 8, ’65; discharged Aug. 23, 65. 
Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for 
gallant and meritorious conduct during operations before 
Charleston, S. C. Resides Oakland, Cal. 

Chas. E., Horace P., and John C. Estey were brothers. 


Evans, George.* Co. K; born and resident of Moultonborough; 
age 18; enlisted Aug. 28, 61. Died Mar. 2, 62, on board steam- 
er “Empire City.” Buried at sea. 

Evans, John. Co. H.; substitute; born Dover; age 32; resident 
Boston, Mass., credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Everett, Joseph R.** Co. K; born Norway, Me.; age 44; resident 
Nindham; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; wound- 
ed July 27, 64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, July 30, ’64. 


Fader, George. Co. I; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 21; 
credited Milton; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 
2a OS: 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 33 


Fagen, James. Co. G; substitute; born Ireland; age 24; credited 
; Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, ‘63; deserted Apr. 21, 764, 
Gloucester Point, Va. A genuine bounty jumper. 


Fahey, Edward. Co. A; substitute; born Lancaster, N. Y.; age 18; 
pecs Nashua; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; mustered out Aug, 
23, ’65. 

Fairfield, Benjamin.* Co. D; born New Hampton; age 29; resi- 


rent Meredith; enlisted Aug. 8, 61. Died Feb. 14, ’62, Ft. 
Monroe, Va. 


Fall, John J.* Co. A; born Lebanon, Me.; age 23; resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; appointed Corp. Sept. 17, ’63; 
mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 

Fallon, John.** Co. E; born Enniskillen, Ireland; age 36; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 21, ’64; 
wounded Jan. 16, ’65, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died June 12, ’97, Togus, Me. 


Farley, Clinton.** Co. K; born Londonderry; age 22; resident 
Bedford; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; credited 


Manchester; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Oct. 6, ’88, 
Nashua. 


Farnham, James A.* Band; born Sanbornton; age 14; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 16, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered 


a Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides North Bend, 
eb. 


Farnum, Ebenezer.* Co. D; born Salisbury; age 38; resident An- 
dover; enlisted Sept. 1, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
May 21, 97, Andover. 


Farnum, George W.* Co. I; born Plymouth; age 22; resident 
Campton; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; discharged May 13, 63. Died 
Apr. 17, 66, Groton. 


Feally, Patrick H.* Co. E; born Ireland; age 20; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 16, 61; discharged Oct. 27, 63, Morris 
Isl., S. C. Died Sept. 17, 07, Howard, R. I., State Hospital. 


Fern, James.* Co. K; born Lynn, Mass.; age 45; resident Man- 
chester: enlisted Aug. 6, 61; discharged Mar. 12, ’63, Beaufort, 
See aDieade 


Fernald, John F.* Co. B; born Lebanon, Me.; age 21; resident 
Exeter; enlisted Sept. 13, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died 
Dec. 12, ’05, So. Berwick, Me. 


Fernander, Jeff. Co. A; substitute; age 22, credited Plymouth, 
mustered in Oct. 24, 63; deserted Apr. I, 64, Gloucester Point, 
Va. One of many bounty jumpers. 


Ferry, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 28; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 27, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Dec. 25, 
78, National Home, Togus, Me. 


Fessenden, Edwin A. Co. D; born Townsend, Mass.; age 35; cred- 
ited Wilton; enlisted Aug. 5, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62; 
rided Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S. (©; ito 173 Con 2 Batt i 
Veteran Reserve Corps, Sept. 28, 64; discharged July 7, ’65, 
Hilton Head, S. C. Died Oct. 7, ’04, Milford. 


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34 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Field, Edward.** Co. G; born Cork, Ireland; age 36; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; appointed Corp. Mar. 10, °62; 
reenlisted Feb. 18, 64; appointed Sergt. Aug. 1, ’64; wounded 
Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged Nov. 19, ’64, to 
accept promotion. U.S. C. T. Color bearer. - Killed Feb. 11, 
65, Sugar Loaf Battery, N C. 

Fifield, Dana.* Co. I; born Chelsea, Vt.; age 25; resident Haver- 
hill; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; appointed Corp.; discharged June 
12, 63. Resides Laconia. 

Fisher, Albert O.** Co. C; born and resident of Nashua; age 17; 
enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; appointed Corp.; 
captured May 20, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 17, ’64, 
Andersonville, Ga. 

Fisher, Charles. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 26; resi- 
dent Clinton, N. J.; credited Danbury; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; 
wounded Jan. 16, 65, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; 
discharged June 9, 65, New Berne, N. C. 

Fisher, Charles M.* Co. C; born Woodstock, Vt.; age 23; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61, as Corp. Died Dec. Io, ’61, New 
York City. 

Fisher, George L. Co. D; substitute; born Dedham, Mass.; age 30; 
resident Boston, Mass.; credited Milford; mustered in Sept. 2, 
63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64, on U. S. S. “Commodore Jones” 
until May 6, 64, when that vessel was destroyed in the James 
river, Va. 

Fisher, Henry. Co. D; substitute; credited Goffstown; mustered 
in Jan. 7, ’65; deserted June 19, 65, Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 
No good. 

Fisher, Warren T.* Co. E; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Francestown; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; Battery B, 1 Art, U.S. A, 
Nov. 4, ’62; discharged Sept. 2, ’64, Pt. of Rocks, Va. Resides 
Ridley Park, Pa. 

Fisk, Orange. Co. H; substitute; age 18; born and resident of 
Northumberland; credited Lancaster; mustered in Oct. 17, ’63; 
killed June 30, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Fitch, George E.** Co. G, born Worcester, Mass.; age 19; resi- 
dent Derry; enlisted Aug. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; cred- 
ited Manchester; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
released Oct. 9, ’64; discharged July 17, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. 
Resides Kents Hill, Me. ‘ 

Fitzgerald, Albert L.* Co. D; born Littleton; age 27; resident 
Sanbornton; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed Corp.; discharged 
Oct. 26, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. Died Feb. 7, ’64, Sanbornton. 

Fitzgerald, Edward. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 22; cred- 
ited Orford; mustered in Dec. 15, 64; appointed Corp.; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Yountville, Cal. 

Fitz Simmons, James. Co. K; born Ireland; age 31; resident Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., credited Bath; mustered in Dec. 1, ’63; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65; killed Aug. 25, ’65, on railroad, Peters- 
burg, Va. Last man killed. 

Flagg, Alpheus D.* Co. E; born Vershire, Vt.; age 26; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, "64. 
Died Sept. 20, 97, Boston, Mass. 


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Flanagan, William. Co. I; age 22; credited Raymond; mustered in 
Dec. 23, ’63; deserted July 5, 64, Petersburg, Va. 

quenders, Pee ene vue born Warner; age 20; resident Sut- 

* ton; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. ae, 
Vet. Batt’l, 8 N. H. V. tad ren 

Flanders, Daniel B.* Co. I; born Gilmanton; age 18; resident 

pce cece Aug. 22, 61, as Sergt.; Co. M, 1 Art., U. S. 

.. Feb. 21, 63, as Priv.; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Petersbur ; 

Va. Died Feb. 8, ’04, Rockford, IIl. Oe i 
Flanders, Jacob M.* Co. 1; born Warner; age 18; resident Sutton; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61; deserted July 12, ’62, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Flanders, William.* Co. K; born Derry; age 29; resident London- 
derry; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged July 14, ’63, Folly Isl., 
S.C. See V. R.C. Died July 12, ’87, Litchfield. 

Flanders, William C.* Co. E; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; resi- 
dent Dunbarton; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; discharged disabled Jan. 
ou Oe, jiltom Head, S. C. Co. E,/9 N.H., Died) May) 2 8a) 
Goffstown. 

Flemming, Thomas J. Co. G; born Ireland; age 22; credited Salis- 
bury; mustered in Dec. 15, ’62; captured Aug. 15, 64, Deep 
Bottom, Va.; escaped Apr. 15, ’65; discharged June 5, ’65, Con- 
cord. Died Apr. Io, ’67, Fall River, Mass. 

Fletcher, Albert.* Co. C; born Amherst; age 21; resident Milford; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Jan. 12, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Co. E, 15 N. H. V. Died Bennington, Vt., Soldiers’ Home, 
May 10, ’95. 

Fletcher, James F.* Co. H; born Dickinson, N. Y.; age 27; resi- 
dent Salem; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; appointed Corp.; 26 Co., 
2 Batt’l, I. C., Sept. 1, 65; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Brattle- 
boro, Vt. Resides Salem Depot. 

Flinn, Albert N.* Co. B; born Biddeford, Me.; age 18; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; appointed Corp. Mar. I, 63; mus- 
tered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Nashua. 

Flinn, James E.* Co. B; born Dover; age 29; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 7, 61; discharged Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Died ’66, Savannah, Ga. 

Flint, Albert S. Co. D; born Syracuse, N. Y.; age 21; credited 
Wilton; enlisted Aug. 6, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, ’62. Died 
Aug. 8, ’63, Beaufort, S. C. 

Flood, Francis. Co. D; substitute; credited Hillsborough; mus- 
tered in Jan. 6, 65; deserted Feb. 15, ’65, Wilmington, N. C.; 
apprehended; deserted Apr. 18, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Flood, Jchn. Co. A; substitute; credited Antrim; mustered in Sept. 
I, 63; deserted June 5, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; apprehended; 
deserted Nov. 30, ’64, Philadelphia, Pa. A sample Bounty 
Jumper. 

Flood, Thomas. Co. I; substitute; born Belfast, Ireland; age 21; 
resident Morristown, N. Y.; credited Gilmanton; mustered in 
Sept. 20, 63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
between Sept. 16, 64, and Nov. 25, ’64, Millen, Ga. 

Flynn, Patrick. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; credited 
New Boston; mustered in Jan. 3, 65; reported as absent, sick, 
since May 15, ’65, Concord. 


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Flynn, Thomas. Co. I; substitute; born Limerick, Ireland; age 19; 
credited Alton; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; discharged June iy 
65, Smithville, N. C 

Flynn, Thomas. Co. K; substitute; born Ireland; age 35; credited 
Gorham; mustered in Mar. 31, ’65, for I yr.; appointed Corp. 
July 21, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Dec. 2, '82, Gor- 
ham. 

Fogg, Benjamin F.** Co. G; born Canaan; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; appointed Sergt. Apr., 63; Com- 
Seregt. Dec. BeOS reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; appointed 2 let Soy 
F Mar. 1, 65; 1 Lt. June 2, 65; not mustered; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65, as 2 Lt.; bvt. Capt. U. S: V., to date Man ergucos. 
for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Ft. 
Fisher, N. C. Died Sept. 1, ’91, Manchester. 

Fogg, James M.** Co. G; born Canaan; age 26; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; captured 
Apr. 9, 765, South Washington, N. C.; released June 20, 65; 
discharged July 17, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Nov. 16, 87, Man- 
chester. 

Foley, Maurice.** Co. G; born Cork, Ireland; age 40; resident 
Manchester; reénlisted Feb. 20, O4; wounded Jan. 16, ’65, ex- 
plosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; discharged July iOS; 
Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. Died Nov. Ne 93, Manchester. 

Foley, Michael. Co. F; born New York; age 21; resident Troy, 
N. Y., credited Plymouth; mustered in Dec. 26, 63; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Now Nathan D. Bracken. Resides Spring- 
field, Mass. 

Follansbee, Joshua A. Co. I; substitute; age 28; credited Laconia; 
mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Follen, Thomas.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 35; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; captured Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, 
Mas: exchanged Feb. 22, ’65; discharged Apr. 4, 65, Concord. 
Died Nov. ZomO7e Togus, Me. 

Forbes, William. Co. C; substitute; credited Warner; mustered in 
Dec. 21, 64; deserted Apr. 26, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Forsaith, Horace.** Co. C; age 18; born and resident Deering; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; captured May 16, *64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released Nov. 25, ’64; appointed Corp. 
Mar. 1, ’65; discharged July 28, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. Resides 
Everett, Mass. 

Foss, Eugene K.* Band; born New Boston; age 25; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61, as I 
‘lass Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, ’62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Died Oct. 5, 1862, Manchester. 

Foster, Alonzo. Co. C; credited Hebron; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; 
U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; deserted June 30, “65. 

Foster, Charles. Co. G; substitute; born England; age 23; credited 
Enfield; mustered in Dec. 5, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Foster, Charles C.** Co. H; age 22; born and resident Salem; 
enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 21, 64; missing Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va.; returned; appointed Corp.; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Salem. Born Dec. 27, 38, twin of 
Hiram B. 


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Foster, Hiram B.** Co. H; age 22; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Sept. 16, 61; reénlisted Feb. 21, ’64; appointed Corp.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ‘65. Born Dec. 27; 38) twin of Chas. 
€. Died June 25, ‘to, ‘Lynn,~Mass. 


Fowler, James.. Co. H; substitute; born Ireland; age 36; credited 
Bedford; mustered in Sept. 1, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; 
desterted Sept. 30, ’65. 

Fox, Israel S. Co. C; born Westfield, Mass.; age 24; credited 
Raymond; mustered in Dec. 2B 63; discharged Mar. 1, ’65, 
Alexandria, Va. 

Fox, Thomas. Co. G; substitute; credited Hanover; mustered in 
Oct. 17, 63; deserted Apr. 21, 64, Gloucester Point, Va. 


Foye, James H.* Co. B; born Berwick, Me.; age 23; resident 
' Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 6, 61; Corp.; discharged Sept. 27, 
764. 2 N. H. V. Died Aug. to, ’96, Kingston. 


Francis, George A.* (Co. H; born Boston, Mass.; age 21; resident 
Sutton; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Re- 
sides Utah. 

Francis, am: Co. F; age 23; drafted at Portsmouth; mustered 
in Dec. 5 (OME deserted June 2,65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Frank, Se Co. D; substitute; born Germany; age 30; creCited 
Warner; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Frawley, Terrence.** Co. G; born Limerick, Ireland; age 35; resi- 
dent Goffstown; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; 
credited Manchester; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Feb. 2, 

*70, National Home, Togus, Me. 


Frazer, Charles. Co. D; substitute; age 32; credited Hillsborough; 
mustered in Jan. 6, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Freed, Abram. Co. F; born Ohio; age 28; credited Lempster; 
Riuistered mine Dec 265) (63 Battenya Aor Ul ors Verity co; 
64; deserted Oct. 29, ’64, Ft. Ridgley, Minn. 

French, Albert M.* Co. C; born Dunstable, Mass.; age 27; resi- 
dent Brookline; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Sept. 26, 64. 
Died Sept. 22, 00, Ashby, Mass. 

French, James L.* Co. F; born Dresden, Me.; age 25; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 2, ’61; discharged Jan. 19, ’62. 
2eNe Te Vi. 

French, Jeremiah E. Co. A; age 17; born and credited Farming- 
ton; mustered in Dec. 18, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died 
June I, 06, aaa 

French, Jonas C.** C; born Dunstable, tes age 19; cred- 
ited Brookline; Rh Aug. 28, ’61; appointed Sergt.; reen- 
listed Feb. 17, ’64; captured Aug. 22, 64. Died Dec. 5, 64, 
Salisbury, N. C. 

Friel, John. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; credited 
Chichester; mustered in Dec. 21, 64; discharged May 20, ’65, 
Beaufort, 

Frost, Charles R.* Co. K; born Windham; age 34; resident Lon- 
donderry; enlisted Aug. 5, 61; discharged Oct. 26, 63, Morris 
ease CaN El. Liar t. Resides Londonderry. 


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Frost. David.* Co. A; born Durham; age 18; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 
13. 11, Washington, D. C 

Fros:, Hiram B.* Co. G; born Middleton; age 41; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 13, "61; 105 Co., 2 Battly Vise Gaerne 
21, 64; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Philadelphia, Pa. 7 N. H. V. 
Died Feb. 1, ’92, Middleton. 

Fuller, Charles H. Co. G; substitute; age 21; credited Deering; 
mustered in Sept. I, 63; wounded June 30, 64, Petersburg, Va. 

Fuller, Charles L.** Co. A; born Woodstock; age 24; resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; captured 
Apr. 9, ’65, Washington, N. -C.; released Apr. 20, ’65; dis- 
charged June 2, ’65, Concord. Resides Manchester. 

Fuller, Henry W.* Born Hooksett; age 22; resident Concord; 
appointed Adjt. Sept. 20, 61; resigned Oct. 29, ’62. 1 and 16 
N. H. V. and U. S. C. T. Died Apr. 7, 85, Roxbury, Mass. 

Fullerton, Charles H.** Co. E; born Newmarket; age 25; resi- 
dent Pittsfield; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; appointed Corp.; reén- 
listed Jan. 1, 64; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Peters- 
a Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Nov. 26, ’71, Deer- 

eld. 

Fullerton, John.** Co. K; born Inverness, Can.; age 19; resident 
Bedford; enlisted Aug. 22, "61; appointed Corp. Oct., 763; 
reenlisted Feb. 15, 64; appointed 1 Sergt.; 2 Lt. Co. E, May 18, 
65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Apr. 18, ’09, Manchester. 

Fulton, Samuel J. Co. H; substitute; age 18; born and resident 
Bridgewater, Me.; credited Warner; mustered in Aug. 20, 63. 
Died Oct. 1, ’64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 


Gage, George F.* Co. A; age 18; born and resident Dover; en- 
listed Sept. 11, ’61. Died Jan. 2, 62, Hilton Head, S| © 

Gale, Israel N.** Co. K; born Newton; age 40; resident Pelham; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; credited Manches- 
ter; discharged June 15, 65, Baltimore, Md. 

Gale, Stickney S.** (Co. K; born Sanford, Me.; age 37; resident 
Chester; enlisted Aug. 12, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 16, *64; 
captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov. 19, 
64: discharged Sept. 2, ’65, Concord. In Mexican War. Died 
July 16, ’95, Newbury, Mass. 

Gallagher, Patrick. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 19; cred- 
ited Grafton; mustered in Oct. 27, 64; mustered out Aug. 
23.05) : 

Galvin, Thomas J.** Co. G; born Lowell, Mass.; age 16; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 18, 
64; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 23, ’04, Manchester. 

Gardner, Alvin.* Co. C; born Franconia; age 22; resident Rindge; 
enlisted Sept. 2. 61; captured May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 
Died Sept. 24, ’64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Gardner, John.** Co. G; born “Fort Covington, N. Y.”; age 25; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 
64; wounded June 30, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; killed Jan. 16, 
6s, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C. Awarded Gil- 
more Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and 


meritorious conduct during operations before Charleston, SAG; 
Te ea 


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Garland, Frank A.* Co. K; born Meredith; age 23; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 2, 61. Died June 4, ’62, Fernandina, Fla. 


Garvis, Edward L. Co. D; born Germany; age 29; credited Bris- 
tol; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. In 
U.S. Army. Resides Stockton, Cal. 


Gay, Alonzo.** Co. B; born Groton, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; appointed Wagoner; reénlisted 
Feb. 24, 64; discharged Mar. 27, 65, Concord. 1 N. H. V. 
Resides Nashua. 


Gay, Leonard A.** Co. B; born Groton, Mass.; age 25; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; 
wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; ap- 
pointed r Lt. Nov. 9, ’64; Capt. Aug. 23, ’65; not mustered; 
MUMISteredmour Ate, 23, 765, as) Tr) Uf) 1) NS Geo Wal Resides 
Hudson. a 

Geissler, Conrad. Co. A; substitute; age 21; resident New York 
City; credited Lisbon; mustered in Oct. 23, 63; wounded May 
16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Gemmell, William.* Co. E; born Glasgow, Scot.; age 25; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; wounded May 15, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 17, 
76, Manchester. 

George, Daniel J.* Co. C; age 18; born and resident Hooksett; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; transferred to I. C. Sept. 12, ’63; assigned 
TOmCOm CG momNerian I C.. Apr (26. OAsidisehaneeds Octa se .O4s 
Johnson’s Isl., Ohio. Died Aug. 31, 78, Hooksett. 

George, Edwin M.* Co. C; born Hillsborough; age 20; resident 
Bennington; enlisted Sept. 18, ’61; discharged Jan. 12, ’62, 
Hilton Head, S. C. Died Mar. 3, ’62, Bennington. 

George, Samuel.* Co. B; age 44; born and resident of Seabrook; 
enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; I. C. July 27, ’63; reenlisted in Co. D, 
to V. R. C., Apr. 14, ’64; discharged Sept. 6, ’65. In Mexican 
War. Died Dec. 28, ’75, Tilton Soldiers’ Home. 

Gerald, Orin.* Co. F; born Canaan, Me.; age 21; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Aug. 15, ’61; Battery B, 1 Art., U. S. A,, 
Jan. 21. 63; discharged Feb. 17, ’65, Annapolis, Md. Resides 
Stacyville, Me. 

German, James H. Co. F; substitute; born Roxbury, N..Y.; age 
20; resident Prattsville, N. Y.; credited Manchester; mus- 
tered in Oct. 6, 63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 
Died June 1, 64, Petersburg, Va. 

Gern, William. Co. B; substitute; born Bavaria; age 30; credited 
Conway; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; appointed Corp.; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. 

Gero, Michael. Co. D; substitute; born Canada; age 29; credited 
Lancaster; mustered in Jan. 6, ’65; discharged June Io, ’65, 
New Berne, N. C. i 

Gerrey, George. Co. E; substitute; born Troy, N. Y.; age 21; 
resident Canada; credited Manchester; mustered in Sept. 2, 
63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides White River Junct., 

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Gerry, Elbridge.* Co. G; age 21; born and resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61, as Corp.; discharged Dec. 25, ’61, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Co. C,1 N: H. H. Art. Died Deeuaewen 


Gerry, John E.** Co. G; born New Hampshire; age 26; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 23, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp.; killed Jan. 16, ’65, explosion of magazine, Ft. 
Fisher, N. C. 

Gile, Daniel.** Co. G; age 22; born and resident Manchester; en- 
listed Aug. 28, ’61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 1 Lt. Oct. 4, 62; 
captured Aug. 18, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; paroled; discharged 
May 15, 65. Died Aug. 30, ’86, Manchester. 1 N. H. V. 


Giles, Job R.* Co. K; born Lee; age 33; resident Manchester; 
enlisted July 30, 61, as Sergt.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Feb. 14, ’99, Haverhill, Mass. 

Giline, Joseph.** Co. C; born Canada; age 22; resident Milford; 
enlisted Aug. 30, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; deserted Apr. 7, 
64, Concord. 

Gillis, Louis J.* Co. G; born Bedford; age 25; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; discharged July 14, ’63, Folly Isl. 
S.C. V.R.C. Died Apr. 3, ’90, Goffstown. 

Gilpatrick, James F.** Co. H; born Bucksport, Me.; age 28; resi- 
dent Milford; enlisted Aug. 19, 61, as I Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. 
Co. G, Nov. 5, 62; 1 Lt. Sept. 12, ’64; not mustered; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65, as 2 Lt. Died Oct. 25, ’89, Lawrence, Mass. 
i ING aly We 

Gillpatrick, Thomas L.* Co. C; born Dover; age 20; resident 
Amherst; enlisted Aug. 28, 61, as Corp.; wounded Aug. 18, 
63, Ft. Wagner, S. C. Died, wounds, Aug. 27, ’63, Morris 
isle Sac 

Gleason, Charles P.** Co. G; born Lowell, Mass.; age 22; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; 


credited Dover; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Savannah, 
Ga 


Gleason, Daniel. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 32; credited 
Enfield; mustered in Oct. 21, 63. Died Feb. 17, ’65, Manches- 
ter. 

Glidden, Phineas.* Co. D; born Canada East; age 19; resident 
Centre Harbor; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61. t2 N. H. V. Did not 
go to war with 4 N. H. 

Goble, Peter. Co. G; born Warwick, N. Y.; age 18; resident Wash- 
ingtonville, N. Y.; credited Hampton; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; 
appointed Corp. July 11, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Re- 
sides Salt Lake City, 

Goddard, Antonio.* Co. C; born Canada; age 30; resident Green- 
field; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; discharged Jan. 25, ’63, Beaufort, 
S.C. Co. G, 13 N. H. V. Died Feb. 23, 65, Hampton, Va. 

Goggin, John.* Band; born Ireland; age 21; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 7, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 
62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides Manchester. 

Goldsmith, George W. A.* Co. H; born Richmond, Me.; age 24; 
resident Loudon; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; killed on picket Mar. 
25, 62, Jacksonville, Fla. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 41 


Goodhue, John H.** Co. H; age 21; born and resident Epsom; 
enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; killed Aug. 16, ’64, 
Deep Bottom, Va. 

Goodrew, Joseph.* Co. B; born Canada; age 22; resident Ray- 
mond; enlisted Sept. 9, 61. Did not go to war 4 N. H. 

Goodwin, Albion K.** Co. I; born Shapleigh, Me.; age 31; 
resident Derry; enlisted Aug. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; 
credited Windham; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
discharged Sept. 29, 64. Resides Springvale, Me. 

Goodwin, Daniel.** Co. K; age 29; born and resident London- 
derry; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; appointed 
Corp.; killed June 25, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Goodwin, Edward L.* Co. A; age 22; born and resident Milton; 
enlisted Sept. 4, ’61, as Corp.; discharged Jan. 31, ’62, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Resides Boston, Mass. 

Goodwin, George F.** Co. A; born Cape Ann, Mass.; age 18; 
resident Rollinsford; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 
64; credited Dover; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; paroled Nov., 64; appointed Corp.; discharged Mar. 1, 
765. Died Nov. 30, 00, Boston, Mass. 

Goodwin, James M.** Co. F; born Paris, Me.; age 26; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 25, ’61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64; wounded July 10, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; appointed 
I Sergt.; killed July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 

Goodwin, Orlando Burt.* Co. K; born Windham; age 10; resi- 
dent Londonderry; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; mustered out Sept. 
27, 64. Died Aug., ’84, Lowell, Mass. 

Goodwin, Wentworth.* Co. B; born Lebanon, Me.; age 23; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; appointed Corp. Mar. 
27, 62; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Dec. 25, ’00, Somers- 
worth. 

Gordon, David W.* Co. C; born Bridgewater; age 27; resident 
Milford; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61. Died Sept. 24, ’63, Morris 
ISIS Syeee 

Gordon, Ezra B.** Co. F; age 23; born and resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; discharged 
June 24, 65, Ft. Monroe, Va. Died Nov. 26, ’oo, Berwick, Me. 


Gorman, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 40; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Dec. 25, 62. Died Mar. 
8, ’97, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Maine. 

Gorman, John. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 22; credited 
Lyme; mustered in Oct. 15, ’63; deserted Oct. 28, ’64, Chaffin’s 
Farm, Va. 

Gould, Henry L.* Co. I; born Bolton, Mass.; age 34; resident 
Peterborough; enlisted Aug. 27, 61; discharged Jan. 13, ’62. 
8 N. H. V. Died Apr. 27, ’96, Haverhill, Mass. 

Gould, Stephen O.* Co. H; born Goffstown; age 42; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 29, 61; discharged July 14, ’63, 
Bollveisies. ©. V. R. C. Died Mari18) 718 Boscawen: 


Grady, John. Co. I; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Epping; mustered in Dec. 27, ’64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


42 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Grant, Adolphus. Co. I; substitute; born Breslau, Prussia; age 
20; credited Freedom; mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; mustered out 
Aug: 23%, 765. 

Grant, Daniel, 3d.* Co. A; age 18; born and resident Rochester; 


enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; discharged Oct. 2, ’62, Beaufort, S. C. 
Resides Lebanon, Me.; blind. 


Grapo, Louis. Co. G; substitute; born Canada; age 20; credited 
Milan; mustered in Mar. 25, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Gray, Charles A.* Co. B; born Shrewsbury, Mass.; age 41; resi- 
dent Nashua; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; appointed Corp. Jan. 24, 
ee Sergt. May 4, 63; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died Apr. 
4, 5: 

Gray, Henry. Co. E; substitute; born Ohio; age 21; resident 
Canada; credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 10, 63; wounded 
and captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Aug. 22, 
64, Andersonville, Ga. Correct name Harry Sells. 


Gray, Jerry L.* Co. A; born Strafford; age 22; resident Roches- 


ter; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides 
Rochester. 


Gray, John.** Co. B; born Tyrone, Ireland; age 20; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; mus- 


tered out Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Died July 3, ’96, Mar- 
quette, Mich. 


Greager, Herman.** Co. E; born Langenbielau, Prussia; age 18; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 


64; discharged Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Resides Manchester. 
Te New ee 


Greeley, George P.** Age 28; born and resident of Nashua; ap- 
pointed Asst. Surg. Aug. 20, ’61; appointed Surg. Oct. 8, ’62; 
discharged Oct. 23, ’64. Died Dec. 27, ’92, St. Augustine, Fla. 
Li.Ss Wet ‘Corps: 

Green, Joseph. Co. K; substitute; born New York; age 22; cred- 
ited Charlestown; mustered in Jan. 26, ’65; mustered out Aug. 
Zan OSs : 

Green, Lorenzo.* Co. B; age 35; born and resident Brookline; 
enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, Annapolis, Md. 
Died Apr. 5, ’78. 

Green, Peter. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 21; credited 
Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 20, ’63; captured May 16, ’64, 


Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released Feb. 25, ’65; discharged July 
28, 65, Raleigh, N. C. 


Greene, William. Co. I; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 23; 
credited Milton; mustered in Dec. 30, ’64; discharged July to, 
65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H. Resides Haydenville, Mass. 


Greenleaf, Calvin T. Co. C; born Templeton, Mass.; age 30; resi- 
dent and credited to Swanzey; mustered in Aug. 28, 62; dis- 


charged June 17, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Died Sept. 27, ’04, Mon- 
treal, Canada. 


Greenleaf, George W. Co. I; born Hanover; age 21; credited 


Gilford; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; killed May 24, 64, near 
Bermuda Hundred, Va. 


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Greenleaf, Richard O.* Co. B; born South Berwick, Me.; age 35; 
resident Nashua; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed Maj. 
Aug. 24, 64; declined appointment; discharged Sept. 26, ’64, 


as (Capt, Concord. 'Capt. 1 N. H. V. Died Aug. 9, ’o1, 
Nashua. 


Greenough, George S.* Co. I; born Malone, N. Y.; age 24; resi- 
dent Derry; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Died March 12, ’98, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Greer, Henry. Co. C; substitute; age 21; credited New Boston; 
mustered in Dec. 20, 64; reported as absent, sick, since Apr. 
12, 65, Wilmington, N. C. 

Greiser, Matthias. Co. I; substitute; born Bavaria; age 31; cred- 
ited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 29, ’63; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 


Griffin, Henry C.** Co. C; born Methuen, Mass.; age 22; resident 
Auburn; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
18, 64; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 
10, 64, Richmond, Va. 

Griffin, James F.* Co. E; born Hooksett; age 19; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 10, ’61; discharged Jan. 3, 62, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 

Griffin, Josiah C.* Co. F; born Northwood; age 39; resident Rol- 


linsford; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, *64. 
Dead, date and place unknown. 


Grimes, Thomas. Co. G; born Ireland; age 33; credited Derry; 
mustered in Dec. 26, 63; deserted June 29, ’64, Beaufort, S. C. 


Griswold, Horace.* Co. H; born Lebanon; age 19; resident Leb- 
anon; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; appointed Corp.; discharged July 
Migros Holly. Isl, .S..C. Died Aug. 16, ’03, Providence, 
RE 


Guenther, Frederick W. Co. K; substitute; born Hamburg, Ger.; 
age 19; credited Alexandria; mustered in Oct. 16, 63; U. S 
Navy Apr. 28, 64; discharged Sept. 3, ’65. 


Gunhue, Joseph. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 28; credited 
Nashua: mustered in Oct. 6, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; de- 
serted Mar. 17, ’65. 


Gunston, William.** Co. G; born Waterford, Ireland; age 34; 
resident Auburn; enlisted Aug. 22, 61; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; 
credited Manchester; killed May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 


Gutterson, Abel F.** Co. C; age 20; born and resident Milford; 
enlisted Sept. 10, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; appointed Sergt.; 


1 Sergt. July 15, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Vine- 
land, N: J. 


Hackett, Aaron Y.** Co. E; born Sunapee; age 24; resident 
Weare; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; credited 
Sunapee; discharged Aug. 23, 65, Concord. Died Jan. 29, ’93, 
Weare. 


Hackett, Charles A.* Co. K; born Boston; age 22; resident Man- 


chester; enlisted July 30, 61; discharged May 9, ’63, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Died Dec. 1, ’09, Everett, Mass. 


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Hackett, George W.** Co. K; born Boston, Mass.; age 25; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted July 22, ’61; appointed Corp.; 
reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; released Feb. 28, ’65; discharged June 26, ’65, Concord. 
Died Sept. 21, 87, Charlestown, Mass. 


Hackett, John.* Co, E; born Ireland; age 24; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died, date unknown. 


Hale, Martin.* Co. C; born Nashua; age 20; resident Wilton; 
enlisted Aug. 19, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 1 N. H. V. 
Resides Lawrence, Mass. 


Hale, Thomas.* Co. D; born Newbury, Mass.; age 54; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 25, 61, as Musc.; discharged Jan. 12, ’62. 
Died Dec. 6, ’80, Laconia. 


Hall, Anson E.** Co. F; born Raymond; age 18: resident Fre- 


mont; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; credited 
Manchester; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Danville. 


Hall, Charles. Co. K; born New York; age 22; resident New 
York; credited Bath; mustered in Dec. 1, 63; deserted Aug. 
18, 64, Petersburg, Va. 


Hall, Charles D.** Co. I; born Rumney; age 17; resident Rum- 
ney; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; killed July 
2, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Hall, Edgar A.* Co. C; born Salem; age 21; resident Weare; 
enlisted Aug. 19, "61, as Musc.; Battery M, r Art, U.S) A, 
Oct. 8, 62; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Petersburg, Va. 1 N.H. V. 
Resides Medford, Mass. 


Hall, Edward P.** Co. I; age 19; born and resident Groton; 
enlisted Sept. 2, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; 
appointed Sergt.; QO. M. Sergt. Mar. 13, 65; discharged Aug. 
23, 65. Resides DesMoines, Iowa. 


Hall, Israel C.** Co. D; age 18; born and resident Northfield; 
enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; captured Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va.; gained from capture; wounded Jan. 
15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; discharged June 12, ’65, Beaufort, N. 
C. Resides San Francisco, Cal. 


Hall, James T.* Co. C; born Salem; age 30; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 23, ’61; discharged Jan. 12, 62, Hilton Head, 
S. C. Died Sept. 26, ’99, Haverhill, Mass. 


Hall, Stephen T.** Co. A; born Strafford; age 19; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61, as Corp; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; appointed 
Sergt.; 1 Sergt.; 2 Lt. May 18) 765; 1 Lt Aug. 2geiGneenoe 
mustered; discharged Aug. 23, ’65, as 1 Sergt. I N. H V. 
Died Sept. 20, ’06, Dover. 

Ham, Ezra.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Gilmanton; en- 
listed Sept. 16, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; wounded May 20, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died of wounds Aug. Io, ’64, Pt. 
Lookout, Md. 

Ham, Joseph E.* Co. D; born and resident Epsom; enlisted Aug. 
22,61, to Co. B; 1 Art., U. S. A., Nov. 3, 762; dischangedieaue: 
7, 64, Ft. Independence, B. H., Mass., term expired. 1 N. H. 
L. Battery. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 46 


Hamilton, Dennis. Co. I; substitute; age 21; resident Boston, 
Mass.; credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Hamlett, Warren W. Co. F; age 25; born and credited to Canaan; 
enlisted Mar. 15, 62; mustered in Nov. 3, 62; wounded Aug. 
16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged Mar. 23, ’65, Cox Ridge, 
N. C. Died May 17, ’o9, Canaan. 

Hamlett, Henry S. Co. D; age 30; born and resident of Canaan; 
enlisted Mar. 1, 62; mustered in Mar. 18, ’62, as Musc.; ap- 
pointed Corp.; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
Nov. 12, ’64, Millen, Ga. 

Hanaford, Benjamin F.** Co. D; born Northfield; age 27; resi- 
dent Sanbornton; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; reénlisted Dec. 25, ’63; 
credited Northfield. Died Mar. 18, ’64, Beaufort, S C. 


Hannigan, John P., alias James Duffy. Co. I; substitute; credited 
Litchfield; mustered in Jan. 2, 65; deserted Mar. 17, 65, Wil- 
mington, N. C. No good. 

Hanscom, James E. Co. K; born Centre Harbor; age 43; credited 
Ossipee; drafted for 1 yr.; mustered in Mar. 18, ’65. Died 
Nuly927, 65, Raleigh, N. € 

Hanscom, Nathaniel.* Co. F; born Maine; age 32; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; appointed Corp.; deserted Oct. 
25, 63, New York City. 

Hanson, Charles B.** Co. A; age 23; born and resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 30, 99, Farmington. 

Hanson, Franklin.* Co. F; born Springvale, Me.; age 28; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Aug. I, ’61; Battery M, 1 Art., 
U. S. A., Jan. 14, ’63; discharged Sept. 1, 64, near Richmond, 
Va. 

Hanson, John.** Co. F; age 19; born and resident Somersworth; 
enlisted July 27, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; appointed Corp. 
July 19, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Albany, N. Y. 


Harcourt, Thomas. Co. A; substitute; age 23; credited Haverhill; 
mustered in Oct. 23, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; deserted 
Apr. 4, ’65. 

Hardy, Alfred T.** Co. I; born Piermont; age 20; resident Ply- 
mouth; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Dec. 25, 63; credited 
Haverhill; discharged Mar. 30, ’65. Died, Haverhill. 


Hardy, Orra H. Co. F; born Springfield; age 22; resident Canaan; 
mustered in Mar. 26, 62. Died Nov. 20, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 


Harmon, Luther.* Co. B; age 18; born and resident Portsmouth; 
enlisted Sept. 7, 61; appointed Corp. Died Dec. 23, ’63, Morris 
sts: €; 

Harmon, William F. Co. D; born Scarborough, Me.; age 17; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Feb. 18, 62; mustered in Feb. 28, 
62, as Musc.: reénlisted and mustered in Feb. 28, 64; credited 
Effingham; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 4, ’99, Som- 

__ ersworth. 

Harper, George H. Co. D; substitute; born New Hampton; age 
‘18; credited Ossipee; mustered in Dec. 30, 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Nov. 13, 92, Meredith. 


46 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Harriman, William. Co. K; age 29; born and credited to Albany; 
drafted and mustered in Mar. 24, ’65, for I yr.; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65. ae: 

Harrington, George L. Co. K; substitute; born Ireland; age 28; 
credited Lancaster; mustered in Jan. 5, 65; appointed Corp.; 
Sergt. Aug. 8, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Harrington, John.* Band; born Ireland; age 21; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61, as 3 Class Musc; mustered out 
Sept 16, ’62, Hilton Head, S. C.; reénlisted Mar. 28, ’63; cred- 
ited Ossipee; mustered in Mar. 31, 63; assigned to Co. A; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Aug. 6, ’72, Manchester. 

Harrington, John.** Co. B; born Cork, Ireland; age 22; resident 
Lowell, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 28, °61; reénlisted Feb. 21, 64; 
credited Nashua; deserted Apr. 8, ’64, Nashua. 

Harrington, Thomas. Co. E; substitute; credited Weare; mus- 
tered in Dec. 21, 64; deserted Mar. 7, 65, Wilmington, N. C. 
No good. 

Harris, Charles A.* Co. B; born Leominster, Mass.; age 25; resi- 
dent Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, 61, as Sergt.; appointed Corp. 
July 12, 64; mustered out. Sept: 27, ‘64. 1 NRSEo Ven Died 
Mar. 13, ’65, Lunenburg, Mass. 

Harris, George H.* Co. E; born Franklin; age 20; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Apr. 23, ’85, Nashua. 

Harris, Leander.** Co. I; born Fairlee, Vt.; age 28; resident 
Hampstead; enlisted Sept. 1, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 11, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Hampton. 

Harris, William R.* Co. B; born Woodstock; age 19; resident 
Nashua; enlisted July 29, 61; discharged Oct. 26, 63, Morris: 
Ish S) Ge Diedeans 55167. 

Harrison, William. Co. K; substitute; born Dublin, Ireland; age 
23; credited New Castle; mustered in Mar. 1, ’65; discharged 
Aug. 23, 65. 

Hart, William B.* Co. E; born Goffstown; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 16, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Mar. 9, '66, Goffstown. 

Hartford, George E.* Co. A; born Conway; age 23; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61. Died Feb. 2, ’62, Hilton 
lead. 5.16 

Hartford, Harrison.* Co. A; age 25; born and resident Rollins- 
ford: enlisted Sept. 10, ’61; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 5, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 1 N. H. V. 

Hartley, Curtis R.* Co. H; born Troy, Ni Y.3 ageuzo; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 764. 
Died Aug. 2, ’78, Manchester. 

Hartman, Joseph. Co. I; substitute; credited Warren; mustered 
in Dec. 30, 64; deserted May 31, ’65, en route to regiment; 
returned June 30, 65; deserted July 22, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No 
good. 

Hartshorn, Benjamin L.* Co. K; born Merrimack; age 22; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 13, ’61; mustered in Sept. 18, 
61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt. Jan. 1, 62: mustered out Sept. 
27,64. Died Apr. 2, ’92. Manchester. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 47 


Harvey, Daniel. Co. I; substitute; credited Hampton Falls; mus- 
tered in Dec. 28, 64; deserted Mar. 17; 65, Wilmington, N. C. 
No good. 


Harvey, George W.** Co. I; born New Hampshire; age 18; resi- 
dent Danbury; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64. Died 
May 27, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va. 

Harvey, John F.* Co. C; born Sutton; age 22; resident Grafton; 
enlisted Sept. 6, 61; Co. M, 1 Art., U. S. A., Nov. 4, ’62; dis- 
charged Sept. 6, 64, Richmond, Va. 1 N. H. V. Died Dec. 
13, 92, Georgetown, Mass. 

Harvey, John L.** Co. I; born Hudson, N. Y.; age 19; resident 
Sutton; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Dec. 25, 63; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Little Valley, Iowa. 

Haskell, Henry A.** Co. C; born Charlestown, Mass.; age 23; 
resident Mont Vernon; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 
24, °64; credited Milford; killed Sept. 29, ’64, New Market 
Heights, Va. 

Haskell, William. Co. F; substitute; born Cape Ann, Mass.; age 
36; credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; mustered out 
mie: 235/65. Dead. 

Haskell, William F.* Co. C; born Boston, Mass.; age 27; resident 
Hooksett; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; discharged May 3, ’62, St. 
Augustine, Fla. Died Sept. 25, ’02, Stoddard. 

Haskins, John A. Co. G; substitute; age 34; credited Bath; mus- 
tered in Oct. 17, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; discharged May 
16, 66. 

Havermass, Martin. Co. D; substitute; born Eisenach, Ger.; age 
34; credited Conway; mustered in Jan. 3, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. 

Hawkins, William W.** Co. B; born Roxbury, Mass.; age 18; 
resident Stratham; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 
64; credited Portsmouth; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Dead, 
date unknown. 


Hayes, Alphonzo E. Co. A; age 18; born and credited New Dur- 
ham; mustered in Mar. 29, 64; wounded May 20, 64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 65. 

Hayes, David C.* Co. A; born Ossipee; age 33; resident Dover; 
enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; appointed Sergt.; wounded severely Oct. 
22, 62, Pocotaligo, S. C. Died, wounds, Nov. 12, ’62, Hilton 
Elead> <S. C. 

Hayes, Franklin.** Co. A; age 18; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Jan. I, 64; appointed Seret.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Noy. 5, ’82, Farmington. 
Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for 
gallant and meritorious conduct during operations before 
Charleston, S. C. Died Nov. 5, ’82. 

Haynes, James E.* Co. I; born Wentworth; age 21; resident 
Haverhill; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Died July 25, ’06, Kennebunkport, Me. 

Hayward, William H. Co. A; born Quebec, Can.; age 26; enlisted 
Jan. 26, 63, at Concord; mustered in Mar. 31, ’63; discharged 
Ae 23, 65: In Crimean War. Died Oct. 23, ’oo, Gardner, 

ass. 


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Hazard, George. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 26; cred- 
ong aa mustered in Dec. 21, ’64; mustered out Aug. 
2annOs: 

Heath, Benjamin F.* Co. I; age 20; born and resident Salisbury; 
enlisted Sept. 10, 61; Co. B, 1 Art., U. S. A., Nov. 4, ’62; dis- 
charged Feb. 27, 64, Boston, Mass. Resides Salisbury. 

Heath, George W.** Co. E; born Fredericton, N. B.; age 25; 
resident Atkinson; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 25, 64; 
wounded and captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; ex- 
changed Aug., '64; discharged Jan. 27, 65, Annapolis, Md. 
Resides Plaistow. 

Heath, Horace G.** Co. E; born Gilford; age 31; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, 65, Concord. Died Dec. 21, 77, Tilton. 

Heffaran, Edward. Co. I; substitute; born Tipperary, Ireland; 
age 23; credited Upper Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 29, 63; 
U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; discharged May 9, 66. 

Hellman, John. _Co. B; substitute; born Germany; age 22; cred- 
ited Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 21, ’63; U. S. Navy Apr. 27, 
64; discharged Feb. 6, ’65. 

Henderson, John.* Co. B; born Portland, Me.; age 44; resident 
Portsmouth; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; wounded» July 30, 64, mine 
explosion, Petersburg, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Dead. 

Henderson, Samuel. Co. G; born England; age 19; credited Bath; 
mustered in Dec. 3, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, *64; deserted 


’ 


June 20, ’6s. 

Henessey, Simon. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 24; resi- 
dent New York; credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, ’63; 
deserted June 17, ’64. 

Hern, Lawrence.** Co. G; born Kilkenny, Ireland; age 18; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Apr. 7, ’92, West Concord. 

Herrick, Paul. Co. D; age 20; born and credited to Wilton; en- 
listed Aug. 6, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62. Died June 13, ’63, 
Folly Island, S. C. 

Heselton, Samuel.* Co. K; born Province Quebec; age 35; resident 
Windham; enlisted Sept. 11, ’61; discharged Sept. 26, 64, Con- 
cord. Died Aug. 27, ’84, Almond, N. Y. 

Hester, Patrick. Co. B; born Ireland; age 27; credited Ports- 
mouth; mustered in Dec. 21, ’63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.; released Apr. 28, ’65; discharged July 6, ’65, Con- 
cord. 

Hibbert, Joseph.* Co. H; born England; age 21; resident Salem; 
enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; appointed Corp.; killed May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Hichborn, Henry G., alias Hugh Higgins. Co. E; substitute; born 
England; age 21; credited Newport; enlisted Dec. 20, 64; mus- 
tered in Dec. 20, ’64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides 
Revere, Mass. 

Hichborn, Prilip.* Band; born Provincetown, Mass.; age 42; resi- 
dent Concord; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61, as 3 Class Musc.; dis- 
charged Dec. 26, ’61, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Dec. 11, 87, 
Boston, Mass. 


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Hicks, Henry M.* Co. I; born Lyndon, Vt.; age 24; resident 
Haverhill; enlisted Sept. 10, ’61, as Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. 
Co. H, Oct. 25, 62; 1 Lt. Feb. 8, 63; discharged Sept. 14, ’64. 
Died Alma, Neb., Feb. 22, ’83. 


Hill, Charles. Co. C; born St. John, N. B.; age 21; credited Leb- 
cae mustered in Noy. 14, 63. Died Aug. 16, ’64, Pt. of Rocks, 
a. 


Hill, Edward O.** Co. E; born Pembroke; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 19, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; 
captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Feb. 26, ’65; 
mustered out Aug. 23,65. Resides Ansonia, Conn. ; 


Hill, Edwin. Co. B; substitute; age 21; credited Nashua; mus- 
oe in Oct. 6, 65; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; deserted May 12, 
> 5. 

Hilliard, Samuel.** Co. F; born Berwick, Me.; age 19; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 25, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64; 
wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed Corp.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Mar. 109, ’00, Dover. 


Hilton, John. Co. I; born England; age 38; resident Wiscasset, 
Me.; credited Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 21, ’63; killed 
July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 


Hindle, James. Co. D; substitute; born England; age 22; credited 
Orford; mustered in Jan. 7, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’6s. 
Resides Utica, N. Y. 

Hinds, David B.* Co. H; born Sandwich; age 45; resident Hamp- 
stead; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged Jan. 12, ’62, Hilton 
Head, S$. C. Dead. 

Hobbs, Charles P.** Co. D; born Wentworth; age 19; resident 
Gilford; enlisted Aug. 24. 61; reénlisted Feb. 14, 64; wounded 
severely June 30, 64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, 
Oct. 19, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 


Hobbs, Isaac W.* Co. F; born Effingham; age 24; resident Som- 
ersworth; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; appointed Capt. Co. A, 
Dec. 1, 63; wounded July 18, ’64, near Petersburg, Va.; dis- 
charged Nov. 7, 64. Resides Pembroke. Capt. Hancock Vet- 
eran Corps. 

Hobbs, John D.* Co. B; age 22; born and resident North Hamp- 
ton; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.; July 26, 64, Petersburg, Va.; mustered out Sept. 
27, 64. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 


Hodges, Augustus E.** Co. F; born Hallowell, Me.; age 24; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 
20, ’64; wounded Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Oct. 7, ’03, Somers- - 
worth. 

Hodgman, John P.** Co. K; age 20; born and resident Bedford; 
enlisted Aug. 17. 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; wounded 
Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed Sergt.; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Feb. 24, 05, Concord. 


Hoffman, Beletson. Co. K: substitute; age 21; credited Canaan; 


mustered in Cct. 16. 62; wounded June 4, ’64, Cold Harbor, 
Va. Died Aug. 7, 64, Pt. of Rocks, Va. 


50 ~~ Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Holbrook, Robert L.* Co. A; born Portsmouth; age 19; resident 
Rollinsford; enlisted Sept. 10, 61. Died Jan. 15, ’62, Hilton 
Eheadsson © 

Holle, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; age 21; credited Danbury; mus- 
ce in Oct. 20, 63; URS: Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted Dec. 19, 

4 

Horan, Francis. Co. C; born England; age 26; credited Enfield; 
mustered in Nov. 14, 63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; released Apr. 18, ’65; discharged June 26, ’65, Concord. 


Horen, John. Co. K; substitute; age 20; credited Hebron; mus- 
tered in Jan. 6, 65; deserted June 3, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. No 
good. 

Horn, Benager.* Co. F; born Lebanon, Me.; age 23; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 25, ’61; captured May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Dec., ’64, in rebel prison. 


Horne, George W.* Co. A; born Wheelock, Vt.; age 29; resident 
Middleton; enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; wounded June, ’64; dis- 
charged Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 4, ’98, Exeter, Me. 

Horne, Ira B. Co. A; born Somersworth; age 18; credited New 
lene, enlisted Oct. 8, 623 mustered in Oct. 22, 62. Died 
Novy. °63, Hilton Head, 

Horne, ee Si* Co, Aage 22: Nera and resident Somersworth; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Feb. 17, ’63, Beaufort, S. es 
Died Aug. 18, C6, Somersworth. 


Horton, Edwin. Co. H; born Providence, R. I.; age 33; credited 
Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; discharged Aug. 23, ’65, 
Concord. Died Oct. 203s Greene, INES 

Howard, Byron.* Co. H; born Grafton, Vt.; age 20; resident 
Sasa enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; killed July 25, 63, Morris Isl., 


Howard, John.* Co. G; age 61, oldest man at enlistment; born and 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. Io, 61; discharged Jan. 13, 
762. Oldest man in 4 N. H. Died Apr. 9, 96, Soldiers’ Home, 
Tilton. 

Howe, Asa E. Co. D; born Albany, Vt.; age 27; resident Acworth; 
credited Gilsum; enlisted Aug. 18, 62; mustered in Aug. 20, ’62; 
killed Sept. 20, ’64, New Market Heights, Va. 

Howe, Asbrah P. Co. D; born Berlin, Vt.; age 31; resident and 
credited to Acworth; enlisted Aug. 12, 62; mustered in Aug. 
20, 62; discharged July 8, ’65, Philadelphia, Pa. Died Jan. 22, 
’97, Bradford. 

Howe, John. Co. I; substitute; born Scotland; age 29; credited 
Orford; mustered in Dec. 30, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Howe, Sylvester D.* Co. F; born Bristol; age 33; resident Hold- 
erness; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; mustered in Sept. 27, ’61; dis- 
charecd Jan. 19, 62. 1 and 12N.H.V. Died June 1, ’96, Ash- 
and 

Howell, William. Co. H; born Buffalo, N. Y.; age 18; credited 
Portsmouth: mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; mustered ‘out Aug. 
23a Ose 


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Hoyt, George H.** Co. H; born Northwood; age 18; resident 
Epsom; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, °64; credited 
Concord; wounded and captured Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, 
Va. Died Jan. 9, 65, Salisbury, N. C. 

Hubbard, Cyrus H.* Co. E; born Deering; age 28; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61, Sergt. Died July 16, ’62, St. 
Augustine, Fla. 

Hubbard, George W.* Co. A; born Wakefield; age 30; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; discharged Feb. 7, "(65 
Beaufort, S. C. Died May 20, ’84, Farmington. 

Hubbard, Silas P.* Co. C; born New Boston; age 31; resident 
Merrimack; enlisted Sept. 9,°’61; discharged Apr. 22, ’63, to 
accept promotion. U.S.C. T. Died Oct. 25, ’o1, Nashua. 

Huckins, George W.* Co. K; born Strafford; age 23; resident 
Haverhill, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 14, ’61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 
2 Lt. Jan. 17, 62; 1 Lt. Oct. 25, ’62; Capt. Nov. 9, ’64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 3, 11, Appleton, Wis. 

Hudson, John W. Co. 1; substitute; age 27; credited Campton; 
agestered in Oct. 16, ’63; discharged May 23, ’65, Philadelphia, 

2B, 

Hughes, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Winchester; mustered in Dec. 14, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Hull, Albert R. Co. D; born Lempster; age 25; credited Wilton; 
enlisted Aug. 6, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62, appointed Corp.; 
wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died, wounds, Mar. 
17, 65, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

Hume, Robert.** Co. E; born Glasgow, Scot.; age 30; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 19, 61; appointed Sergt. Oct. 23, ’63; 
reénlisted Feb. 28, ’64; captured June 15, ’64, near Bermuda 
Hundred, Va.; exchanged; appointed 2 Lt. June 2, ’65; not 
mustered; mustered out Aug. 23, 65, as Sergt. Died May 4, 
84, Clinton, Mass. 

Hunt, Israel T.* Non-Com. Staff; age 19; born and resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, 61, as Hosp. Steward; discharged 
Nuvi 62) St, Augustine, Pla, 2 Nai Ve Died Heb: 16, 205, 
Charlestown, Mass. 

Hunt, Lyford.** Co. G; born New Hampton; age 26; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Co. C,1 N. H. V. Died 
June 4, ’09, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. 

Hunter, Charles. Co. K; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 25; 
credited Alexandria; mustered in Oct. 16, ’63; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Aug. 19, ’64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Huntress, Lorenzo D.** Co. F:; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 18; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 1, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 
64; credited Effingham; appointed 1 Sergt.; 1 Lt. Co. I, Mar. 1, 
765; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by 
Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct 
during operations before Charleston, S. C. See sketch 3 Regt., 
page too. Resides Woodford, Me. 

Huntress, Seth W.* Co. B; age 35; born and resident Portsmouth; 
enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 5, 774, 
Portsmouth. 


52 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Hurd, Bradford A.* Co. B; born Sanford, Me.; age 25; resident 


Somersworth; enlisted Sept. ZeaGie Died, wounds, June 21, 63, 
Folly Isl., 


Hurd, Charles.** Ga A; age 27; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Aug. 31, 61; appointed Wagoner; reénlisted Feb. 16, 


ne mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Dec. 7, ’07, Worcester, 
ivlass. 


Hurd, Charles E.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Gilmanton; 
enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 26, ’11, Windsor, Vt. 

Hurd, Charles W.* Co. G; born Durham; age 26; resident Man- 
chester; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, 61: resigned Mar 2062 
1 N. H. V. and U. S. Navy. Died May 11, ‘oo, Manchester. 


Hurd, George W.** Co. A; age 30; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Aug. 26, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 6s, Resides Rochester. 


Hurd, Hiram.** Co. F; born North Berwick, Me.; age 19; resi- 
dent Somersworth; "enlisted July 25, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 17, 64; appointed 1 Sergt. May II, "65; 2) Lt) Mayte. Os. 
not mustered; discharged Aug. 23, ’6s, as I Sergt. Resides 
Berwick, Me. 


Hussy, Louis McD.** Co. A; age 23; born and resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 26, 61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; ap- 
pointed 1 Lt. Nov. 9, 64; Capt. Co. C, Feb. 17, 65; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Died May Ig, ’10, Rochester. 

Hutchins, John B.* Co. D; born Moultonborough; age 22; resi- 


dent Centre Harbor; enlisted Aug. 13, 61. Died Apr. 13, ’62, 
St. Augustine, Fla. 


Hutchins, Marshall.* Co. H; born Littleton; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. I and 
10 N. H. V. Died Nov. 17,’09, Soldiers’ Home, Chelsea, Mass. 


Hutchins, Melvin F.* Co. H; born Littleton; age 28; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 23, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 
Died July 30, ’09, Lowell, Mass. 


Hutchinson, Frank B.* Co. E; born Alexandria; age 23; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61, as I Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. 
Oct. 26, ’62; killed May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 


Hutchinson, John G.** Co. E; age 18; born and resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 29, ’6I, as Musc.; appointed Corp.; reén- 
listed Feb. 20, ’64; wounded "May 15, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
appointed 1 Sergt.; 2 Lt. June, 65; 1 Lt. Aug. 23, 65; not mus- 
tered; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65, as I Sergt. Resides Man- 
chester. 


Hynes, Dennis.** Co. G; born Galway, Ir.; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 22, Oi appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
16, 64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va; discharged 
June 16, 65, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 N. H V. 


Ingelson, Sheldon.* Co. C; age 23; born and resident Poultney, 
Vt.: enlisted Aug. 20, 61; discharged Jan. 12, 62, Hilton Head, 
Sane 


Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 53 


Isaacson. Albert. Co. I; substitute; born Austria; age 24; credited 
North Hampton; enlisted Dec. 27, ’64; mustered in Dec. 27, 
64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Jackman, John H.* Co. B; age 29; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 27, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 
13, 80, Nashua. 


Jackson, Alfred.* Co. D; born England; age 20; resident West 
Chelmsford. Mass.; enlisted Sept. 6, "61; killed Sept. 4, 764, 
near Petersburg, Va. 


Jackson, Dennis. Co. E; substitute; age 21; credited Alstead; mus- 
tered in Dec. 19. ’64; deserted July, 65, from DeCamp Gen. 
Hosp., David’s Isl., N. Y. H. 


Jackson, Henry H.* Co. D; born Gilford; age 25; resident Laco- 
nia; enlisted Aug. 13, ’61, as Corp.; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, 
Annapolis, Md. Died Nov. 5, 61, Laconia. 

Jackson, John H.** Co. A; born Dover; age 24; resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Nov. 20, ’64, 
Libby prison, Richmond, Va. 


Jackson, John H.** Co. D; born Meredith; age 21; resident 
Laconia; enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; cap- 
tured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died of wounds Nov. 
IZ OAMSalisiouny, «N.C. 


James, Joseph.* Co. H; age 43; born and resident Tamwortk; 
enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; discharged Jan. 12, ’62, Hilton Head, 
S) 1G. )Died)May 5, 03, Gorham, Me, 


James, Lemuel H.* Band; born Tamworth; age 32; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61, as 2 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Aug. 19, 02, Augusta, 
Ga. 


Jenison, Charles O.* Co. D; born Templeton, Mass.; age 22; resi- 
dent Manchester; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Apr. 
POMOo Metin Ne ln Ven Wesides Greenville nm Mich: 


Jenness, John M.** Co. E; age 21; born and resident Strafford; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; captured Apr. 9, 
65, South Washington, N. C.; released Apr. 20, 65; discharged 
June 5, 65, Concord. Died Sept. 12, ’68, Strafford. 


Jennings, Newcomb J.* Co. F; born Wayne, Me.; age 27; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; appointed Corp. June 26, 
62; killed May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 


Jewell, Thomas. Co. K; substitute; age 21; credited Bridgewater; 
mustered in Oct. 15, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64, on U.S. S. 
“Commodore Jones,” “Mackinaw,” and “Tioga”; deserted Aug. 
28, 65. 

Jewett, Albert H. C.* Co. D; born Meredith; age 20; resident Gil- 
ford; enlisted Aug. 12, 61, as Sergt; appointed 2 Lt. Co. A, 
Noy. 5) 62: 1 Lt. Co. B, Mar. 14, 763; discharged Sept. 26, ’64. 
Died Dec. 14, ’98, Washington, D. C. 

Jewett, Perley I.* Co. B; age 26; born and resident Hollis; enlisted 
Aug. 26, 61. Died Dec. 3, 63, Morris Isl., S. € 


54 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Johnson, Alonzo C.** Co. F; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 28; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; appointed Wagoner; 
reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65; killed May 
25, 72, on railroad. Resides Rochester. 


Johnson, Andrew J.* Co. H; age 20; born and resident Kingston; 
enlisted Sept. 4, 61. Died Dec. 4, ’61, Hilton Head, S. C. 


Johnson, David.* Co. I; born Grafton; age 42; resident Danbury; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61, as Corp.; discharged Sept. 26, ’64, Con- 
cord. Died June 26, ’or, Salisbury. ; 

Johnson, George B.* Co. K; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 27; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; discharged Nov. 11, ’62, 
Beautort, S: ©. Died jam 23) 5) Urbana 


Johnson, James. Co. K; substitute; born New Brunswick; age 24; 
credited Hinsdale; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; discharged May 
24, 65, New Berne, N. C. 

Johnson, John G.** Co. K; age 25; born and resident Windham; 
enlisted Aug. 31, 61; reénlisted Feb. 8, 64; captured Aug. 16, 
64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Nov. 24, ’64, Florence, S. C 


Johnson, John T., alias Joseph Welch. Co. K; substitute; born 
Ireland; age 20; credited Charlestown; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. 


Johnson, Joseph.** Co. I; born Drumholme, Ir.; age 27; resident 
Derry; enlisted Aug. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; wounded 
June 15, 64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Died Dec. 26, ’95, Tilton. 

Johnson, Samuel F.** Co. A; born Sanford, Me.; age 26; resident 
Dover; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; appointed 
Sergt.; discharged Apr. 20, 65, Concord. 1 N. H Died 
Dec. 20, ’10, Dover. 


Johnson, Walter S.* Co. I; age 25; born and resident Campton; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61. Died Sept. 26, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. 


Johnson, William. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 23; cred- 
ited Danbury; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; wounded May 22, 64, 
near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; discharged June 28, ’65, Ft. Mon- 
roe, Va. : 


Johnson, William. Co. D; born England; age 32; credited Enfield; 
mustered in Nov. 14, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 30, ’64, on U. S. S. 
“Shokokon”; deserted July 23, ’65. 

Johnson, William. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 29; cred- 
ited Newmarket; mustered in Dec. 20, ’64; mustered out Aug. 
235 A405: 

Johnson, William. Co. K; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 
22: credited Plainfield; mustered in Oct. 16, 63; U. S. Navy 
Apr. 28, 64; deserted July 16, ’64. 

Johnston, Jesse E. Co. D; born Waterbury, Conn.; age 34; cred- 
ited Farmington; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; mustered out Aug. 
2305, 

Jones, Adoniram J.* Co. D; born Turner, Me.; age 22; resident 


Gilford; enlisted Aug. 12, 61, as Sergt.; appointed 1 Sergt. 
Died Sept. 16, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 55 


Jones, Archible R.* Co. B; born Jefferson, Me.; age 43; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; discharged Feb. 11, 62, Hilton 
ileadynsniC2 9) N- ELOV. Died Sept. 2/700) Nashtta: 


Jones, Charles. Co. C; born England; age 22; credited Enfield; 


mateyred in Nov. 14, 63; missing May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
INE 


Jones, Frank. Co. F; born Sutton; age 25; resident and credited 
Sanbornton; drafted and mustered in Aug. 20, ’63; attached 
TOMO OMPaESAGt Uns. AL Jiuneta (65 enettinedm tom Gos ike 
4 N. H. V., Aug. 21, 65; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 

Jones, Frank. Co. F; substitute; born England; age 22; credited 
Litchfield; mustered in Dec. 31, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Jones, Frank. Co. K; age 25; drafted and mustered in Jan. 8, ’65, 
at Concord; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Jones, George D.** Co. B; born Milford; age 18; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; appointed Seret. 
May, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 1 N. H. V. Resides 
Soldiers’ Home, Cal. ; 

Jones, George W.* Co. A; born Alton; age 25; resident Farming- 
ton; enlisted Sept. 4, 61. Died Apr. 1, ’64, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Jones, Henry. Co. F; substitute; age 19; credited Wolfeborough; 
mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; deserted Mar. 23, ’65, Wilmington, 
N. C. No good. 

Jones, James A.* Co. D; born Byron, Me.; age 18; resident Gil- 
ford; enlisted Aug. 5, 61. Died Feb. 1, ’62, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Jones, John. Co. G; substitute; born Italy; age 22; credited Bath; 
mustered in Oct. 17, 63; U. S: Navy Apr. 1,)764, on U: S. S: 
“Minnesota”; discharged June 8, ’65, from receiving ship, 
Portsmouth. 

Jones, Samuel F.** Co. F; born Albany, Vt.; age 29; resident 
Milford; enlisted July 13, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; killed 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Josephi, Charles. Co. F; substitute; born Germany; age 34; cred- 
ited Stratham; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 
22505; 

Joslyn, Charles.** Co. C; born New Ipswich; age 22; resident 
Deering; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, 65, Concord. Resides Meredith. 


Kan, Ham Tean. Co. K; substitute; born France; age 22; cred- 
ited Unity; mustered in Apr. 6, 65. Died Aug. 7, 65, Raleigh, 
NEG: 


Kane, Franklin.* Co. B; age 19; born and resident Fall River, 
Mass.; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Awarded “Gilmore 
Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 
Dead. 

Karnoff, Herman. Co. H; substitute; born Prussia; age 36; cred- 
ited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, ’63; wounded May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Va. Died 
Sept. 4, ‘64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 


56 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Keefe, Dennis.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 35; resident Manches- 
cage eens Aug. 22, ’61; discharged Mar. 28, 64, Beaufort, 
in| Oy ead. 


Keene, Edward J., alias George Kenney. Co. D; substitute; born 
New Brunswick; age 25; credited Chesterfield; mustered in 
Dec. 28, ’64; discharged June 28, ’65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y.. H. 
Died Apr. 6, ’91, Pittsburg, Pa. 


Kehoe, John. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 24; credited 
Warren; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; deserted June 145 765; 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Keller, Emile. Co. B; substitute; born Prussia; age 28; credited 
Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; deserted Dec. 3, 64, New 
York City. 

Kelley, Charles J.* Co. C; born Durham; age 27; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; appointed Q. M. Sergt. Sept. 
18, ’61; captured Nov., ’61; released; discharged Dec. 1, ’62, 
Washington, D. C. Brother John L. 


Kelley, James. Co. E; substitute; born Canada; age 26; credited 
Deerfield; mustered in Dec. 20, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Kelley, James. Co. K; born Clare, Ir.; age 21; credited Dorches- 
ter; mustered in Mar. 4, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Kelley, John S. C.* Co. H; born Derry; age 23; resident Atkin- 
son; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; appointed Corp. Died Oct. 31, ’6r1, 
on board steamer “Baltic,” during passage from Ft. Monroe, 
Va., to Port Royal, S. C. Buried at sea. 


Kelley, Peter. Co. I; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 24; 
credited Sanbornton; mustered in Sept. 29, ’63; captured May 
16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released Feb. 24, 65; discharged 
Aug. 4, 65, Concord. 


Kelley, John L.* Born Madbury; age 49; resident Manchester; 
appointed Q. M. Aug. 20, ’61; discharged July 30, 63, to ac- 
cept promotion. 1 N. H. V. Died May 1, ’87, Manchester. 


Kelliher, Jeremiah.** Co. G; born Cork, Ir.; age 29; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; reénlisted Feb. 19, 64; captured 
Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died after Oct. 9, 64, Salis- 
buryauNenGs 

Kemp, Willis D.* Co. 1; born Pomfret, Vt.; age 34; resident Dan- 
bury; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. 


Kendall, Frederic A.** Co. C; age 23; born and resident Concord; 
appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed 1 Lt. Co. B, Aug. 15, 
62; Capt. Sept. 12, ’64; discharged Aug. 17, 65, to accept 
appointment in U. S. C. T. Resides Cleveland, Ohio. 

Kendall, William P.* Co. B; age 21; born and resident Milford; 
enlisted Sept. 7, 61. Died Oct. 19, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 

Kennedy, Cornelius.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 35; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; discharged Dec. 25, ’61, Hilton 
lead SunG. 

Kenny, George N. Co. C; born Milford; age 19; resident and 
credited Nashua; mustered in Aug. 28, ’62; discharged May 
25, 65, Nashua. Died Feb. 11, ’66, Nashua. 


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Kenrick, Stephen.* Co. E; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 21; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 21, 61, as Sergt.; transferred 
to U. S. Signal Corps; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Hilton Head, 
S.C. 1N.H.V. Died Jan. 10, ’99, Jamaica Plains, Mass. 

Kent, Albert F.** Co. F; born Lowell, Mass.; age 22; resident 
Lawrence, Mass.; enlisted Sept. 15, ’61, as Musc.;. reénlisted 
Feb. 18, °64; credited Concord; appointed Prin. Muse. May 1, 
65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 6 Mass. Inf. Died Nov. 14, 
‘to, Lawrence, Mass. 

Kerr, Thomas. Co. A; substitute; born New York City; age 24; 
credited Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 23, 63; wounded Jan. 
15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; captured Apr. 9, ’65, Washington, 
N. C.; released Apr. 209, ’65; discharged June 2, 65, Concord. 


Kidder, Alexander W.* Co. B; born Dresden, Me.; age 21; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; mustered in Sept. 18, 
61; wounded July 10, °64, Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 
27, 64. Died Aug. 12, ’99, Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. 

Kidder, George M.** Co. C; age 21; born and resident Worcester; 
Mass.; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61, Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
credited Manchester; captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; 
released Mar. 9, ’65. . Died Mar. 31, ’65, Worcester, Mass. 


Kidder, James M. Co. K; born Bristol; age 43; resident and cred- 
ited Stewartstown; drafted and mustered in Mar. 22, ’65, for 
I yr.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Apr. 4, ’06, Stewarts- 
town. 

Kidder, Lanson F.* Co. I; age 18; born and resident Groton; 
enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; discharged Mar. 10, 62. Died Mar. 27, 
1900, Dover. 

Kimball, John.* Co. H; born Lancaster, Ohio; age 18; resident 
Methuen, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; transferred to Co. B, 
Pete oNeA jane 2063" DiedeSeptas. 763) Moris isle 
Sn Gre Neila Vi, 

Kimball, John R.* Co. B; age 18; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 30, 61, as Corp.; appointed Seregt., 62; wounded 
severely Oct. 22. 62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; captured May 20, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov., 64; discharged Jan. 3, 65, 
Concord. Resides Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 N. H. V. 

Kimball, Joseph H.* Co. C; born Newport; age 18; resident Mil- 
ford; enlisted Sept. 19, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 

King, Asa J.* Co. C; born Chelmsford, Mass.; age 43; resident 
Brookline; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged Jan. 12, 62, Hilton 
Head, S 

King, John. Co. G; born Canada; age 37; credited Hampstead; 
mustered in Dec. 26, 63; wounded severely June 27, ’64, near 
Bermuda Hundred, Va. Died, wounds, July 24, ’64. 

Kingsley, Hale L.* Co. H; born Swansea, Mass.; age 32; enlisted 
Aug. 22, 61. Did not go to war. Died July 8, ’10, Rehoboth, 
Mass. 

Kinsella, Daniel. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 40; cred- 
ited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, ’63; deserted May 7, ’64, Ber- 
yee Hundred, Va.; returned Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 
23, *65. 


58 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Kinze, Henry. Co. B; substitute; born England; age 25; credited 
Bethlehem; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64, 
ee S. S. “Florida” and “Quaker City”; discharged May 
2, NOE 

Kline, John. Co. H; substitute; born Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger.; 
age 26; credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; deserted 
May 1, ’64, Gloucester Point, Va. 

Klines, Charles. Co. H; substitute; born Baden, Ger.; age 25; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; missing May 7, ’64; 
returned Mar. 13, 65; discharged June 20, ’65, Annapolis, Md. 

Knapp, Rufus. Co. H; born Canada; age 18; credited Lebanon; 
mustered in Nov. 23, 63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; exchanged Aug., ’64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Knight, Wesley B.** Co. K; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 26; resi- 
dent Londonderry; enlisted Sept. 18, 61, as Sergt.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, °64; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
Oct. 20, 764, Florence, S..@) 1 NH WV. 

Knowles, Joseph H.* Co. A; age 19; born and resident Milton; 
enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; discharged Jan. 9, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
V. R. C. Died March 2, ’o2, Middleton. 

Knowlton, Abner L.** Co. D; born Windsor; age 28; resident 
Sanbornton; enlisted Aug. 7, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; 
reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; appointed 1 Sergt.; 1 Lt. Co. H, Nov. 
9, 64; Capt. Feb. 17, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Feb. 
II, 99, Miami, Fla. 

Knowlton, Joseph H.* Co. K; born Deerfield; age 39; resident 
Manchester; mustered in Oct. 7, ’61; discharged Sept. 18, ’62, 
Hilton Head, S. C. Died Feb. 3, ’80, Manchester. 

Knowlton, William R.* Co. I; born Westborough, Mass.; age 38; 
resident New Ipswich; enlisted Aug. 27, 61, as Corp.; dis- 
charged July 6, 62, St. Augustine, Fla. V. R. C. Died Nov. 
11, 95, New Ipswich. 

Knox, Alonzo.** Co. F; born Freedom; age 24; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; credited 
Milton; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Manchester. 

Knox, Daniel W.** Co. C; born Quincy, Mass.; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 28, ’64; credited Pembroke; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep 
Bottom, Va. 

Knox, James F.* Co. H; born Biddeford, Me.; age 32; resident 
Lawrence, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; mustered out Sept. 
27,64. Died June 6, ’or, Saco, Me. ; 

Knox, Samuel.** Co. B; born Berwick, Me.; age 23; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 764; 
wounded Oct. 1, ’64, Chaffin’s Farm, Va. Died, wounds, Oct. 5, 
64. 

Koch, William. Co. F; substitute; born Bavaria, Ger.; age 22; 
credited Freedom; mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; discharged July 
20S Portsmouth Grove, R. 


Lackett, John. Co. A; substitute; age 23; credited Lisbon; mus- 
tered in Oct. Peete UG 1S): Navy Apr. 28, 64, on U. S. S. “Min- 
nesota’; deserted Dec. 19, ’64. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. d9 


Lacroix, Eugene. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 19; cred- 
ited pec petown: mustered in Feb. 9, ’65; mustered out Aug. 
CoO: 

Ladd, George W.* Co. D; born New Hampton; age 28; resident 
Gilford; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 

Laine, John. Co. A; substitute; age 32; credited Antrim; mustered 
in Sept. 1, 63; deserted Aug. 10, 64. 


Lamar, Gabriel. Co. D; substitute; born Canada; age 25; credited 
Lyme; mustered in Jan. 5, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Lamay, John.* Co. D; born Billerica, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Groton; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; drowned June 13, ’62, St. Augus- 

tine, Ila. 

Lamereen, William.** Co. B; born Canada; age 21; resident Ray- 
mond; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; credited 
Portsmouth; wounded July 30, ‘64, mine explosion, Peters- 
DiinoemViarsideserted! Heb) 1,765, Davidis si Na wan kL. 


Lamontine, John. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 38; credited 
Canaan; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Lancey, George F.* Co. C; born Brookline; age 19; resident 

aoe enlisted Sept. 3, 61. Died Sept. 24, ’63, Morris 
Slee SarC: 

Lane, Joseph.** Co. A; born Ireland; age 34; resident Dover; en- 
listed Sept. 13, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; deserted Mar. 27, ’64, 
Dover; reported May to, ’65, under President’s Proclamation; 
discharged May 11, ’65, Concord. Died Jan. 2, 72, Dover. 
1 INI, laly Wo 

Lane, Lorenzo D.* Co. A; age 23; born and resident Wakefield; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61. Died Sept. 11, 63, Hilton Head, S. C. 


Lang, Charles. Co. B; substitute; born Germany; age 33;-credited 
Orford; mustered in Oct. 20, ’63; appointed Sergt. Aug. 15, ’65; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Lang, Gilman L. Co. K; born Lee; age 36; credited Grafton; en- 
listed Sept. I, 62; mustered in Sept. 16, ’62; discharged June 
15, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Feb. 13, ’03, Lenox, Iowa. 


Larkin, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 20; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 22, 61; appointed Corp. Dec., ’61; mustered 
out Sept. 27, 64. Died Dec. 13, ’93, Manchester. 


Larough, Joseph. Co. B; substitute; born Canada; age 21; cred- 
ited Lyme; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; wounded July 30, ’64, 
mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; discharged July 20, ’65. 


Lary, Hosea B.** Co. B; born Eaton; age 25; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 27, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; appointed 
Corp.; wounded Jan. 16, 65, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, 
N. C.; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Law, Thomas.* Co. E; born Leeds, Eng.; age 37; resident Merri- 
mack; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; appointed Corp. Apr. 29, 762; 
wounded Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged Sept. 
27,64. Died June 21, ’05, Bridgeport, Conn. 

Lawrence, Edward E.* Co. D; age 24; born and resident Mere- 
dith; enlisted Aug. 5, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Jan. 18, ’07, Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. 


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Lawrence, Jackson H.** Co. D; born Townsend, Mass.; age 33; 
resident Gilford; enlisted Sept. 13, 61, as Corp. wounded Oct. 
163) Pocotaligo, S. C.; reénlisted Jan. ; ae wounded June 
"264, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; Tale 26, 64, near Peters- 
ae Va.; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died 
Ase 2h (10, Weaconias 
Lawson, George.* Co. K; born Nottingham, Eng.; age 26; resi- 
dent Londondery; enlisted Aug. 31, ‘61; discharged Aug. 25, 
’63, Morris Isl., S. C. Died Dec. 20, 67, Londonderry. 


Lawson, William.** Co. K; born Nottingham, Eng.; age 21; resi- 
dent Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Nov. 11, 775, Londonderry. 

Leavey, Denis.* Band; born Waterford, Ir.; age 21; resident Man- 
chester;-enlisted Sept. 23, ’61, as 2 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 62, Hilton. Head, S. C. Died Nov. 15, ’97, Soldiers’ 
Home, Hampton, Va. 

Leavitt, Lucius.* Co. E; born Canada; age 19; resident Andover; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Va. 
Died, wounds, Aug. 2, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Leavitt, Solomon N.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Meredith; 
enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; credited Gilman- 
ton; captured; released; wounded Sept. 29, 64, New Market 
Heights, Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 65. 

Lee, Charles H.* Co. E; born Norfolk, Va.; age 28; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 18 N. 
H. V. Died Sept. 19, ’07, Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. 


Legg, Lucian B., Jr.** Co. G; age 24; born and resident Dover; 
enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; wounded Aug. 
16, "64, Deep Bottom, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died 
June tev e4" Woven TN vie 

Leighton, Edwin G.* Co. A; born Effingham; age 19; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged Oct. 26, 63, Mor- 
Tis si SaiGa beads 


Leonard, William Ne) (Cy V2 substitute; born Ireland; age 21; 
credited Alton; mustered in Sept. 29, 63; deserted Apr. 24, 64, 
Gloucester Point, Va. 


Leplant, Charles. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 17; credited 
Bath; mustered in Oct. 20, ’63; discharged Apr. 4, 65. Resides 
Stanstead Plain, P. Q. 

Leroy, Daniel, alias Daniel Thompson, Co. A; substitute; born 
New York City; age 27; credited Nashua; mustered in Oct. 
6, 63; wounded June, 64; reported on mustered-out roll dated 
Aug. 23. ’65, as absent, sick, since June 6, ’64, Portsmouth 
Grove, R. I. Resides Lewis Run, Pa. 

Levi, William A. Co. C; born New York City; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Feb. 18, 62; mustered in Feb. 28, ’62, 
as Musc; reénlisted Feb. 25, ’64; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Dover. 

Lewis, Henry.* Band; born Walpole, Mass.; age 29; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 12, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides Manchester. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 61 


Libbey, Charles F. Co. H; age 21; born, resident, and credited 
Concord; mustered in July 28, 62; discharged June 15, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C 

Libbey, Nathaniel B.* Co. F; born Lebanon, Me.; age 40; resi- 


dent Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 5, 61; discharged Jan. 20, ’63, 
Beaufort, S. C. Dead. 


Libby, Abraham.* Co. H; age 19; born and resident Northfield; 
enlisted Aug. 24, 61; transferred to Co. B, 1 Art. U. S. A,, 
Nov. 3, 62; reénlisted Feb. 2, 64; discharged Nov. 12, ’64, 
(Concorcayeie Newt. Ve 


Libbey, Andrew G. Co. H; age 18, born, resident, and credited to 
Concord; mustered in July 29, 62; captured May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 6, ’64, Andersonville, Ga. 


Libby, Horace W.* Co. C; born Goshen; age 21; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; discharged Sept. 19, 64, New York City. 
Dead. 

Libby, Luther L.* Co. D; born Plymouth; age 20; resident Gil- 
manton; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; drowned June 13, ’62, St. Au- 
gustine, Fla. 

Lillis, David G.* Co. E; age 19; born and resident Hooksett; en- 
listed Aug. 27, 61. Died Dec. 4, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 


Linnean, Daniel.* Co. A; born Ireland; age 30; resident Farming- 
tonj;senlisted Sept. 3, 61. Died Oct. 3) ’62, Beaufort, S, C. 


Little, Lucius. Co. K; substitute; born Lenoxville, Can.; age 20; 
credited Cornish; mustered in Jan. 17, 65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Resides ‘Burtrum, Minn. 


Littlefield, Robert. Co. G; substitute; born Maine; age 24; resi- 
dent Wells, Me., credited Enfield; mustered in Oct. 15, 763; 
U S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; discharged Aug. 7, ’65. 

Livingston, Charles C.* Co. E; born Greensborough, Vt.; age 22; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; mustered out Sept. 
27,’64. Died, 66, Iowa; accidentally killed. 


Locke, Henry W.* Co. A; born Barrington; age 34; resident 
Rochester; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; mustered in; appointed 
1 Lt. May 17, ’62; discharged June 25, ’64, to accept promotion. 
Died March 19, ’95, Barrington. 

Lompries, Charles. Co. H; substitute; born Nort, France; age 33; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; deserted May On, 
Gloucester Point, Wer 


Londeau, Louis.* Co. I; born Canada; age 19; resident Derry; 
enlisted Aug. 16, ’61; discharged Dec. 27, ’61, Hilton Head, 
Sac: 


Lord, George J.** Co. F; age 21; born and resident Somersworth; 
enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; ‘appointed Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. 

Lord. John A.* Co. A; born. Lebanon, Me.; age 25; resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; wounded severely Oct. 22, ’62, 


Pocotaligo, S. C.; discharged Mar. 4, 63, Beaufort, S.C. Died 
Apr. 22, ’81, Dover. 


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62 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Louden, Samuel. Co. B; substitute; born New York; age 21; cred- 
ited Campton; mustered in Oct. 21, ’63; captured May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; exchanged Oct., 64; discharged Apr. 24, 
65, David’s Isl, N. Y. H. Died Nov. 21, ’92, Washington, D. C, 

Lougee, Frederick W.* Co. K; born Canada; age 33; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; discharged Sept. 27, 64. 
Died Feb. 4, ’72, Waltham, Mass. 


Lovejoy, John G.** Co. D; age 17; born and resident Amherst; 
enlisted July 30, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; credited Canter- 
bury; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Manchester. 

Lovejoy, Lewis.** Co. F; born Tamworth; age 18; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Aug. I, ’61;-reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64; captured 
Ae. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Nov. 24, ’64, Salisbury, 


Loverin, John S.** Co. I; born Springfield; age 23; resident 
Andover; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; reénlisted Feb. 11, 64; credited 
Derry; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; Aug. 16, ’64, 
Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged Sept. 1, ’65, Concord. Resides 
Salisbury. 


Lovery, Edward. Co. B; substitute; born Canada; age 22; cred- 
ited Holderness; mustered in Oct. 21, 63; wounded May a1, 
64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; discharged Aug. 15, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C. 


Lovett, John.* Co. C; born Scotland; age 42; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 23, ‘61; Battery D, 1 Art., U. S. A.) Jigme oneoa 
discharged Aug. 23, 64. Died June 9, ’78, National Military 
Home, Ohio. 

Lovett, John. Co. E; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 24; cred- 
ited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 19, 63; wounded Aug. 16, ’64, 
Deep Bottom, Va. 


Lowell, Robert E.* Co. H; age 30; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Sept. 11, 61; deserted July 30, 63, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Died Hampstead. 


Lund, Edwin F.** Co. C; born Boston, Mass:; age 18; resident 
Milford; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded 
July 30, 64, mine explosion, Va. Died, wounds, Aug. 23, ’64, 
Washington, D. C. 

Lund, Henry C.** Co. B; age 19; born and resident Nashua; en- 
listed Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; appointed Corp.; 
killed Sept. 3, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Lund, John H.* Co. D; born Merrimack; age 43; resident Milford; 
enlisted July 24, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died Apr. 4, 
*75, Hampton, Va. 

Lyman, George H.** Co. I; born Canaan; age 21; resident Sut- 
ton; enlisted Aug. 26; ’61; reénlisted Dec. 25, 63. Died Apr. 
17, ’65, City Point, Va. 

Lynch, Alfred F.** Co. C; born Providence, R. I.; age 19; resident 
Milford; enlisted Aug. 23, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; killed 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Lynch, John.** Co. E; born England; age 30; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; wounded Aug. 
16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed Corp. July 1, ’65; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Aug. 25, ’86, Fall River, Mass. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 63 


Lynch, Michael. Co. A; substitute; born Canada; age 21; credited 
Littleton; mustered in Oct. 23, ’63; wounded May 16, ’64, 
meee Bluff, Va.; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 
5. 
Lyons, Daniel. Co. I; born Ireland; age 39; credited Dover; mus- 
tered in Sept. 19, ’64; discharged Aug. 2, ’65, Ft. Schuyler, 
N. Y. H. Died July 29, ’89, Dover. 


Lyons, Newman.* Co. B; born Litchfield; age 22; resident Nashua; 
pected Aug. 27, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides 
ashua. 


Mace, George W.* Co. K; born Amherst; age 18; resident Bed- 
ford; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides 
Arlington, N. J. 

Mace, Samuel B.** Co. K; born Amherst; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 7, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; discharged 
Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Died June 28, ’03, Manchester. 


Mack, John L.** Co. E; age 21; born and resident Deerfield; en- 
listed Aug. 20, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 28, ’64; credited Manchester; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; Co. D, 11 V. R. C,, 
Apr. 11, 65; discharged Sept. 18, 65. Boston, Mass. Died Feb. 
5, 97, Deerfield. 


Mack, Thomas.* Co. A; born Boston, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61, as Sergt.; killed Sept. 16, ’63, 
Miorniculsie sa ©. t N- Hi. V. 


Madden, Ambrose.** Co. F; born Lebanon, Me.; age 21; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 27, 61; reénlistea Jan. I, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Madden, Michael.* Co. G; born Galway, Ir.; age 23; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Aug. 20, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; credited 
Manchester; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; July 
30, 64, mine explosion, Va.; discharged Sept. 3, ’65, Manches- 
ter. Died Apr. 24, 774. 


Mahoney, Dennis. Co. G; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; credited 
Hooksett; enlisted Oct. 23, 62; mustered in Nov. 4, 62; wound- 
ed July 25, ’64, near Petersburg, Va.; appointed Corp. July 11, 
65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 5, ’79, Manchester. 


Mahoney, John D.** Co. A; born Kilkenny, Ir.; age 21; resident 
South Berwick, Me.; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 
64; credited Rollinsford; missing May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; returned; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Died Feb. 23, ’84, Lynn, Mass. 


Mallard, George H.** (Co. C; age 19; born and resident Hooksett; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; captured May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released Noy. 24, 64; appointed Corp. 
Mar. 1, ’65; Sergt. June 10, 65; discharged July 28, 65, Raleigh, 
N.C. Resides Waltham, Mass. 

Malone, John.** Co. E; born Roscommon, Ir.; age 28; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 6, "61; reénlisted Feb. 28, °64; 
wounded and captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, 
wounds, May 18, ’64, Richmond, Va. 


64 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Maloney, Bartholomew. Co. H; substitute; born Ireland; age 27; 
credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, dots Whe 'S> Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged May 12" 266: 

Manlove, James S. Co. K; substitute; born Maryland; age 34; 
resident Philadelphia, Pa.; credited Mason;' mustered in Oct. 
14, 63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died June 
20, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Mann, Henry A.** Co. I; born Pembroke; age 31; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; credited Pembroke; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va aes 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed 2 toss 
Mae ‘65; 1 Lt. Co. A, June.2, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Died Mee 21, ’98, Concord. 


Mann, Joseph. Co. I; born Germany; age 25; resident New York 
City, credited Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 21, ’63; discharged 
June Io, ’65, Raleigh, N. C 

Manning, Henry H.* Co. K; age 21; born and resident Amherst; 
enlisted July 22, ’61; discharged Sept. 12, ’62, Beaufort, S. C 
Died June 3, ’03, Milford. 

Mansfield, William.* Co. B; born Ireland; age 26; resident Hollis; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died July 17, 
66, Hollis. 

Marckres, Samuel D.** Co. H; born Nashua; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; reénlisted Feb. 28, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 1 N. H. V. Killed 
on railroad Aug. 6, ’02. 


Marden, Charles T.** Co. G; born Claremont; age 19; resitent 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, ’64; appointed 1 Sergt.; wounded Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. 
Fisher, N. C.; appointed 2 Lt. June 2, ’65; not mustered; dis- 
charged Aug. 23. ’65, as 1 Sergt. Resides Worcester, Mass. 

Marden, George A.** Co. B; born Deering; age 18; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. .1 N. H. V. Died Aug, 10, 88) Wester- 
ley, R. I. 

Marden, Lemuel.* Co. K; age 18; born and resident Windham; 
enlisted Sept. 2, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Resides Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 

Marland, Alfred. Co. K; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 33; 
resident Havre de Grace, Md.; credited Canaan; mustered in 
Oct. 15, 63; appointed 1 Lt. Co. H, Feb. 17, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 765. Died Apr. 13, ’78, Darlington, Md. Correct name 
John M. Cooley. 

Marsh, Charles C.** Co. G; born Henniker; age 20; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; appointed 
Wagoner; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Jan. 26, ’90, Man- 
chester. 

Marsh, Edward K.* Co. D; born Calais, Vt.; age 18; resident 
Lyndeborough; enlisted Aug. 14, 61; discharged Jan. 31, 62. 
ONE VeWeace 

Marshall, Caleb.* Co. B; age 20; born and resident Hudson; en- 


listed, Aug. 28. ’61; discharged Mar. 11, ’63, Beaufort, S. C. 
WRC. Died June 1, ’83, Saco, Me. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 65 


Marshall, George M.* Co. D; born Greensborough, Vt.; age 18; 
resident Rumney; enlisted Sept. 18, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 
764. Dead. 


Martin, Charles. Co. D; born Canada; age 25; credited Plainfield; 
mustered in Noy. 14, 63; deserted May 5, 64, Bermuda Hun- 
dred, Va.; gained from desertion; ordered Sept. 20, ’64, to 
Headquarters Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to accept 
promotion in 36 U.S. C. T.; no record of mustered in; cashiered 
Dec. 20, 64, to date Oct. 24, 64. 


Martin. Frederick.* Co. E; age 33; born and resident Hooksett; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died May 21, 
99, Goffstown. 


Martin. Isaac W.** Co. K; born Bow; age 23; resident Goffstown; 
enlisted Sept. 18, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; killed Sept. 4, ’64, 
near Petersburg, Va. 


Martin. John.** Co. C; born Canada; age 18; resident Milford; 
enlisted Aug. 18, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; deserted Apr. 7, 
764, Concord. 


Martin, John W.* Co. F; born New Castle; age 35; resident Farm- 
ington; enlisted Aug. Ail, (OG? mustered in Sept. 27, ’61; dis- 
charged Apr. 26, ’63, Beaufort, Si Cao Dead 


Martin, Levi.* Co. H; age 20; born and resident Kingston; en- 
listed Sept. 4, 61. Died Nov. 21, ’62, Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 


Martin, Thomas. Co. F; substitute; born Spain; age 23; credited 
Concord; mustered in Dec. 31, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Martin, William H.** Co. C; born Vermont; age 36; resident 
Derry; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; credited 
Londonderry; mustered out Aug. 23, 765. 1 N. H. V. Died 
Sept 24, 03, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. 


Maskousky, Jacob. Co. A; substitute; born Poland; age 26; cred- 
ited onway: mustered in Jan. 2, 65; deserted Aug. 10, 65, 
Raleigh, N. C. 

Mason, John A.* Co. G; born Ryegate, Vt.; age 34; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 21, On; discharged: jane t29 02.) Comic 
Peaiide Gon WD TO! N: El. Vi. Dead. 

Mason, Nathaniel, Jr. Co. K; age 20; born and credited Albany; 
drafted and mustered in Mar. 24765, LOG L yap, Died) Maya7, 
65, Goldsborough, N. C. 

Mason, Samuel B.* Co. H; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 29; resident 
Atkinson; enlisted Aug. 29, 61, as Sergt.; mustered out Sept. 
27,64. I N. H. V. Resides Atkinson. 

Matha, Joe. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 22; credited 
Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 20, °63; captured May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 6, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Matthews. Frank.** Co. E; born New Ipswich; age 21; resident 
Peterborough; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; 
credited Manchester; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. Ber 
65. Resides Andover Centre. 

Maude, Charles A. Co. E; substitute; Boa England; age 22; cred- 
ited Bares; mustered in Dec. 64; “mustered out Aug. 
23, ’65 


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May, Daniel W. Co. G; born Petersburg, Va.; age 34; credited 
Manchester; drafted for 1 yr.; mustered in Sept. 19, 64; dis- 
ehareed June 15, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Aug. 14, ’o1, Pitts- 

eld. 

Mayne, William W.* Co. G; born Whitehall, N. Y.; age 22; resi- 
dent Manchester; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed 1 Lt. 
Mar. 22, 62; Capt. Oct. 3, 62; wounded severely Oct. 22, ’62, 
Pocotaligo, S. C.; wounded June 29, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; 
cischarsed Sept. 14, 64. I N. H. V. Resides Claremore, 

ap 

Mayo, Richard.. Co. E; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 26; 
credited Milton; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; discharged July 26, 
765) Et. Schuyler) Ns, YE Non goods 

Mayo, Thomas. Co. I; born Andover, Mass.; age 44; credited 
Stewartstown; drafted for 1 yr.; mustered in Mar. 22, ’65; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Aug. 29, ’07, Newport, Vt. 

McAboy, Martin J. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 30; cred- 
ited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 19, 63; discharged Feb. 20, 
164, (Beautont, once 

McAllister, Joshua H.* Co. H; age 41; born and resident Hills- 
borough; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; discharged Mar. 12, ’63, Beau- 
fort, S. C. 1 N. H. Cav. Died Oct. 18, 74) Soldiers? Home 
Togus, Me. 

McCarthy, John. Co. G; substitute; born East Greenwich, R. L.; 
age 22; resident Portland, Me.; credited Claremont; mustered 
in Oct. 8, 63; appointed Corp.; discharged June 5, 65, New 
Berne,N; C. 

McCarty, John. Co. G; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
Pelham; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64, appointed Corp.; wounded 
Jan. 15)6s5, Ft. Bisher; Nic: 

McCarty, Michael. Co. A; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; resi- 
dent Boston, Mass.; credited Amherst; mustered in Sept. 1, 
63; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; captured July 
30, ’64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; paroled June 3, ’65; 
discharged Aug. 23, 65. 

McCarty, Michael.* Co. C; born Ireland; age 23; resident Law- 
rence. Mass.; enlisted Aug. 22, 61. Did not go to war with 
A Near 

McCarty, William. Co. E; substitute; born Kingstown, Ir.; age 
20; resident Boston. Mass.; credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 
2, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted Feb. 9, 65. 

McCarty, William. Co. F; substitute; born Cork, Ir.; age 20; 
credited Freedom; mustered in Jan. 2, 65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. 

McCauly, John. Co. H; born New York City; age 25; credited 
Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 30, 63; wounded Aug. 16. 64, 
Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged June 5, ’65, David’s Isl., N. Y. H. 

McCluskey, William. Co. D; substitute; born Scotland; age 24; 
credited Sutton; mustered in Jan. 7, ’65; deserted Apr. 9, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

McConihe, George H.* Co. K; age 18; born and resident Merri- 
mack; enlisted July 29, ’61, as Corp. Died Feb. 7, ’62, Hilton 
Head, S. C. 


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McConihe, James M.** Co. K; age 18; born and resident Bedford; 
eae Aug. 5 ae reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; credited Merri- 
mack; appointe ergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides 
Dekalb, il. Sima ae 

McConnell, John D.** _Co. I; born Newbury, Vt.; age 25; resi- 
dent Haverhill; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 643 
killed July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 

McDaid, Joseph.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 18; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 11, 61; reénlisted Feb. 19, 64; wounded July 25, 
64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, July 26, ’64. 

McDermott, James.** Co. H; born Dumfries, Scot.; age 23; resi- 
dent Salem; enlisted Aug. 10, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Oct. 22, ’89, Haverhill, Mass. 
i INE Labs WY, 

McDermott, Michael. Co. A; born Ireland; age 39; resident Con- 
cord; credited Dover; mustered in Dec. 8, ’63. Died May 8, 
64, Beaufort, S. C. 

McDole, Samuel.** Co. Ic; age 24; born and resident Bedford; 
enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; credited Manches- 
ter; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Manchester. 

McDonald, Charles. Co. B; born New York City; age 40; cred- 
ited Exeter; mustered in Dec. 8, ’63; deserted Nov. 12, ’64, 
New York City. 

McDonald, John. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; cred- 
ited Sanbornton; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; shot by Provost 
Guard Mar. 14, ’65, Wilmington, N. C. 

McDonald, Philip. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Gilford; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

McDonald, William. Co. F; substitute; born Halifax, N. S.; age 
28; credited Rye; mustered in Oct. 6, ’64; discharged June 28, 
65, Wilmington, N 

McDonnell, William. Co. H; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 
29; credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, ’63; reported on 
mustered-out roll dated Aug. 23, ’65, as absent, sick, since Dec. 
TONOs: 

McDonough, James. Co. F; substitute; born St. John, N. B.; age 
43; credited Goffstown; mustered in Sept. 1, ’63; missing July 
30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; gained from missing. 
Died Apr. 9, ’65, Manchester. 

McDonough, Patrick.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. Died 
Feb. 7, ’73, Manchester. 

McEwen, William. Co. D; substitute; born New Brunswick; age 
20; credited Concord; mustered in Jan 5, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. 

McGee, Cecil. Co. K; born Montreal, Can.; age 35; credited 
Orange; mustered in Jan. 25, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
McGloughlin, Thomas. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 28; 
credited Hopkinton; mustered in Dec. 21, 64. Died May 2, ’65, 

Davicesisl. N: Y¥: H. 


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McGough, Michael.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 18; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 11, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Dec. 6, 
03, Lynn, Mass. 

McGregor, Amos H.* Co. I; born Derry; age 32; resident Lon- 
donderry; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; discharged Dec. 4, 62, Beau- 
fort. S. C.; reénlisted and mustered in Dec. 22, 63; assigned 
to Co. G; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; Co. E, 
21 V. R. C.; discharged July 24, ’65, Newark, N. J. Died 
Nov. 16, ’81, Fort Worth, Texas. 

McGuinness, John.* Co. G; age 19; born and resident Dover; en- 
listed Sept. 4, ’61; discharged Sept. 1, 63. 

McGuire, Michael. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 25; cred- 
ited Hampton Falls; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out 
Atips 235,65: 

McHugh, Michael.* Co. A; born Ireland; age 37; resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 23, 61; mustered out Sept. 27,64. Dead. 


McHugh, Michael.** (Co. G; born Glasgow, Scot.; age 22; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; de- 
serted Apr. 13, 64, Concord. Resides Denver, Col. 

McIntire, James. Co. G; born Armagh, Ir.; age 28; credited Ports- 
mouth; drafted and mustered in Aug. 10, 63; mustered out 
Atigs 235205: 

McIntire, Patrick, alias Patrick Lee. Co. F; substitute; born Ire- 
land; age 21; credited Hillsborough; mustered in Jan. 2, ’65; 


mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Mar. 7, ’67, North Bridge- 
water, Mass. 


McKean, George H.* Co. B; born Hollis; age 18; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61; discharged Feb. 11, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
2 Co., N. H. H. Art. Died May 7, ’69, Nashua. 


McKissock, Robert.** Co. D; born Glasgow, Scot.; age 19; resi- 
dent Wilton; enlisted Aug. 5, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; 
wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. Died, 
wounds, Oct. 14, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 


McLee, Patrick. Co. A; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; resident 
Bridgewater; credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; 
captured; exchanged June 3, ’65; discharged Aug. 23, 65. 


McMann, Philip. Co. A; substitute; born Canada; age 21; resident 
Canada; credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 23, 63; deserted 
June 1, 64, Bermuda Hundred, Va. 


McNab, John. Co. K; substitute; born Prince Edward’s Island; 
age 25; resident Hartford, Conn.; credited Keene; mustered in 
Oct. 16, 63; wounded June 4, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va.; deserted 
June 6, 64, White House, Va. 


McNeil, Edmund F.** Co. H; born Amesbury, Mass.; age 26; 
resident Atkinson; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61, as Sergt; reénlisted 
Jan. 1, 64; promoted 1 Sergt.; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, 
Waly INE TED WA, 

McPherson, Frederick O. Co. E; born Manchester; age 18; cred- 
ited Candia; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Resides Manchester. 


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McQuesten, Charles A.* Co. H; born Washington; age 23; resi- 
dent Hillsborough; enlisted Aug. 28, *61; Co. H 24 I. C,, Dec. 
10, 63; reénlisted; discharged Jan. 19, ’66, Washington, D. C. 
Died Aug. 19, ’92. 


Meader, Jesse M.* Co. A; age 20; born and resident Farmington; 
EHlisheCdmmSepi mid cols Co. Be mi Att. Wi Su eAnwslaneezie 62: 
(The Dover (N. H.) Enqmrer of June 23, 64, states that 
Meader’s body was found and buried June, ’64, near Allen’s 
Mills, by a Captain Poughkeepsie.) 


Meader, Stephen H.** Co. B; age 31; born and resident South 
Berwick, Me.; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 25, 64; credited Portsmouth; appointed 1 Sergt.; wounded 
ici OsMtaisher, Ne Cy DredeApr 16 os ,eDavicsselsl. 
IN, WF, Tel, 


Mehan, James. Co. E; substitute; born St. John, N. B.; age 21; 
credited Nashua; mustered in Dec. 20, 64; deserted Aug. 15, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. 


Mellen, Eustis.** Co. F; born Lebanon, Me.; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 27, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; ap- 
pointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Aug. 26, ’08, 
Lawrence, Mass. 


Merrill, Calvin.* Co. K; born Dunbarton; age 26; resident Goffs- 
town; enlisted Aug. 6, 61; discharged Nov. 25, 63, Ft. Schuyler, 
N. Y. Lost leg Morris Island. Resides Concord. 


Merrill, Francis R.* Co. F; born Lovell, Me.; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; Battery B, 1 Art. U.S.A, 
Jan. 21, 63; reénlisted Feb. 2, 64. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 


Merrill, Lewis S.* Co. E; born Dunbarton; age 21; resident Goffs- 
town; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff. Va.; July 9, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 
yp OA ead. 


Merron, James.** Co. G; born Malone, N. Y.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; cap- 
tured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; exchanged Apr. 15, 65; 
discharged June 12, ’65, Concord. Dead. 


Merwin, Barney S. Co. F; substitute; age 26; born and resident 
Roxbury, N. Y.; credited Nashua; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; 
captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Oct. 29, ’64, 
Salisbury, N. C. 


Meserve, George H.** Co. A; age 19; born and resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; captured May 
76, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov., ’64; appointed 
Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Resides Soldiers’ 
Home, Tilton. 

Meserve, Jacob C.* Co. A; age 18; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, 
Petersburg, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Cham- 
bers, Ky. 1 N. H. V. 

Messer, Ward.** Co. C; born Lunenburg, Mass.; age 30; resident 
Brookline; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 28, 64; wounded May 20, ’64. Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; dis- 
charged May 209, ’65, Manchester. Died July 24, ’85, Bow. 


70 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Messenger, John. Co. H; substitute; born Bavaria, Ger.; age 28; 
erated Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; deserted Apr. 8, 64, 
oncord. 


Miles, Dudley W.* Co. B; born Newmarket; age 42; resident 
Epping; enlisted Aug. 3, ’61; discharged Feb. 11, ’62, Hilton 


Itead, (S: (G3 (Com Has) NE eevee eae 
Miller, Augustus.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Rollinsford; 


enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; credited Dover; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Dover. 


Miller, Charles E.** Co. F; born Acton, Me.; age 19; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July chia ev opine appointed Corp. Octamy 63; 
Sergt. Jan. 27, ’64; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; credited Effingham; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Feb. 28, 
65, Montpelier, Vt. Resides Boston, Mass. 

Miller, Francis. Co. H; substitute; born Bavaria, Ger.; age 24; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, 63; wounded July 1 and 
14, 764, near Petersburg, Va.; July 30, ’64, mine explosion, 
Petersburg, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Miller, James.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Rollinsford; 
enlisted Sept. 12, ’61; appointed Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; 


credited Dover; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Feb. 5, ’90, 
Wells, Me. 


Miller, James. Co. K; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; resident 
Canada; credited Plainfield; mustered in Oct. 15, 63; U. S. 
Navy Apr. 28, 64; deserted Mar. 17, ’65. 


Miller, Joseph H. Co. H; born Montreal, Can.; age 19; resident 
North Granby, Mass.; credited Hampstead; mustered in Dec. 
26, *63; 168. Co., 2 Battl, V. R. C., Apr. 17965 sdisenareed 
June 7, 65, Concord. Resides Avon, Conn. 

Miller, Joseph L. C.** Co. €:; born Three Rivers; iGangeaceslo, 
resident Hooksett; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; 
credited Manchester; captured Aprs iO) 405: Washington Sta- 
tion, N. C.; released Apr. 29, ’65; discharged June 2, ’65, Con- 
cord. Died June 18, ’08, South Park, Wash. 

Miller, William. Co. F; substitute; born Germany; age 24; cred- 
ited Westmoreland; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out 
Ai 23 Os: 

Millet. Daniel S.** Co. D; born Andover, Mass.; age 26; resident 
Wilton; enlisted July 24, 61; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
24, "64; appointed TeSeneie ‘mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died 
Apr. 25, 83, Washington. 

Miner, George A.** Co. F; born Lyndon, Vt.; age 39; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July 25, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
4, 64; wounded July 4, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. Died May 
10, 65, Wilmington, N. C. 

Mitchell, Albert B.* Co. C; age 19; born and resident Deering; 
enlisted Sept. 4, 61; discharged Sept. 18, 64, Manchester. 

Mitchell, Henry. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; cred- 


ited Orford; mustered in Dec. 31, ’64; deserted Mar. 8, ’65, 
Wilmington, N. C. No good. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. (e! 


Mitchell, Michael.** Co. H; born Cork, Ir.; age 20; resident 
Dracut, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, °64; 
wounded July 12, ’64, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged May 
Binwo5 Concord.) Died Apr 23,03) St Cloud, Minn. 


Mokler, James.* Co. E; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted ‘Sept. Fe, (Hire wounded May 15, ‘64, Drew- 
ry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Awarded “Gilmore 
Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and merito- 
rious conduct during operations before Charleston, SaG@ 


Mokler, William. Co. F; substitute; born Boston, Mass.; age 39; 
credited Bath; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Monahan, John. Co. F; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 21; 
credited Salem; mustered in Dec. 27, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Monehan, Francis M.* Co. H; born Bangor, Me.; age 32; resident 
Kingston; enlisted Sept. 10, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 
Dead. 


Montgomery, Francis W.** Co. B; born Massachusetts; age 41; 
resident Nashua; enlisted Aug. 20, 61; reenlisted Feb. 21, ’64; 
captured May 16, 64. Drewry’s Bluff, Va.: ; escaped Feb. 26, 65; 
ee July 28, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Aug. 26, ’oI, Rock- 
land, Me. 


Moody, Alva E.* Co. A; born Tamworth; age 18; resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; wounded Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va. Died, wounds, Aug. 30, ’64, White Hall, Pa. 


Moody, David M. Co. D; born Charleston, Vt.; age 26; resident 
Lebanon; mustered in Apr. 4, ’62; discharged July 15, ’63, Folly 
Isl, S. C. Died Apr. 2, ’o1, Haverhill. 


Moody, Dearborn S.** Co. C; born Landaff; age 27; resident 
Greenfield; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 17, 
64; credited Hancock; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, 
Petersburg, Va.; discharged Oct. 29, 64, to accept promotion. 
Died Fort Dodge, Kan., I9o9. 


Mooney, James. Co. A; substitute; born England; age 40; resident 
Boston, Mass.; credited Lisbon; mustered in Oct. 23, 763; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 6, 97, Leeds, Eng. 


Mooney, Thomas. Co. G; substitute; born Australia; age 28; resi- 
dent New York City; credited Bath; mustered in Oct. ity, (6) 
missing May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Moore, Charles.* Band; born Lowell, Mass.; age 30; resident Bal- 
lardvale, Mass.; enlisted Sept. 5, 61, as 1 Class Musc.; ap- 
pointed Prin. Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, 
S. €. Died Sept. 2, ’93, Waltham, Mass. 

Moore, Charles. Co. E; substitute; born Germany; age 25; cred- 
ited Warner; mustered in Dec. 19, 64; missing Mar. 16, 765; 
returned; discharged July 8, ’65, Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 
Resides Cleveland, Ohio. Correct name Chas. M. Rome. 

Moore, Charles H.** Co. H; born Hillsborough; age 18; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 18, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; appointed 
Om VinserotaNoween, 64> 1 Li; Coy LaBebmr7ano5 acischansed 
May 15,65. Died Feb. 7, 711, Nashua. 


72 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Moore, Edward P.** Co. K; age 27; born and resident London- 
derry; enlisted Aug. 20, 61; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
24, °64; wounded July 27, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, 
wounds, Aug. 16, ’64. 

Moore, Frederick D.** Co. G; born Warren; age 31; resident 
Goffstown; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; cred- 
ited Manchester; killed May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va 

Moore, Rollins D.** Co. E; born Bedford; age 18; resident Weare; 
enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; mustered in Sept. 18, 61; reénlisted and 
mustered in Jan. I, 64; wounded June 24, 64, near Petersburg, 
Va.; discharged, disabled, Jan. 30, 65, Alexandria, Va. Died 
July 1, ’o5, Portland, Me. 

Moore, Thomas J. Co. D; substitute; born Philadelphia, Pa.; age 
27; credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, ’63; wounded and 
captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Nov. 20, 
64; discharged July 17, ’65, Raleigh, N. Cc 

Morey, Jonathan.* Co. F; born New Hampshire; age 19; enlisted 
Sept. Io, ’61, at Concord; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Jan. 
14, 95, Worcester. 


Morey, Julian A.* Co. I; born Lowell, Mass.; age 23; resident 
Andover; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; discharged Sept. 26, ’64, term 
expired. Died Feb. 11, 89, Andover. 


Morey, Oren F.** Co. I; born Wilmot; age 18; resident Andover; 
enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; reénlisted Jan. I, ’64; credited Wilmot; 
killed May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Morrison, Andrew.** Co. F; born South Boston, Mass.; age 19; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 28. ’64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va; 166 
Co., 2 Batt’l, V. R. C.. Apr. 12, 65; dischareedieaemeet as 
Washington, D. C. 2 N. H. V. Resides Dover. 

Morrison, Charles H.** Co. K; age 25; born and resident Lon- 
donderry; enlisted Aug. 23, °6I, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 
64; captured. Died Dec. 22, 64, Salisbury, N, Gor Nese 


Morrison, Horace B.* Co. D; born Randolph, Mass.; age 22; resi- 
dent Sanbornton; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed Corp. Sept. 
18, 63; Sergt. Nov. 6, 63; discharged Sept? 27, 64. Dead. 

Morrison, Ira W.** Co. I; age 18; born and resident Wilmot; 
enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; credited Andover; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Wilmot. 


Morrison, Thaddeus K.* Co. G; born Springfield, Mass.; age 18; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 19, ‘61; discharged Nov. 
9, 62. Died Nov. 11, ’69, Manchester. 


Morse, Benjamin F.* Co. D; born Bradford, Mass.; age 40; resi- 
dent Haverhill, Mass.; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; wounded July 14, 
64, Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 29, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 
Died Haverhill, Mass. 

Moseley, Frank. Co. C; born Westfield, Mass.; age 18; resident 
and credited Nashua; enlisted Aug. 27, 62; mustered in Aug. 
28, 62; discharged June 20, ’65, Richmond, Va. 

Moses. John H.** Co. D; age 18; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 15, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; credited Can- 
terbury; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died June 5, ’08, San Fran- 
cisco: Gall 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 73 


Mosier, Frank. Co. E; born Quebec, Can.; age 40; credited Plain- 
field; mustered in Nov. 14, 63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va. Died Sept. 5, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 


Mudgett, William S.* Band; born New Boston; age 21; resident 
Weare; enlisted Sept. 10, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered out 
Sepmelowo2,nulton Head) S) G)'18 Ne peeve Died vans 28: 
68, Hopkinton. 


Mulaskey, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 22; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 27, 61; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.;-mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 22, ’81, Sol- 
diers’ Home, Togus, Me. 

Muldoon, Francis, alias Francis McDowell. Co. G; substitute; born 
Ireland;. age 35; resident New York City; credited Enfield; 
mustered in Oct. 15, 63; discharged July 31, ’64, Beaufort, 
S. C. Died Jan. 25, 65, New York City. 


Mullen, George. Co. F; born Ireland; age 20; resident Dover; 
mustered in Feb. 28, 62; wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; discharged Mar. 6, 65, Wilmington, N. C. 


Mullen, John.** Co. G; born Cork, Ir.; age 26; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; mustered in 
Feb. 28, ’64; wounded ee 15, 64, near Bermuda Hundred, 
Va. Died July 20, 64, Philadelphia, Pa. 


Muller, August. Co. F; substitute; born Germany; age 20; cred- 
ited Hillsborough; mustered in Dec. 29, 764; discharged July 
20, 65. Died Togus, Me. 


Munroe, James. Co. D; born Washington, D. C.; age 19; enlisted 
Feb. Bem OSamat Beaufort, S. C.; mustered in Feb. 25, 63; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Murphy, Francis. Co. I; substitute; born Tyrone, Ir.; age 22; resi- 
dent New Brunswick, N. J.; credited Gilmanton; mustered in 
Sept. 29, 63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; escaped 
Dec. 21, 64, Savannah, Ga.; reported to Dept. of the South; 
sent North Dec. 26, 64. 


Murphy, Henry.* Band; born Dover; age 27; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61, as rt Class 
Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Dead. 


Murphy, James. Co. B; born Ireland; age 35; credited Windham; 
mustered in Dec. 23, 63; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; discharged June 13, 65, Manchester. 


Murphy, James. Co. F; substitute; age 19; born and resident 
Kingston, Can.; credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, ’63; 
deserted June 1, 64, City Point, Va. 


Murphy, John. Co. D; ee born Ireland;-age 29; credited 
Hooksett; mustered in Jan. 6, ’65; deserted Mar. 20, ’65, Mag- 
nolia, N. C. No good. 


Murphy, John.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 45; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; discharged Sept. 27, 64, Concord. 
Died Mar. 3, 93, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. 


Murphy, Patrick. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; cred- 
ited Pelham; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
"65. 


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Murphy, Thomas.* Band; age 39; born and resident Baltimore, 


Md.; enlisted Sept. 20, ’61. as 2 Class Musc.; mustered out. 


Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Nov. 19, 67, Baltimore, 
Md. 


Murray, Charles. Co. E; substitute; born Scotland; age 30; resi- 
dent London, Eng.; credited Nashua; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Murray, John. Co. B; substitute; age 21; born and resident Nova 
Scotia; credited Lisbon; mustered in Oct. 21, 63; wounded 
July 5, °64, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged June 28, ’65, 
Smithville, N. C. 

Murtaha, Peter. Co. B; substitute; age 23; born and resident 
Canada; credited Hanover; mustered in Oct. 20, ’63; missing 
July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; returned; wounded 
Sept. 29, 64, New Market Heights, Va. Died, wounds, Oct. 2, 
64, Field Hosp., toth Army Corps, Va. ; 

Myrick, Moses M.** Co. K; age 36; born and resident Windham; 
enlisted Aug. 26, 61; appointed Wagoner; reénlisted Feb. 16, 
we credited Londonderry; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, 

a. 


Neary, Dermott. Co. F; substitute; born Galway, Ir.; age 22; 
credited Wilton; mustered in Dec. 31, 64; mustered out Aug. 
230205; 

Nelson, Charles. Co. F; substitute; born Norway; age 22; cred- 
ited Westmoreland; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; mustered out 
Aig: 23 105: 

Nelson, Sylvester W.* Co. K; age 18; born and resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Oct. 26, ’74, Manchester. 

Neugerman, Alfred. Co. I; born France; age 20; credited Leba- 
non; mustered in Nov. 21, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Newell, Thompson L.* Co. E; born Bow; age 45; resident Man- 
chester; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Dec. 16, ’61. 

Died Nov. 25, ’93, Concord. 

Newton, Charles A.** Co. E; age 18; born and resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. to, 61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 18, ’64; 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Soldiers’ Home, No. Dak. 

Newton, Henry. Co. H; substitute; born East Windsor, Conn.; 
age 41; credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 9, ’63; discharged 
May 109, ’65, Concord. 

Nichols, Grovenor D.* Co. B; born Amherst; age 22; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Sergt.; discharged May 27, ’62, 
Fernandina, Fla. 1 N. H. V. and V. R. C. Resides Nashua. 

Nichols, Herman.* Co. I; born Derry; age 22; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; discharged Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 0, 
*84, Lawrence, Mass. 

Nichols, John. Co. E; substitute; born Spain; age 23; credited 
Winchester; mustered in Dec. 17, ’64; deserted Mar. 31, ’65, 
Magnolia, N. C. No good. 

Nichols, John. Co. F; substitute; born East Indies; age 25; cred- 


ee Groton; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
, 5. 


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Nichols, John F.** Co. B; age 23; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64, as Sergt.; deserted 
mu. 2 oe Boston, Mass. Died July 31, ’83, Auburn, Me. 
TN: 


Nichols, Jonathan P.* Co. I; born Derry; age 21; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; discharged Dec 27a Ol Elton 
Head, Gi ivaiRY GC) | Died Oct. 16, ’72, Salem. 


Nichols, Joseph. Co. I; born Derry; age 24; resident Boston, 
Mass.; credited Exeter; mustered in Dec. 11, ’63; wounded 
ee 64; discharged June 22, ’65, Concord. Resides Boston, 

ass. 


Nichols, Stephen A.* Co. K; born Windham; age 17; resident 
Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 29, {one discharged Apr. 6, 64, 
Beaufort, S. C. Died Feb. 12, ’67, Concord. 


Biehols, William H.* Co. B; age 28; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 2, 61; discharged Apr. 26, 63, Hilton Head, S. C. 
V.R.C. Died Oct. 25, 98, Nashua. 


Nicholson, Alexander. Co. A; substitute; born Scotland; age 27; 
‘resident Calais, Me.; credited Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 23, 
*63; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; exchanged Dec., 
764; discharged Jan. 24, ’65. 


Nickett, John.* Co. B; age 44; resident Kingston; enlisted Sept. 
no) 61; Co. I, 6 V. R. C., Apr. 6, 64; discharged Sept. 21, 764, 
Washington, D. C. Dead. 


Noble, Samuel.* Co. F; born Berwick, Me.; age 24; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; discharged Nov. I, 763, 
Morris Isl., S. C. Died Apr. 11, 792, Audubon, Minn. 


Nolan, John.* Co. A; born Berwick, Me.; age 21; resident South 
Berwick, Me.; enlisted Sept. 3. ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt. 
Feb. 1, ‘62; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Dead. 


Nolan, John.* Co. G; born Montpelier, Vt.; age 24; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 27, 61; captured Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va. Died Dec. 28, ’64, Salisbury, N. C. Awarded “Gil- 
more Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and 
meritorious conduct during operations before Charleston, S.C. 


Nolan, Thomas.* Co. G; born Canada; age 20; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; wounded July 23, 64. Petersburg, Va.; 
mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Nashua. 


Norton, William K.** Co. K; age 20; born and resident Concord; 
enlisted Sept. 18, 61; appointed Q. M. Sergt. Jan. 20, ’64; reén- 
listed Feb. 20, ’64; appointed 2 Lt. July 27, ’64; not mustered; 
aAppomred t It. ‘Co, ©; Nov. 21, *64;/O:) M. Juner2, 7653 not 
mustered; mustered out Aug. 23, 65, as t Lt. Died Jan. 13, ’92, 
Concord. 


Noyes, Byron.* Co. H; age 21; born and resident Atkinson; en- 
listed! Aug. 20, “61, as Sergt.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64, 1 
Neem Ven Died Jian. 3, 07, Boston, Mass: 

Noyes, James H.* Co. B; born Gardner, Mass.; age 25; resident 


Nashua; enlisted Sept. 16, 61; discharged Oct. 19, 61, Annapo- 
lis, Md. Surgeon 6 N. H. V. Resides Ogden, Iowa. 


76 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Noyes, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 20; credited 
Keene; mustered in Dec. 15, 64; deserted Mar. 8, ’65, Wil- 
mington, N. C. No good. 

Noyes, Thomas A.* Co. H; age 19; born and resident Atkinson; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61; discharged Jan. 12, ’62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Died Oct. 27, 82, Haverhill, Mass. 


Nudd, John H.** Co. H; born Dracut, Mass.; age 22; resident 
Concord; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 19, ’64; credited Pelham; killed July 30, 64, mine explo- 
sion, Va. 


Nutting, Charles P.* Co. C; age 24; born and resident New 
Ipswich; enlisted Aug. 29, "61; mustered in Sept. 18, 761; 
wounded July 26, 64, Petersburg, Va.; discharged Sept. 27, *64, 
Concord. Died Mar. 9, ’95, Franklin. 


Nutting, Eben H.* Co. C; born Danville, Vt.; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61, as Corp.; Sergt. July 1, 64; 
mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Jan. 21, ’09, Manchester. 

Nutting, John C.** Co. I; born Ashburnham, Mass.; age 28; resi- 
dent New Ipswich; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 21, 
64; appointed Sergt.; 2 Lt. Aug. 23, ’65; not mustered; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65, as Sergt. Died Dec. 12, 1898, Leomin- 
ster, Mass. 


Oakley, Henry. Co. D; substitute; born Halifax, N. S.; age 21; 
credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged Aug. 9, ’65. 

Oatis, John G. Co. E; substitute; born New Brunswick; age 22; 
credited Derry; mustered in Dec. 20, ’64; discharged June 13, 
65, Concord. 

Ober, Henry S.* Co. C; age 20; born and resident Amherst; en- 
listed Sept. 3, 61. Died Dec. 7, ’61, Hilton Head, S. C. 

O’Brian, John.* Band; born Ireland; age 20; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as 2 Class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 
62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides Townsend, Mass. 

O’Brien, Patrick.** Co. C; born Ireland; age 27; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, 64; discharged Sept. 
13, 65, Hartford, Conn. Died Nov., ’08. 

O’Brien, Peter.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 27; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, 64; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; re- 
leased Feb. 29, 65; discharged July 17, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. 
1 N. H. V. Died Mar. 29, 76, Lawrence, Mass. 

O’Conner, Patrick.* Co. K; born Ireland; age 40; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, 61, Annapo- 
lis, Md. Dead. 

O’Flynn, Michael.* Co. G; age 25; resident Manchester; ap- 
pointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Oct. 2, 62; served in Co. 
C, 1 N. H. V. Died June 29, ’o1, Hampton, Va., Soldiers’ 
Home. 

Oliver, William. Co. D; substitute; born London, Eng.; age 27; 
credited Laconia; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; deserted May 26, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. a 


Olwell, Philip.* Co. D; born Providence, R. I.; age 22; resident 
Harvard, Mass.; enlisted July 31, ’61; appointed Corp.; dis- 
charged, disabled, Nov. 1, 63, Morris Isl., S oi JN TAL, 
Cave 


Omsby, Albert G.** Co. K; born Corinth, Vt.; age 29; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; ap- 
pointed Corp. July 21, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died 
Aug. 26, 96, Bradford, Vt. 

O’Neal, Dennis. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 28; credited 
Portsmouth; mustered in Jan. 2, ’65; deserted Mar. 23, ’65, 
Wilmington, N. C. No good. 


Ordway, Aaron P.* Co. H; born Rumney; age 15; resident Law- 
rence, Mass.; enlisted Sept. 12, 61, as Musc.; discharged Apr. 
2, 63. In 6 Mass. Vol. Resides New York City. 


Ordway, Charles M.** Co. I; born Newburyport, Mass.; age 18; 
resident Chester; enlisted Aug. 17, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; 
credited Derry; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died July 18, ’92, 
Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. 


Osgood, George W. Co. A; born Amherst; age 27; credited Mil- 
ford; mustered in Nov. 25, 63, as Musc.; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. Died Apr. 22, ’98, Amherst. 


Osgood, Henry C.** Co. E; born Woodstock, Vt.; age 18} resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 21, 64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 168 
Co., 2 Batt’l, V. R. C.; discharged, wounds, June 9, ’65, Con- 
cord. Died Oct. 28, ’75, Manchester. 


Osgood, James Y.* Co. A; born Madbury; age 18; resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. I0, ’61; appointed Corp. May 4, ’63; mustered 
out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Barnstead. 

Osgood, Reuben D.* Co. B; born Blue Hill, Me.; age 26; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; U. S. Signal Corps Oct. 13, 63; 
reénlisted Mar. 18, 64; discharged Sept. 5, ’65. Died Jan. 31, 
ot, Turner, Me. 

O’Shaughnessey, Thomas. Co. F; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
Lebanon; mustered in Noy. 14, ’63; discharged July 19, ’64, 
Ft. Monroe, Va. 

O’Sullivan, John P.* Co. B; born Kenmare, Ir.; age 41; resi- 
dent Nashua; enlisted May 17, ’61; discharged, disabled, Feb. 
7, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Died June 12, ’92, Londonderry. 

Owen, David C.** Co. C; born Deering; age 34; resident Deering; 
enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, 64; mustered in Feb. 
28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Mar. 13, ’11, Togus, 
Me. 


Page, Frederick T.* Band; born Sanbornton; age 25; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as 1 Class Musc.; mustered 
out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides Concord. 


Paige, Albert F.** Co. D; age 19; born and resident Gilmanton; 
enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; 
wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed Sergt.- 
Mar. 4, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Gilmanton 
Iron Works. 


78 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Paige, Asa F.** Co. D; age 18; born and resident Gilmanton; 
enlisted Aug. 21, 61; eo Feb. 15, 64; appointed Corp.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. In U. S. Army after war 3 yrs. 
Resides Gilmanton Iron Works. 


Paige, Harlan E.* Co. E; born Goffstown; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Jan. 3, ’66, Manchester. : 


Parker, Addison A.** Co. D; born Boston, Mass.; age 22; resi- 
dent Moultonborough; enlisted July 26, 61; appointed Wagon- 
er; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died 
COG Ny ah 

Parker, Cornelius E.** Co. C; born Walnut Hill, Ohio; age 18; 
resident Deering; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; reénlisted Jan. 30, ’64; 
credited Manchester; discharged Aug. 15, 65, Providence, R. I. 

Parker, Francis W.* Co. E; born Bedford; age 23; resident Man- 
chester; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed Capt. Jan. 17, 
62; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed Lt. 
Col. Jan. 3, 65; captured Apr. 9, 65, between Wilmington and 
Magnolia, N. C.; confined about 3 weeks; released; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Bvt. Col. U. S. V., to date) Maremgy o5,.10r 
faithful and meritorious services. Died Mar. 2, ’o2, Pass 
Christian, Miss. 

Parker, Horace H.* Co. K; born Danville, Vt.; age 39; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 1G) Os discharged Sept. 26, 64, 
Concord. Died June 13, ’ot, Hooksett. 

Parker, John H. Co. K; substitute; born Vermont; age 24; resi- 
dent Elizabeth, N. J.; credited Enfield; mustered in Oct. 
15, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; discharged Oct. 24, ’65. 

Parker, Nathaniel C.* Co. H; born Lebanon, Me.; age 26; resi- 
dent Farmington; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Jan. 6, ’62, 
Hilton Head, S: C. 10 and 18 N. H: V., U, SmaNavyeueed 
Dec. 31, 66, Farmington. 

Parks, Walter. Co. F; substitute; born Nova Scotia; age 20; cred- 
ited Warner; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Parseley, George W.** Co. B; age 28; born and resident Epping; 
enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; credited Ports- 
mouth. Lost at sea from steamer “Admiral Dupont,” June 8, 
65. 

pisces Howard F.* Co. F; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 25; resi- 

dent Somersworth; enlisted July 25, ‘61, as Sergt.; mustered 
out Sept. 27, ’64. Died Dec. I, ‘00, Dover. 

Parsons, Solomon B. G.** Co. F; born Parsonsfield, Me.; age 21; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted July 25, 61; reénlisted Feb. 

64; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides 
Orange, Mass. 

Parton, James. Co. I; substitute; born Lancashire, Eng.; age 34; 
resident, Lawrence, Mass.; credited Gilmanton; mustered in 
Sept. 20, 63; deserted July 5, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Patnode, Augustine. Co. D; substitute; born Canada; age 29; resi- 
dent New York; credited Nashua: mustered in Oct. 6, 763; 
wounded May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Aug. 
23, 765. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 79 


Patterson, James W.* Co. B; born Greensborough, Vt.; age 21; 
resident Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, 61. Died Oct. 25, ’61, Ft. 
Monroe, Va. First death in 4 Regt. 

Paul, James D. Co. G; born Boston, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Wakefield; enlisted Feb, 18, 62; mustered in Feb. 28, ’62; ap- 
pointed Corp.; Co. B, 1 Art., U. S. A., Dec. 2, ’62; killed June 
29, 64, Ream’s Station, Va. 

Pearsons, William L. Co. D; born Maine; age 39; credited North- 
field; enlisted Aug. 26, 62; mustered in Aug. 30, 62; discharged 
July 15, 63, Folly Isl, S.C. Dead. 

Pedden, William. Co. E; substitute; born Scotland; age 28; cred- 
pee Grafton; mustered in Oct. 25, ’64; mustered out Aug. 23. 
, a 

Pelmer, John. Co. D; substitute; born New York; age 36; credited 
Bath; mustered in Jan. 5, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Penault, Alfred. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 20; credited 
Milan; mustered in Apr. 7, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Peno, George. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 19; credited 
Stewartstown; mustered in Apr. 8, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. Resides Manchester. Correct name George Pinard. 

Perkins, Charles H.** Co. B; age 18; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 23; ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; mustered 
Onty is. 23)'65. Died Apr 25, 92; Salem, Mass.) 1 N. Hi. Vi. 

Perkins, David F.** Co. B; born Newburyport, Mass.; age 19; 
resident Portsmouth; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 
64; killed July 26, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Perkins, George H.** Co. B; born Maine; age 22; resident Ports- 
mouth; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; discharged 
June 27, ’65, David’s Isl., N. Y. H. 

Perkins, James H.* Co. A; born Dover; age 21; resident Roches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; deserted June 5, 64, Cold Harbor, 
Va.; reported May o, ’65, under President’s Proclamation; dis- 
charged May 9, 65, Concord. Died July 20, ’03, Farmington. 

Perkins, James S.* Co. F; born Barrington; age 28; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted Aug. 13, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Oct. 2, ’82, 
Somersworth. 

Perkins, Oscar.** Co. E; born Dunbarton; age 21; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 18, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; captured Apr. 9, 65, South 
Washington, N. C.; released Apr. 20, 65; discharged June 5, 
65, Concord. Resides Manchester. 

Perkins, William H.* Co. K; born New Lisbon, N. Y.; age 43; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 11, ’61; discharged Sept. 
12, 62, Beaufort, S. C. Died Aug. 30, ’96, Bristol. 

Perrin, Phineas J.* Co. B; born Wheelock, Vt.; age 40; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Feb. 11, ’62, Hilton 
Head, S.C. Died Mar. 14, 62, Nashua. 

Perron, Peter.** Co. I; born Canada; age 41; resident Canaan; 
enlisted Sept. 14, 61; reénlisted Feb. 14, ’64; wounded July 26, 
64, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged July 20, ’65, Manchester. 
Died Dec. 16, ’92, Franklin, Mass. 


80 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Perry, John. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 24; credited 
Campton; mustered in Oct. 21, 63; deserted Apr. 16, 64, Glou- 
cester Point, Va. 


Pervier, Amasa J.* Co. F; born Franklin, Vt.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 2, 61; discharged Jan. 10, 62. 3 
and 18 N. H. V. Died Jan. 28, ’84, Franklin, Mass. 


Pettee, Richard N.* Co. H; age 27; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Sept. 11, 61. Died Sept. 19, ’62, Beaufort, S. C 

Pettengill, Benjamin F.* Co. K; age 18; born and resident Lon- 
donderry; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; wounded severely and captured 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; paroled Aug. 13, 64; dis- 
charged, wounds, Oct. 5, 64, Annapolis, Md. Resides Derry 
Depot. 

Philbrick, Charles E.* Co. E; age 18; born and resident Alton; 
enlisted Sept. 4, 61; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Va.; 
discharere Sept. 27, ’64. Resides Haverhill, Mass. 1 N. H 

av. 

Philbrick, James A.* Co. B: born Nashua; age 18; resident Merri- 
mack; enlisted acne 4, ’61; wounded July 26, ’64, near Peters- 
eee Va.; Aug. 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; discharged Sept. 

"64. Resides Cues ht, 


Ls ee Thomas P.* Co. E; born Sanbornton; age 26; peadent 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 
died Dec. 26, ’66, Sanbornton. 


Pickering, Frank.** Co. D; born Meredith; age 21; resident 
Laconia; enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; credited 
Gilford; wounded and captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; paroled; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. Died Nov. 3, 783, 
Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. a 

Pickering, Sylvester.** Co. D; born Meredith; age 19; resident 
Laconia; enlisted Aug. 14, "61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; wounded 
June 6, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Burned to death Oct. 7, ’o4, Meredith. 

Pickett, John.** Co. G; born Galway County, Ir.; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 19, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 7, ’05, Laconia. 


Pierce, Eben H.** Co. A; born Lebanon, Me.; age 35; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; discharged Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Resides Lebanon, Me. 

Pierce, George.* Co. B; born Sebec, Me.; age 28; enlisted Aug. 22, 
61; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged 
Sept. 27, ’64, Concord. Died Nov. 5, ’99, Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me. 

Pierce, George W.** Co. F; born South Berwick, Me.; age 20; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, 61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 
64; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; deserted Apr. 16, 64, Concord. 


Pierce, James B.* Co. A; born Somersworth; age 20; resident 
Lebanon, Me.; enlisted Sept. 13, ’61; discharged Dec. 14, 62, 
Beautort, Ss: €, Dead: 

Pierce, John F.* Co. B; age 26; born and resident South Berwick, 
Me.; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Dec. 28, 62, Beaufort, 
SCs Dead 


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Pierce, Nelson J.* Co. K; born Clyde, N. Y.; age 19; resident 
poe chester: enlisted Sept. 7, 61; killed June 5, 64, Cold Har- 
or, Va 


Pike, Francis H.* Non-Com. Staff; born Newport; age 36; resi- 
dent Manchester; gute Sept. 3, ’61, (Fife Maj.); mustered 
Guimoepia LoO,o2) TN. El. V- andi2 Brig. Band. Died Dec. 16, 
03, Manchester. 


Pike, Warren G.* Co. K; born Salisbury, Mass.; age 37; resident 
Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; wounded severely Oct. 22, 
62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; discharged July 22, ’63, New York City. 
Died Sept. 9, ’88, Haverhill, Mass. 


Pillsbury, Moses W.* Co. E; age 20; born and resident Strafford; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; discharged Oct. 26) 63) Morrisuisien Ss © 
Died Nov. 9, 63, Concord. 


Pillsbury, William S.* Co. I; born Sutton; age 28; resident Lon- 
donderry; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; resigned Oct. 20, ’6I. 
9 Inf. and 1 H. Art., N. H. V. Resides Londonderry. 


Pinkham, John O.** Co. A: born Alton; age 30; resident New 
Durham; enlisted Se~*. *2 ‘61; reénlisted Feb. 28, ’64; cap- 
tured Aug. 16, °64, Deep Bottom, Va.; paroled; discharged 
June 2, 6s, Annapolis, Md. Died Mar. 14, ’79, Concord. 


Piper, Nathaniel.* Co. D; born Morgan, Vt.; age 29; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 25, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Aug. I, 796, Manchester. 


Piper, Stedman W.** Co. I; born Lancaster, Mass.; age 17; resi- 
dent Peterborough; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; reénlisted Jan. I, 64; 
deserted June 5, 64, Cold Harbor, Va. Died Feb. 25, ’11, Ster- 
ling, Mass. 

Piper, Volney.* Co. E:; born Orange, Mass.; age 23; resident 
Richmond; enlisted Sept. 16, 61, as Corp.; appointed Q. M. 
Seret. Dec. 2, 62; discharged May 9g, ’63, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Resides East Templeton, Mass. 

Piper, William H. Age 21; born, resident, and credited Meredith; 
enlisted Sept. 14, ’62; mustered in Oct. 2, ’62; appointed Hosp. 
Steward Oct. 2, ’62; wounded Jan. 16, ’65, explosion of maga- 
zine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Apr. 
27 Os, Ovando, Ela. 

Place, Josiah S.* Co. D; age 18; born and resident Alton; enlisted 
Sept. rome Died Dec: 6; 761, Hilton Heads: 

Place, Washinston N. G. Co. D; age 18; born and Fesident Alton; 
credited Gilmanton; mustered in Feb. 15, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. Resides Seattle, Wash. 

Platts, Thomas B.** Co. K; born Londonderry; age 35; resident 
Auburn; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; dis- 
charged Aug. 23, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Nov. 11, ’87, Man- 
chester. 

Plumer, Charles H.** Co. E; age 30; born and resident Alton; 
enlisted Sept. 4, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 21, 64; appointed 
Sergt.; wounded Jan. 15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; appointed 2 Tet: 
Mar. 1, 65; not mustered; discharged May to, 65. as Sergt., 
Manchester. Died Jian 2) 7872) Soldiers: Home, Togus, Me. 
Color Bearer. 


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Plumer, Joseph H.* Co. A; age 20; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Sept. 2, *61, as Corp.; discharged Oct. 26, ’63, Morris - 
Ish, S.2@) rT Ness Veo Died sDecrow oa 


Pocquet, Michael. Co. E; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 24; 
resident Bytown, Can.; credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, 
63; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; escaped and 
reported Feb. 10, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died ’72, 
Montreal, Can. 


Porter, Samuel A.* Band; age 18; born and resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 
62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died May 22, ’74, Manchester. 


Potter, Frank L.* Co. D; age 18; born and resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 12, 61; killed July 8, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Potter, Henry M.** Co. C; born Rindge; age 22; resident Milford; 
enlisted Aug. 19, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; killed May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 


Potter, John. Co. A; substitute; born England; age 33; resident 
Boston, Mass.; credited Enfield; mustered in Oct. 15, °63; 
deserted Apr. 22, ’64, Gloucester Point, Va. 


Powell, Peter. Co. H; age 25; credited Concord; mustered in 
Dec. 23, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Powell, Russell W. Co. D; born Candia; age 19; credited Wind- 
ham; mustered in Dec. 29, 63. Died Sept. 15, ’64, David’s Isl., 
IN Y Ets 

Powers, John H. Co. D; born Compton, Can.; age 21; credited 
Manchester; enlisted Nov. 18, ’62; mustered in Nov. 19, ’62; 
wounded June 15, 64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Baraboo, Wis. . 


Pray, Amasa.* Co. F; age 23; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Sept. 8, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 7, 
‘o9, Rochester. 

Pray, Frank E.* Co. A; age 25; born and resident Farmington; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as Musc.; discharged Oct. 26, 63, Morris 
Isl,1S: GC) Died '63,/ Milton) jelead |S: )C 


Premo, Paul. Co. H; substitute; born Canada; age 34; credited 
Piermont; mustered in Oct. 15, ’63; furloughed Oct. 31, 64, 
from Base Hosp., to A. C. 

Presby, Winthrop L. Co. D; age 26; born and credited North- 
field; enlisted Aug. 21, 62; mustered in Aug. 30, 62; killed 
July 27, 64, near Petersburg, Va. j 


Prescott, Harlan P.* Co. I; born Lowell, Mass.; age 21; resident 
Andovet: enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; appointed Corp. Dec. 31, ‘61; 
Sergt. May 1, ’63; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Awarded “Gil- 
more Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and 
meritorious conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 
Died Nov. 11, ’1o, Tilton. 

Prescott, Samuel H.** Co. D; born Epping; age 20; resident 
Laconia: enlisted Aug. 12, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; reen- 
listed Feb. 18, 64; credited Gilford; appointed 1 Sergt.; I et 
Feb. 17, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides at Concord. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 8&3 


Pullen, Frank. Co. D; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 21; 
credited Conway; mustered in Jan. 3, ’65; discharged June 9, 
65, New Berne, N. C. Died Apr. 7, 08, Portland, Me. 


Putnam, Abiel E. Co. D; born Wilton; age 26; credited Wilton; 
enlisted Aug. 9, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, 62. Died Aug., ’64, 
on hosp. boat, en route to Ft. Monroe, Va. 


Putnam, Byron.* Co. C; born Lyndeborough; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 30, ‘61; discharged July 5, ’62, Hil- 
ton Head, S. C.; captured Nov., 61. Died Mar. 4, ’03, Lynde- 
borough. 


Putnam, Jerome. Co. C; born Mason; age 25; credited Wilton; 
enlisted Aug. 21, 62; mustered in Aug. 22, 62; discharged 
Nov. 20, 62, Washington, D. C. Resides Nashua. 

Putnam, Levi.* Co. E; born Lyndeborough; age 19; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; discharged, disabled, July 14, 
63, Folly Isl., S. C. Resides Milford. 

Putnam, Samuel.* Co. IX; age 47; born and resident New Boston; 
enlisted Aug. 10, ’61; discharged Aug. 22, ’62, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died Feb. 1, ’73, New Boston. 


Putnam, Samuel A., Jr.* Co. D; born Chateaugay, N. Y.; age 21; 
resident Wilton; enlisted Aug. 10, ’61; discharged, disabled, 
Sept. 26, 62, Beaufort, S. C. Resides Hyannis, Mass. 


Quimby, Benjamin K.* Co. I; age 25; born and resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died Feb. 
23, 07, Lawrence, Mass. 

Quimby, George F.** Co. H; age 23; born and resident Kingston; 
enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; 
appointed Sergt.; 1 Lt. Co. I, Nov. 9, 64; Capt. Feb. 17, ’65; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Newton. 

Quimby, John W.** Co. A; born Rochester; age 21; resident 
Dover; enlisted Aug. 20, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; mustered 
in Feb. 28, 64; deserted Apr. 7, 64, Concord. Died Jan. 20, ’72. 

Quinley, Benjamin F.* Co. E; born Braintree, Vt.; age 27; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61. Died Jan. 1, 64, Hilton 
Head, S. C. 

Quinlan, Patrick. Co. G; born Ireland; age 29; credited Ports- 
mouth; drafted and mustered in Aug. 10, ’63; deserted June 5, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. 

Quinn, Frank.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 41; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; V. R. C. Died May 1, ’67, Nashua. 

Quinn, James.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 44; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 23, ’61; discharged Feb. 7, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 
Dead. : 

Quinn, John.* Co. G; born Treland; age 19; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 22, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 

Quinn, Patrick.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 28; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 23, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 


Ramear, Joseph. Co. A; substitute: born Bolton, Can.; age 20; 
resident Canaan; credited Holderness; mustered in Oct. 21, ’63; 
168 Co., 2 Batt’l, V. R. C., Apr. 17, 65; discharged July 24, ’65, 
Concord. Resides Canaan. 


84 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Rand, Perley B.** Co. C; born Stanstead, Can.; age 22; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 
20) "64; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; released 
Feb. 26, ’65; appointed Sergt. June 109, ’65; discharged July 28, 
65» Raleigh, N. C. 1 N. H. V. Died May 14, ’87, Bitch Bay, 

Q. 


Randall, Aaron.* Co. F; born Somersworth; age 21; enlisted July 
31, “61, at Concord: Co1B, DeATt lO Ssae Jan. 21, %3; dis- 
charged Feb. 27, ’64, Ft. Independence, B. ine Mass. 


Randall, Albert S.** Co. D; born Centre Harbor; age 19; resi- 
dent Gilford; enlisted July 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; ap- 
pointed Corp.; Sergt. July 1, 765; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 
Resides Franklin. 

Randall, Daniel C.* Co. 1; born New Brunswick; age 36; resident 


Haverhill; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; discharged, disabled, Nov. 17, 
62, Beaufort, S. C. 9 N. H. V. Died Mar. 18, 64, Camp Nel- 


son, Ky. 
Randall, George. Co. F; substitute; born Maine; age 22; resident 
Washburne, —, credited Lyndeborough; mustered in Oct. 15, 


63; wounded Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; discharged, dis- 
abled, June 22, ’65, Concord. Died Mar. 3, ’03, Washington, 
IDRC, 


Randall, Horace.* Co. F; age 22; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Aug. 15, ’61; discharged, disabled, Jan. 9, 62. 2 and 9 
N. H. V. Died Aug. 2, ’09, Haverhill, Mass. 

Raney, Joseph.* Co. I; born Derby, Vt.; age 22; resident Haver- 
hill; enlisted Aug. 30, ’61. Died Sept. 28, ’63,: Beaufort, S. C. 


Rankin, Charles O.** Co. F; born Lebanon, Me.; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted July Git Moje reénlisted Feb. 17, 704s 
wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Va.; discharged Jan. 30, 
65, Philadelphia, Pa. 


Read, Joseph. Co. A; substitute; born England; age 24; credited 
Alstead; mustered in Dec. 21, 64; deserted Mar. 12, 65, Wil- 
mington, N. C. No good. 


Read, William T. Co. F; substitute; born Massachusetts; age 31; 
credited Plainfield; enlisted Dec. 28, ’64; mustered in Dec. 28, 
64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Reardon, Michael.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 28; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 


Reardon, Timothy.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 2q; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; captured Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va. Died May 1, ’65, Columbia, Ga. 


Reath, Terrence. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 22; credited 
Newport; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Reed, Charles H.* Co. E; age 20; born and resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 20, ’61, as Sergt.; discharged Apr. 27, ’63, Con- 
Cord. Died Sept. 28) 102) Manchester. 1 N. Eve 

Reed, James P.* Co. I; born Lyme; age 27; resident Wilmot; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61: Co.: 1, 131. ‘C., Oct. 7, 163s ¥discharaed 
Jan. 19, ’64, Portsmouth Grove, R. I. Resides Danbury. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 8d 


Reed, John. Co. D; substitute; born Blackburn, Eng.; age 23; 
credited Ossipee; mustered in Jan. 5, ’65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 05. 

Reed, Richard.* Co. D; born Gardner, Mass.; age 19; resident 
Pepperell, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; Battery M, 1 Art. 
U. S. A., Nov. 4, 62; discharged Aug. 14, ’64. 

Remick, John B.** Co. F; born Clinton, Me.; age 36; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
mustered in Feb. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Oldest 
survivor. Resides Somersworth. 


Resmursen, Lars. Co. D; born Norway; age 20; credited Farm- 
ington; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; 
deseried July 6, 65. 

Reynolds, William B.* Co. D; born Epping; age 37; resident 
Charlestown, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged Aug. 5, 
‘62, St. Augustine, Fla. Died Apr. 3, ’00, Center Harbor. 

Reynolds, William H.** Co. G; born Sidney, Me.: age 19; resi- 
dente \Wwanchester, enlisted Sept. 2) 61; Con My reArt. Uns) Ay 
Jan. 17, ’63; reenlisted Feb. 1, 64; discharged Feb. 1, °67, Ft. 
Hamilton, N. Y. H. 40 yrs. in U. S. service. Died Oct..15, ’08, 
Washington, D. C. 

Rich, William.* Co. F; born Hallowell, Me.; age 18; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted July 27, 61; appointed Corp.; discharged 
timers OA St. Josepis Hosp, Ni Awarded “Gilmore 
Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritori- 
ous conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. Lost 
leg. Resides Berwick, Me. 

Richards, Charles. Co. K; substitute; born Rochester; age 18; 
resident Farmington; credited Enfield; mustered in Oct. 15, 
63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Sept. Io, *11, Soldiers’ 
Home, Tilton. 

Richards, Charles F.** Co. F; born Newburyport, Mass.; age 22; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted July 31, ‘61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 
764; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Providence, R. I. 

Richards, Joseph B.** Co. F; born Salem, Me.; age 18; enlisted 
Aug. 10, ’61, at Somersworth; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; credited 
Farmington; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
paroled Feb. 26, ’65; exchanged; discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 
Resides Lewiston, Me. 


Richards, Nelson.** Co. G; age 22; born and resident Goffstown; 
enlisted Aug. 20, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; appointed Sergt.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Burned to death July, 13) 707; 
Goffstown, 


Richards, Robert.* Co. G; age 26; born and resident Goffstown; 
enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; discharged May 9, ’62, St. Augustine, Fla.; 
reénlisted and mustered in Nov. 27, 63; wounded severely; dis- 
charged June 11, ’65, Baltimore, Md. 1 and 15 N. H. V. Lost 
arm. Died Jan. 16, 97, Goffstown. 

Richardson, Carlton C.** Co. E; born Burke, N. Y.; age 29; resi- 
dent Auburn; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; cred- 
ited Manchester; appointed Corp.; captured June 15, ’64, near 
Bermuda Hundred, Va.; released; discharged May 30, ’65, Con- 
cord. Died May 8, °87, Manchester. Awarded “Gilmore 
Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritori- 
ous conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 


86 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Richardson, Henry K.* Co. E; born Vershire, Vt.; age 37; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61; killed May 16, 64, Drew- 
ry’s Bluff, Va. 

Richardson, Martin V. B.* Co. C; born Lowell, Mass.; age 22; 
resident Manchester; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, ’6r; appointed 
Capt. Sept. 12, 64; not mustered; discharged Sept. 17, 64, as 
I Lt. Died Oct. 22, 85, Worcester, Mass. 1 N. H. V. Capt. 
Hancock Vet. Corps. 

Richardson, Milton.* Co. C; born Hillsborough; age 38; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; discharged Oct. 26, ’62, Beau- 
fort, S: C. Died Feb. 11, ’81, Nashua. 

Ricker, Charles E.* Co. A; age 19; born and resident Rochester; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61; discharged Sept. 20, 63, Morris Isl., S. C. 
Resides Rochester. 

Ricker, Oliver P. Co. A; born Bartlett; age 18; credited Dover; 
enlisted Aug. 16, 62; mustered in Aug. 18, 62; appointed Corp. 
Mar. 1, ’65; Sergt. May 1, ’65; discharged June 15, ’65, Raleigh, 
N. C. Died Feb. 7, ’92, Tilton. 

Riley. James. Co. G; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Hanover; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; appointed Corp.; Sergt. July 
20, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Riley, William. Co. A; substitute; born Londonderry, Ir.; age 23; 
credited Gilford; mustered in Sept. 29, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
764; deserted May 31, ’64. 

Roberts, Isaac H.* Co. H; age 25; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Aug. 28, ’61; appointed Corp.; discharged Oct. 5, ’63, 
Morris Isl, S: C.. 1 N. H. V. Died Nov: 14) e63%ebtavernule 
Mass. 

Rober‘s,; John. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 30; credited 
Haverhill; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64. 
Roberts, John H.* Co. A; born Ossipee; age 22; resident Dover; 
enlisted Aug. 29, ’61, as I Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. Co. D, May 1, 
62; 1 Lt. Oct. 7, 762; Capt. Nov. 0, 64; mustered out sAuc wes, 
65. Appointed Maj. U. S. V. by bvt., for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct at the storming of Ft. Fisher, N. C., to date 
from Mar. 13,65. 1 N. H. V. Died Jan. 7, ’05, Malden, Mass. 

Roberts, William. Co. D; substitute; born England; age 21; cred- 
ited Ossipee; mustered in Jan. 5, 65; captured and released 
Apr. 13, ’65; discharged June 26, ’65, Concord. 

Robinson, Charles A.* Co. B; age 19; born and resident Hudson; 
enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 
Died Jan. 20, ’67. 

Robinson, Charles E.** Co. F; born Londonderry; age 18; en- 
listed Sept. 3, ’61, at Concord; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; credited 
Concord; mustered out Aug. 23, 65: Died Apr. 9, ’70, Beverly, 
Mass. 

Robinson, George H.** Co. F; born Londonderry; age 21; enlisted 
Sept. 3, 61, at Concord; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; credited Lon- 
donderry; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died 
Dec. 12, 07, Goffstown. 

Robinson, George W.* Co. E; born Exeter; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; discharged Sept. 28, 62, Beau- 
fort, S.C. Died Apr. 23, ’73, Manchester. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 87 


Robinson, William E.* Co. C; born Grafton; a [: i 
en a easier Aug. 20, ’61; mustered eee: eGn 
ischarged May 3, 62, St. Augustine, Fla. V. ticide 
Aug. 7, 68, Manchester. 5 Fe ee 

Beck ee cranaer: Co. ‘ Ss born Canada; age 20; credited 

averhill; mustered in Oct. 23, ’63; discl 62 
Beaufort, S. C. Bee eee Career ea 

Rogers, James. Co. A; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
Goffstown; mustered in Sept. 1, 63; deserted June 6, ’64, White 
House Landing, Va. 

Rogers, John. Co. E; substitute; born Boston, Mass.; age 18; 
credited Weare; mustered in Sept. 2, 63; deserted June 23, ’64, 
near Petersburg, Va. 

Rogers, Nathaniel P.* Band; born Plymouth; age 23; resident 
Gilford; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61, as I 
Class Musc.; discharged Dec. 26, 61, Hilton Head, S. C. Died 
Dec. 1, ’06, Tucson, Arizona. 

Rogers, Stephen H.** Co. A; born Alton; age 19; resident Farm- 
ington; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, *64; credited 
Rochester. Died Jan. 13, 65, Pt. of Rocks, Va. 2 N. H. V. 

Rollins, Alphonso.** Co. D; age 18; born and resident Rollinsford; 
enlisted Sept. 10, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, 64; credited Dover; 
gproiuted Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Portland, 

e. 

Rollins, Daniel W.* Co. C; born Canada; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; cap- 
tured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; exchanged Feb. 24, °65; 
discharged May 12, 65, Concord. 1 N. H. V. Died Mar. 6, ’05, 
West Bolton, P. Q. 

Rollins, John T.** Co. A; born New Hampshire; age 35; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; reenlisted Feb. 25, ’64; cap- 
tured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Died Dec. 21, 64, Libby 
prison, Richmond, Va. 

Rollins, Kimball W.** Co. H; born Springfield; age 18; enlisted 
Sept. 5, “61, at Manchester; reénlisted Mar. 10, 64; credited 
Bradford; wounded July 30, '64, mine explosion, Petersburg, 
Va.; Mar. 10, 65, at Webster Gen. Hosp., Manchester. 1 N. H. 
V. Died Dec. 3, 90, Waterbury, Conn. 

Rose, Joseph F.* Co. A; born Limington, Me.; age 23; resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; wounded Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, 
S. C.; discharged Mar. 4, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Died, ’88, George- 


town, Wis. 

Rowe, George W.* Co. A; born Barrington; age 22; resident 
Strafford; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; discharged Sept. 20, ’63, Morris 
fieleSe G2. Died Heb: 6; 83, Philadelphia, Pa. I Inf, TAL OW 

Rowe, George W.** Co. F; born Gray, Me.; age 18; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted July 29, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; wounded 
July 28, ’64, Petersburg, Va.; discharged June 2, ’65, Concord. 
Died May It, ’10, Strafford. 


Rowel, Enos S.* Co. K; born Bath; age 45; resident Franklin; 


enlisted July 31, 61; Co. K, 10 V.R. C. July 15, 63. Died Mar. 


27,64, David’s Isl., IN@e Yi Ele 


88 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Rowell, Moses D.* Co. H; age 30; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Sept. 2, 61; 1 Co., 2 Batt) 1. ©.) Sept. 2omsogssGarmtieuia 
Regt., V. R. C.; 41 Co., 2 Batt’l, V. R. C.; discharged Sept. 18, 
64, Hartford, Conn. Died Sept. 28, ’o2, Salem. 

Rowell, Walter B.* Co. H; age 23; born and resident Salem; en- 
listed Aug. 19, 61, as Corp. Died Oct. 9, 62, Salem. 

Rowen, Patrick H.**° Co. D; born Ireland; age 22; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 30, 61; reénlisted Feb. 14, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Apr. 5, ’03, Laconia. 

Roxborough, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 35; cred- 
ited Sutton; mustered in Nov. 16, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Rumsey, George.** Co. D; born Canada; age 18; resident Frank- 
lin; enlisted Sept. 10, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; killed June 
28, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Runnals, Dana.** Co. G; born Portland, Me.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; mius- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Died May 6, ’93, Owasso, Mich. 


Runnals, George A.* Co. G; born Portland, Me.; age 19; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61, as 
Corp.; appointed Sergt. Dec., 61; 1 Sergt. May 25, 63; wound- 
ed July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; discharged 
Sept. 27, ’64, Concord. Died Jan. 11, ’69, Portland, Me. 


Runnals, John S.** Co. A; age 18; born and resident New Dur- 
ham; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; wounded 
June 15, 64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; appointed Corp.; 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65. Dead. 

Runnels, Samuel H.* Co. A; born Gilmanton; age 29; resident 
Loudon; enlisted Aug. 30, 61, as Sergt.; wounded May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. 1 Color Bearer. 
Died. July to, 78, Manchester. 1 N. H. V. 

Runnels, William B.* Co. D; born Barnstead; age 31; resident 
Laconia; enlisted Sept. 6, 61. Died Dec. 14, ’63, St. Augustine, 
Fla. 

Russell, Charles H. Co. D; age 21; born and resident Wilton; 
enlisted Aug. 12, ’62; mustered in Aug. 21, ’62; discharged 
Nov. 30, 63, Portsmouth Grove, R. I. Died Jan. 2, ’71, Wilton. 


Russell, Daniel S.* Co. E; born Sutton; age 31; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; discharged Dec. 24, ’61, Hilton 
Head, S. C. Resides Fall River, Mass. 

Ryan, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Rumney; mustered in Dec. 19, 64; deserted July 17, 65, 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Sadowski, Joseph, alias Frank Sadowski. Co. B; substitute; born 
Russia; age 28; resident New York City; credited Haverhill; 
mustered in Oct. 20, 63; wounded severely June 16, 64, near 
Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, July 8, 64, Portsmouth Grove, 
1a 


Salesbury, James C. Co. K; substitute; age 20; resident Nan- 
tucket, Mass.; credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 16, 63; 
captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Aug. 12, ’64, 
Andersonville, Ga. 


Pourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 89 


Sanborn, Abram S.* Co. G; born Salisbury; age 40; resident Man- 
Sete enlisted Sept. 5, 61. Died Sept. 3, 62, St. Augustine, 
a. 


Sanborn, Daniel B.* Co. H; age 26; resident Hill; enlisted Aug. 31, 
61. Died Sept. 12, 62, Fernandina, Fla. 

Sanborn, Daniel F.* Co. H; born Canaan; age 23; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Sept. 2, 61. Died Jan. 22, 62, on steamer 
“Atlantic,” en route from Port Royal, S. C., to New York City. 


Sanborn, James O.* Co. 1; born Webster; age 18: resident Camp- 
ton; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; appointed Corp. Died Nov. 1262" 
Hilton) Elead: S.C. 

Sanborn, John W.* Co. D; age 18; born and resident Sanbornton 
enlisted Aug. 26, 61; wounded Sept., ’63, Morris Isl., S 4s 
appointed Corp. Nov. 2, ’63; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. Resides 
Greeley, Col. 

Sanborn, True, Jr.* Co. I; age 37; born and resident Chichester; 
‘appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, (61; 1 Wt. oy Ke june) 12.62.) Capt. 
Aug. 15, 62; discharged Nov. 2, 64. Resides Chichester. 

Sanborn, William H.** Co. K; born Goffstown; age 21; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 4, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Chicago, III. 


Sanders, Andrew. Co. E; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 
24; credited Hillsborough; mustered in Dec. 21, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Sarchfield, David.** Co. B; born Cork, Ir.; age 35; resident Ber- 
wick, Me.; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; cred- 
ited Portsmouth; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Oct. 8, ’86, 
Rollinsford. 

Sargent, Alonzo J.** Co. D; age 26; born and resident Hill; en- 
listed July 26, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
18, 64; credited Franklin; killed Sept. 29, 64, New Market 
Heights, Va. 

Sargent, Harrison H. Co. H; born Warner; age 26; resident and 
credited Franklin; mustered in Aug. 6, 62; discharged June I5, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. Resides Lebanon. 

Sargent, Henry W.* Co. E; born Epsom; age 25; resident North- 
wood; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, 61; mustered 
out Sept. 27, 64. Died Mar. 3, 69, Suncook. 

Sargent, Hezekiah S.* Co. C; born Hubbardston, Mass.; age 44; 
resident Brookline; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; discharged Oct. 26, 
763, Morris Isl., S. C. Dead. 

Sargent, Julius M.* Co. H; age 18; born and resident New Lon- 
don; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; discharged July 12, ’63, Folly Isl., 
S.C. V.R. C. Resides Stoneham, Mass. 

Sargent, Larkin.* Co. E; born Bow; age 42; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; discharged Mar. 24, ’63, Beaufort, S. C. 
V. R. C. Died Nov. 6, ’85, Manchester. 

Sarsons, Eleazer L.** (Co. C; born Lyme; age 25; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; missing 
May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; gained from missing; ap- 
pointed 1 Sergt.; 1 Lt. Co. A, Feb. 17, ’65; Capt. Co. F, June 
2, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Resides Lemp- 
ster. 


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90 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


' Saunders, Frederick H.** Co. B; born Townsend, Mass.; age 22; 
resident Nashua; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; 
appointed Corp.; wounded Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; Jan. 
16, 65, explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; appointed 
Sergt. Mar. 1, 65; discharged July 20, ’65. Resides Candia. 
Sawyer, Charles W.* Co. A; age 28; born and resident Dover; 
appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed Maj. Dec. 1, 63; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, wounds, June 
22,049) COnGOTGsant sy Ne Elam\ i, 

Sayers, Daniel. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Warner; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Scales, Royal.* Co. H; age 44; born and resident Canterbury; 

colisecd Aug. 20, ’61; discharged Nov. 8, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 
ead. 

Scarlett, William. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 21; cred- 
ited Swanzey; mustered in Dec. 27, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. Resides Brookside, Ala. : 

Schelleng, George E.* Co. B; age 18; born and resident King- 
eS enlisted Sept. 4, ’61. Died Dec. 12, ’61, Hilton Head, 


Schofield, Lawrence. Co. F; substitute; born England; age 25; 
credited Stoddard: mustered in Dec. 20, 64; deserted Mar. 13, 
65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Schuyler. August. Co. G; substitute; born Holland; age 23; cred- 
ited Stoddard; mustered in Mar. 31, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. Resides Dover. 

Scott, William. Co. F; substitute; born Scotland; age 23; credited 
Pelham; mustered in Dec. 31, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Seaver, Robert A.* Co. C; born Monson, Mass.; age 34; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. 
Co. E. Nov. 13, ’62; resigned June 24, ’63. Blind. Resides 
Manchester. 

Seavey, Charles L.* Co. C; born Raymond; age 18; resident 
Chester; enlisted Aug. 23, 61. Died Nov. 25, ’61, Hilton Head, 
Suc 


Senecal, Eldrick.** Co. A; born Napierville, Can.; age 26; resi- 
dent Farmington; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; 
deserted Apr. 7, 64, Concord. Died Feb. 3, ’97, Bath, N. Ve 

Seward, Orrin G.** Co. D; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Gilmanton; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; reénlisted Feb. 21, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 6s. Died Mar. 18, ’09, 
Concord. % 

Shackley, George.* Co. A; born Berwick, Me.; age 18; resident 
Dover: enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; wounded severely Oct. 22, 62, 
Pocotaligo. S. C.; discharged Feb. 17, 63, Beaufort, S. C. 
V7 RG" Died) Oct 16) 75uDover ‘ 

, Edward. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 35; cred- 

mnie Webster: mustered in Dec. 20, 64; deserted Mar. 9, 65, 
Wilmington, N. C. No good. nde : ‘te 
non, Joseph. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 26; cre ite 

aes oe asorcd in Dec, 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 91 


Shapleigh, Martin L.* Co. A; age 21; born and resident Dover; 
enlisted Aug. 30, “61, as Corp.; mustered out Septi27,0 04: 
IN. H. V. Died Feb. 22, ’95, Hampton, Va. 

Sharples, William, alias John Smith. Co. D; substitute; born 
Blackburn, Eng.; age 22; credited Ossipee; mustered in Jan. 
5, 65; discharged July 8, ’65, New York City. 

Shattuck, Alfred.* Co. B; born Mont Vernon; age 27; resident 
Milford; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27; 764. 
Died Jan. 3, ’02, Nashua. 

Shattuck, James W.* Co. D; age 42; born and resident Pepperell, 
Mass.; enlisted July 24, 61; discharged May 3, ’62, St. Augus- 
tine, Fla. Go. F, 1 N. H. H. Art. Dead. 

Shattuck, Jokn B.* Co. I; age 26; born and resident New Ipswich; 
enlisted Sept. 5, 61. Died Aug. 9, ’63, Morris Isl., S. C. 

Shaughnesey, Michael.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 20, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, ’64; captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; re- 
leased Oct. 9, 64; discharged July 17, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died 
small-pox, Jan. 31, ’72, Manchester. 

Shea, John.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 19; resident Manchester; 
enlisted Sept. 16, 61; wounded severely Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotali- 
COmomeCrnCouMn m Art, Ul S vAlaiianeam Ostelent on tield 
severely wounded and was captured Feb. 20, ’64, Olustee, Fla. 
Died of wounds. 

Sheehan, Peter. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 35; credited 
Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 19, 63; deserted Apr. 6, ’65. 

Sheppard, John. Co. A; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited’ 
Lyndeborough; mustered in Sept. 1, 63; deserted Nov. 14, 64, 
White House, Va. 

Sherer, William.* Co. K; born Deering; age 50; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. I, ’61. Died Nov. 5, ’61, on steamer 
“Baltic.” Buried at sea. 

Sherman, James. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 24; cred- 
ited Candia; mustered in Dec. 14, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Shine, Lawrence. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; credited 
Freedom; mustered in Jan. 2, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Shipley, Benjamin.** Co. K; born Ludlow, Mass.; age 41; resident 
Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 764. 
Died June 7, ’65, on steamer “Ben DeFord.” 

Shoemaker, Theodore. Co. I; substitute; born Prussia; age 23; 
credited Canaan; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; deserted June I, ’64, 
White House, Va. 

Shore, James. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 21; credited 
Newton; mustered in Nov. 16, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Resides Klamath Falls, Ore. 

Short, John. Co. H; born Scotland; age 22; credited Portsmouth; 
mustered in Dec. 30, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; discharged 
Sept. 3, 765. 

Short, William G.** Co. F; age 28; born and resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. 10, 80, Dover. 


92 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Silver, Daniel.* Co. D; born Hopkinton; age 24; resident Milford; 
enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, Annapolis, Md. 


Simmons, Frederick. Co. D; substitute; born Newfoundland; age 
22; credited Bradford; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; mustered out 
Ngee Ds, “oys} 

Simonds, Aaron W.* Co. C; born Fitchburg, Mass.; age 24; resi- 
dent Londonderry; enlisted Aug. 8, 61. Died Oct. 21, ’63, Mor- 
ris, isle 1S: GC 

Simonds, John G.* Co. B; born Jamaica, Vt.; age 22; resident 
Charlestown; enlisted Sept. 5, 61, as Sergt.;. discharged Dec. 
28, 62, Beaufort, S. C. 5 N. H. V. Died Sept. 1% o77 Lowell, 
Mass. 

Simons, Hiram A.* Band; born Weare; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 4, ’61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61, as 3 
Class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. 
In Brig. Band. Died July 19, 64, Washington, D. C. 


Simons, Levi W.* Co. H; born Alexandria; age 35; resident 
Salem; enlisted Sept. 2, 61, as Corp.; discharged Oct. 24, ’63, 
Morris Isl; S. ©. Died Oct: 27,763) Morris isleesmee 


Simons, Lowell.** Co. F; born Newbury; age 21; resident Milton; 
enlisted July 31, 61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; deserted Sept. 30, 
64, Concord. Died Oct. 20, ’78, Milton. 

Simpson, Charles. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 22; cred- 
ited Pelham; mustered in Sept. 2, 63; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Sims, Archibald. Co. G; born and resident of Clarksville, Pa.; 
age 24; credited Dover; mustered in Dec. 8, 63; U. S. Navy 
Apr. 28, 64; drowned June 6, ’64, in James river, Va., near 
Dutch Gap. 

Sinneer, Joseph. Co. B; substitute; born Germany; age 23; cred- 
ited Lisbon; mustered in Oct. 20, 63; appointed Corp.; U. S. 
Navy, Apr. 28, 64; deserted June 30, ’64. 


Sleeper, Gilman E.* Co. C; born East Kingston; age 30; resident 
Salem; appointed Capt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed Lt. Col. May 
16, 62; discharged Nov. 27, 63. Died Oct. 22, 64, Salem. 
Te ING IL, We 

Sleeper, Samuel. Co. D; age 25; born and resident Canaan; mus- 
tered in Mar. 26, ’62; discharged Apr. 16, ’65; resides Dan- 
bury. 


Smith, Arthur L.** Co. H; born Alexandria; age 18; resident 
Hill; enlisted Sept. 12, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; credited 
Franklin; appointed Musc.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides 
Soldiers’ Home, Ohio. 


Smith, Augustus M.** Co. D; born Lynn, Mass.; age 21; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 25, ’61; appointed Corp. Sept. 18, ’61; 
reénlisted Jan. 1, 64; wounded July 26, ’64, near Petersburg, 
Va.; Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; mustered out Aug. 23, 
6s. Died June 1, ’00, Center Harbor. 

Smith, Benjamin H.* Co. I; born Saco, Me.; age 32; resident 
Salem; enlisted Sept. 11, ’61; discharged Nov. 17, 62, Beau- 
fort, S. C. Died Dec: 2, ‘95, Salem: 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 93 


Smith, Benjamin W.* Co. I; born Fryeburg, Me.; age 20; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged May 23, 
64, David’s Isl, N. Y. H. Died Mar. 21, ’81, Ashland. 

Smith, Byron.* Co. F; born Orford; age 27; enlisted Aug. 22, 
61; discharged June 12, ’63. 

Smith, Caleb M.* Co. D; born Franklin; age 109; resident 
Springfield; enlisted sept. 4, 61; Battery Malm Art.) SeAe 
Ney. 4, 62; discharged Sept. 18, ’64. Died May 8, ’86, Frank- 
in. 

Smith, Charles. Co. E; substitute; born Prussia; age 26; credited 
Keene; mustered in Dec. 15, ’64; deserted Mar. 16, 65, North 
pat Ferry, N. C.; returned May 10, 65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. 

Smith, Charles. Co. K; substitute; born Toronto, Can.; age 24; 
credited North Hampton; mustered in Jan. 4, ’65; discharged 
Nile ws. 765: 

Smith, Charles H. Co. F; substitute; born Maine; age 20; resi- 
dent Bethel, Me.; credited Bath; mustered in Oct. 17, 


63; wounded severely May 22, ’64, near Bermuda Hundred, 
Va. Died, wounds, June 4, ’64. 


Smith, Chauncy H.* Co. C; born Haverhill, Mass.; age 27; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, 61. Died Nov. 24, ’63, 
Beaufort, S. C. 


Smith, John. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 24; credited 
cael mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
5] Ibe 

Smith, John.** Co. G; born Cork, Ir.; age 22; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; 2d Color Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 24, 
64; deserted Apr. 20, ’64, Washington, D. C. Died Oct. 31, 
91, Manchester. 


Smith, John. Co. G; substitute; born New Bedford, Mass.; age 
25; credited Bath; mustered in Oct. 17, ’63; captured Apr. 6, 
765; released; discharged July 3, 65, New York City. 


Smith, John. Co. G; born New York; age 21; credited Alstead; 
mustered in Dec. 3, 63; deserted Apr. 16, ’64, Washington, 
Da G: 


Smith, John C.** Co. H; born Campton; age 21; resident San- 
bornton; enlisted Sept. 12, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; credited 
Franklin; appointed Corp.; wounded July 30, ’64, mine explo- 
sion, Petersburg, Va.; appointed Sergt. Mar. 1, ’65; discharged 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 4, ’87, Franklin. 

Smith, John H. Co. H; born and credited Atkinson; age 18; 
mustered in Sept. 2, ’62; discharged Oct. 5, 63, Morris Isl., 
S. C. Died Aug. 15, 64, Andersonville, Ga. 

Smith, John P.* Co. E; born Sandwich; age 23; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61, as Corp. Died Dec. 30, ’61, 
Eiironeibead: S: (© 

Smith, Lucien.** Co. D; age 22; born and resident Woodstock; 
enlisted Aug. 12, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64. Killed July 30, 
64, mine explosion, Va. 


94 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Smith, Perley A. Co. C; age 18; born and credited Brookline; en- 
listed Aug. 14, 62; mustered in Aug. 18, 62; missing May 16, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; gained from missing; discharged May 
30, 65. Died Oct. 26, ’81, Brookline. 

Smith, Richard.** Co. G; born Boston, Mass.; age 20; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61, as Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 24, ’64; captured June 15, ’64, near Bermuda Hundred, 
Va.; paroled Dec. 16, ’64; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died July 
25, ‘I1, Rockland, Mass. 

Smith, William. Co. E; substitute; born Canada; age 38; credited 
Weare; mustered in Dec, 21, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Smith, William. Co. F; substitute; born Germany; age 22; cred- 
ited Westmoreland; mustered in Dec. 28, '64; mustered out 

Aug. 23, ’65. 

Smith, William. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 30; credited 

Orford; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; deserted June 1, ’65, Raleigh, 
C. No good. 

Smith, William.** Co. I; born Boston, Mass.; age 21; enlisted 
Sept. 2, ’61, at Manchester, as Corp.; appointed Sergt. 
Maj. Oct. 31, °63; reénlisted Feb. 15, °64; credited Groton; 
captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; paroled Feb. 24, 
65; discharged June Io, 65, Annapolis, Md. Resides Moulton- 
borough, lal 

Smith, William E.** Co. D; born Lynn, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Laconia; enlisted July 26, 61; reénlisted Feb. 14, ’64; appointed 
Corp.; Sergt. July 18, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Awarded 
“Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for gallant and 
meritorius conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 
Resides Meredith. 

Smith, Winthrop H.* Co. D; age 28; born and resident Sanborn- 
ton; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, Annapolis, 
Md. is Inf: and tr H. Art.. N: Hi. V. Died iNoweaiomsasy 
Sanbornton. 

Smithford, Charles H. Co. E; substitute; born Canada; age 26; 
credited Salem; mustered in Dec. 16, 64; appointed Sergt. 
Maj.- June 13, 6s: mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Snow, Joseph T.* Co. E; born Jordan, N. Y.; age 37; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 2OMOls discharged Jan. 2) 762) Hil- 
(ionstedelerval MSe (Ge, We ES Ce Died Oct. 23, ’04, Whitehall, Mich. 

Snyder, John. Co. H; substitute; born Pine Grove, Pa.; age 24; 
credited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 20, ’63; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65. 

Southworth, Moses E.* Co. H; born West Fairlee, Vt.; age 36; 
resident Hill; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; discharged Sept. 27, 64, 
Concord. Died Oct. 6, ’85, Hill. 

Spaulding, Albert. Co. C; born Townsend, Mass.; age 23; cred- 

P ited Bromine mustered in Aug. 18, 62; discharged Oct. 5, ’63, 
Morris Isl., S. C. 

Spaulding, Amos F.** Co. C; born Townsend, Mass.; age 19; 

B eeeident Brookline; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 25, 
64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Resides Worcester, Mass. 


ee 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 95 


Spaulding, Benjamin.* Co. E; born Deer Isle, Me.; age 18; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 
64. Died June 8, ’85, Concord, under name of Henry C. Clark. 


Spaulding, Charles W.** Co. I; born Sutton; age 18; resident 
Andover; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Dec. 25, 63; deserted 
Nov. 17, 64, while on furlough. Died Mar. 9, ’96, Concord. 


Spaulding, Fernando C.* Co. K; born Waterford, Vt.; age 24; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Aug. 15, ’61, as  Corp.; 
captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died Nov. 7, 64, 
Andersonville, Ga. 


Spaulding, Stephen A. Co. C; born Townsend, Mass.; age 20; 
credited Brookline; mustered in Aug. 18, ’62; discharged Oct. 
26, 63, Morris Isl., S.C. Died Novy. 12, ’63, Hilton Head, S. C. 


Speight, Edward. Co. F; substitute; born England; age 21; cred- 
ne Orford; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
’ 5 

Spelan, Jeremiah.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 30; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; wounded 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; captured Aug. 16, ’64, Deep 
Bottom, Va.; exchanged. Died Mar. 16, ’65, Annapolis, Md. 


Spencer, Heney A.** Co. F; age 18; born and resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 7, ’61; reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64; credited 
Effingham; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Re- 
sides Dover. 


Spillane, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 29; credited 
Sutton; mustered in Nov. 16, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 


Stanley, Frank P. Co. E; substitute; born Scotland; age 22; cred- 
ited Hudson; mustered in Dec. 17, ’64. Died June 1, ’65, 
Raleigh, N. C 


Stanton, Martin J.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; killed Mar. 16, ’62, Jacksonville, 
Fla. 


Statwood, George. Co. K; substitute; born England; age 22; 
credited Piermont; enlisted Oct. 16, 63; mustered in Oct. 
16, 63; wounded June 4, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va.; discharged 
May 29, ’65, Newark, N. J. 

St. Clair, Charles. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 28; cred- 
ited Newport; mustered in Dec. 21, ’64; desertea Mar. 8, ’65, 
Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Stearns, William D.* Co. C; age 27; born and resident Amherst; 
enlisted Sept. 7, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, 61; appointed Sergt. 
Maj. Aug. 12, 62; 2 Lt., Co. C, Mar. 14, 63; wounded May 20, 
64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 14, *64. Resides 
Hopedale, Mass. 

Steele, Alonzo. Co. E; substitute; born New York City; age 23; 
credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 19, ’63; wounded May 
16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; deserted June 3, ’64, White 
House, Va. 

Stenger, Augustus. Co. A; substitute; born Germany; age 26; 
credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; deserted Apr. 
1, 64, Gloucester Point, Va. 


96 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Stephens, Charles H. Co. B; substitute; born New York; age 37; 
credited Grafton; mustered in Oct. al, ’63. Died Oct. 5), 7643 
Jones Landing, Va. 

Stevens, Charles P.* Co. F; age 25; born and resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted July 25, 61, as Corp.; discharged Dec. 18, 61. 
Died Nov. 25, 61, Hilton Head, @ 

Stevens, David C.** Co. K; age 22: baie and resident London- 
derry; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Salem. 

Stevens, Enoch C.* Co. I; born Franklin; age 44; resident Man- 
chester; en ae Sept Ols discharged July 14, 63, Folly 
[ele SS uaa C. Died Apr. 14, 71, Manchester. 

Stevens, George Was Co. I; age 15; born and resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 18, ’67, Manchester. 


Stevens, Horatio N.* Co. K; born Corinth, Vt.; age 43; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 19, ’61; discharged May 3, ’63, Hil- 
ton Head, S. C.. €o. Cj 2 N. HM. V., andl CosiGase eee 
Died July 12, 64, Washington, D. C. 

Stevens, Monroe.** Co. K; born Strafford, Vt.; age 39; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died May 14, ’84, Soldiers’ Home, To- 
gus, Me. : 

Stevens, William. Co. F; substitute; born Maryland; age 30; 
credited Keene; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; deserted Apr. /20, 
64, Gloucester Point, Va. 

Stewart, John.* Co. E; born Scotland; age 25; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va. Died Nov. 22, ’64, Florence, S. C 

Stewart, John. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 21; cred- 
ited Orford; mustered in Dec. 14, ’64; mustered out Aug. 23, 

65. 

Stiles, Charles H.* Co. C; age 18; born and resident Brookline; 
enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; discharged -May 3, ’62, St. Augustine, 
Fla. Resides Hopkinton, Mass. 

Stiles, George D.** Co. C; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; resi- 
dent Greenfield; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, *64; 
credited Manchester; discharged Oct. 29, 64, to accept pro- 
motion. U.S. ©. 1. ‘Died Apr. 1, “or, LynnyeWiass 


Stiles, John A. Co. C; age 18; born and credited Brookline; en- 
fa te Aug. 14, 62; mustered in Aug. 20, ’62; discharged June 
65, Raleigh, N. C. Resides Townsend, Mass. 


eae Nelson P.** Co. H; born Highgate, Vt.; age 21; resi- 
dent Salem; enlisted Aug. 19, 701, sas! (Compe, appointed 
Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; wounded severely June 30, 64, 
near Petersburg, Va. Died, wounds, July 10, 64, Ft. Mon- 
roe, Va. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. 
Gilmore. for gallant and meritorious conduct during opera- 
tions before Charleston, S. C. 1 N 


Stoddard, Asahel.* Co. G; born New York City; age 32; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged June 8, 763, 
New York City. Lost leg. Died July 12, ’93, Hooksett. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 97 


Stokes, Orrin N. B.* Band; age 14; born and resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 7, 61, as 3 Class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 
16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. National Guards. Died Apr. 15, 
95, Londonderry. i 

Stone, Charles. Co. K; born Medford, Mass.; age 21; credited 
Newton; mustered in Dec. 23, ’63; appointed Corp.; dis- 
charged June 26, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Jan. 3, ’o2, Water- 
bury, Vt. 

Stone, William S. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 21; 
peed Alton; mustered in Dec. 15, ’64; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. 

Straw, Ralph W.* Co. H; age 18; born and resident Plymouth; 
enlisted Sept. 2, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, 61; discharged 
Sept. 20, 61. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. Died ’63 in 
the war in a Vt. regt. 

Streeter, Harland S.* Co. K; age 21; born and resident Dor- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; appointed Corp. Died June 24, 
762, Beaufort, S. C. 

Stuart, Charles.* Co. D; age 19; born and resident Alton; en- 
listed July 30, ’61; discla-ced May 3, ’62, St. Augustine, Fla. 
V. R. C. Resides Cape Neddick, Me. 

Stuart, George H.** Co. G; born Alton; age 24; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 28, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; wounded 
and captured May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, wounds, 
Sept. 11, 64, Richmond, Va. 


Sturgeon, Eli. Co. E; born St. John, N. B.; age 21; credited 
Plainfield; mustered in Nov. 14, 63; wounded Jan. 16, ’65, 
explosion of magazine, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; appointed Corp.; 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65. 

Sullivan, Cornelius C.** Co. G; born Castletown, Ir.; age 28; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 23, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 
16, 64; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; deserted Apr. 16, 64, Wash- 
ington, D. C. Mexican War. Died Sept. 17, ’07, West Ante- 
lope, No. Dak. 


Sullivan, Daniel.** Co. D; born Ireland; age 21; resident Wil- 
ton; enlisted July 29, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 14, 64; wounded 
July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.; appointed Corp. 
July 1, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Soldiers’ 
Home, Orting, Wash. 

Sullivan, Daniel.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 19; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 24, 61; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; missing 
May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; returned; discharged Aug. 
23, °65. Resides Manchester. 

Sullivan, Dennis.** Co. A; born Lowell, Mass.; age 18; resident 
Barrington; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 64; cred- 
ited Dover; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65, Died 
Jan. 10, ’71, Lowell, Mass. 

Sullivan, James E. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Keene; mustered in Dec. 15, ’64; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. 

Sullivan, Jeremiah. Co. F; Substitute; born Ireland; age 30; cred- 
ited Nashua; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; deserted Nov. 15, ’64. 


98 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Sullivan, John. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Alstead; mustered in Dec. 29, 64; deserted Mar. 20, ’65, 
Wilmington, N. C. No good. 


Sullivan, William. Co. F; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Bath; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; 
discharged Oct. 15, 64, Norfolk, Va. Resides Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me. 

Sullivan, William** Co. G; born Nashua; age 18; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 31, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 16, ’64; killed 
May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Swain, Henry A.* Co. D; born Meredith; age 25; resident La- 
conia; enlisted July 30, °61; discharged May 3, 62, St. 
Augustine, Fla. 12 N. H. V. Died July 11, ’68, Laconia. 


Sweatt, Sumner J.* Co. H; born Boscawen: age 20; resident 
Franklin; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61. Died Mar. 22, ’64, Beau- 
FOGt aS . 

Sweatt, Blaisdell.* Co. H; born Boscawen; age 18; resident 
Franklin; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; killed Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va. 

Sweetman, John. Co. E; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; cred- 
ited Charlestown; mustered in Dec. 17, ’64; deserted Mar. 
9, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Swift, Henry F.* Co. D; born Middletown, Vt.; age 42; resident 
Meredith; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Dead. 


Taggart, Alfred C.* Co. I; age 21; born and resident Sharon; 
enlisted Sept. 3, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Resides Rut- 
land, Vt. 


Tague, Patrick. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; cred- 
ited Francestown; mustered in Dec. 29, ’64; deserted Mar. 
21, *65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Tandy, Franklin L. Co. H; born Epsom; age 37; resident and 
credited Concord; enlisted Aug. 13, ’62; mustered in Aug. 
14, ’62; killed July 30, ’64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 


Tandy, Josiah. Co. H; age 18; enlisted Aug. 13, 62; mustered in 
Aug. 14, 62; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; dis- 
charged June 15, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. Born, resident, credited, 
and now resides in Concord. 


Tanney, Albert. Co. K; substitute; born Antwerp, Belgium; age 
25; credited Bath; mustered in Apr. 1, ’65; mustered out Aug. 
Za Ao 

Tarbox. Elbridge G.* Co. 1; born Salem, Mass.; age 43; resident 
Jaffrey; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; discharged May 8 ’64, New York 
City. V. RG, Died Aug. 1558675 Jatiney, 

Taylor, Alfred. Co. D; substitute; born Canada; age 21; cred- 
ited Woodstock; mustered in Jan. 5, 65. Died Apr. 22, ’65, 
Wilmington, N. C. 

Taylor, Horace. Co. K; substitute; born Tonawanda, N. Y.; age 
27; credited Stewartstown; mustered in Feb. 6, 65; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. 


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Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 99 


Boylor, James. Co. a born Ireland; age 29; credited 

ancaster; mustered in Jan. 3, ’65; deserted Mar. ( il- 

mington, N. C. No good. ae ; pen 

Taylor, Thomas. Co. E; substitute; born Montreal, Can.; age 
21; credited Concord; mustered in Dec. 15, 64; mustered ott 
Lis eh olsp 

Telan, Dennis.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 19; resident Manches- 
fea, enlisted- Sept. 12) 61; Co. -M, r Art. U. S. Ne. Weil. iy 
63; discharged Sept. 19, 64, Petersburg, Va. Resides Soldiers’ 
Home, Cal. 

Tenney, Hiram A.* Co. C; born Mendon, Vt.; age 24; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; discharged Sept. to, 64, Hil- 
ton Head, S. C. Died Sept. 26, ’o04, Natick, Mass. 

Tewksbury, David H.** Co, I; age 18; born and resident Wil- 
mot; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; appointed 


Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died April 13, ’97, Wil- 
mot. 


Thing, George E.* Co. B; age 23; born and resident Exeter; 
enlisted Sept. 7, °61; discharged Oct. 19, ’61, Annapolis, Md. 
8 N. H. V. and V. R. C. Died Sept. 17, ’86, Haverhill, Mass. 
Thomas, George. Co. H; substitute; age 42; resident Hartford, 
Conn.; credited Canaan; mustered in Oct. 16, ’63; sent to 
regiment May 29, 64, from Gen. Hosp. No. 12, Beaufort, S. C. 


Thomas, Lewis. Co. E; substitute; born Canada; age 30; credited 
Groton; mustered in Dec. 17, ’64; deserted July 31, ’65, Ra- 
leigh, N. 


Thomas, William. Co. A; substitute; born Wales; age 24; cred- 
ited Sanbornton; mustered in Dec. 15, ’64; mustered out 
Aug. 23; 765. 

Thomas, William H. Born New York City; age 23; resident La- 
conia; appointed Chaplain Oct. 23, ’63; mustered in Nov. 
16, 63; resigned June 28, 64. Resides South Norwalk, Conn. 


Thomas, William H. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 21; 
credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 763; U. S. Navy 
Apr. 28, ’64; deserted Sept. 30, ’65. 

Thompson, Charles F. Co. I; born St. Lawrence, N. Y.; age 21; 
credited Somersworth; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; deserted Nov. 
20, "64. 

Thompson, Charles H.* Co. D; born Maine; age 30; enlisted 
Aug. 19. ’61; captured Nov., 61, on_steamer “Union”; re- 
leased; discharged June 17, 62, New York City. Dead. 


Thompson, George. Co. B; substitute; born Ireland; age 34; cred- 
ited Dabur mustered in Oct. 20, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
64; deserted Aug. 25, 64. 

Thompson, George. Co. D; substitute; born Scotland; age 32; 
credited Warner; mustered in Jan. 7, 65; captured Apr. 14, 
6s, Raleigh, N. C.; released Apr. 20, 65; discharged June 27, 
65, Concord. 

Thompson, George. Co. F: substitute; born Halifax, N. S.; age 
22; resident, Boston, Mass.; credited Gilford; mustered in 
Sept. 9, 63; U. S. Navy, Apr. 28, ’64; deserted Aug. 25, 64. 


100-—- Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Thompson, James. Co. E; substitute; born England; age 24; 
credited Hopkinton; mustered in Dec. 20, ’64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 65. 

Thompson, James. Co. G; substitute; born Londonderry, Ir.; 
age 20; credited Moultonborough; mustered in Sept. 9, ’63; 
deserted Apr. 19, ’64, Gloucester Point, Va. 


Thompson, James 8.* Co. D; born Center Harbor; age 23; resi- 
dent Gilford; enlisted Aug. 21, ’61; captured Apr. 6, 62, Jack- 
sonville, Fla.; released Oct., ’62; discharged Sept. 26, 64, Con- 
cord. Died Oct. 14, ’91,, Laconia.’ 

Thompson, John. Co. I; substitute; born Cork, Ir.; age 25; cred- 
ited Gilmanton; mustered in Sept. 29, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
64; discharged Aug. 20, 65. ~ 

Thompson, John L. Co. B; born Key West, Fla.; age 20; resi- 
dent Jacksonville, Fla.; mustered in Apr. to, ’62; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, 64; credited Nashua; mustered in Feb. 28, 64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. Served in Southern Army. Resides 
Nashua. 


Thompson, Jonas T.* Co. E; age 29; born and resident Rich- 
mond; enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; appointed Corp.; captured Aug. 
16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; paroled Sept. 24, 64; exchanged; 
ghee Dec. 16, 64, Concord. Died Dec. 24, ’04, Chelsea, 

ass. 

Thompson, Peter. Co. E; substitute; born Sweden; age 22; cred- 
ited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 19, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 27, 
64; discharged July 25, ’65, Boston, Mass. 

Thompson, William. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 24; 
credited Westmoreland; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; deserted 
Mar. 1, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Thunblom, Reinhold T.* Band; born Stockholm, Sweden; age 26; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 20, ’61, as 3 Class Musc.; 
mustered out Sept. 16, ’62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Feb. 
19, 68, Manchester. 

Thurston, Frank J.* Co. D; born Plymouth; age 25; resident 
Thornton; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; discharged May 3, ’62, St. 
Augustine, Fla. 18 N. H. V. Resides Tilton, N. H., Soldiers’ 
Home. 

Thurston, John P.* Co. F; age 18; born and resident Boscawen; 
enlisted Aug. 28, 61; wounded severely Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, 
S. C.; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. Resides Derry. 

Tibbetts, George W.* Co. A; born Rochester; age 27; resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; appointed Corp.; wounded se- 
verely Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; discharged Feb. 1. 63. 
Died Oct. 26, ’69. ‘ 

Tibbetts, George W.** Co. F; born Acton, Me.; age 18; resident 
Somersworth: enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; appointed Corp.; reen- 
listed Feb. 18, ’64; captured Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, iViars 
released Feb. 24, '65; discharged May 31, 65, Concord. Re- 
sides Orting, Wash. ne, 

ilburn, Henry. Co. B; born Nova Scotia; age 32; credite 

q Keene; Paieieeea in Dec. 3, 63; appointed Corp.; captured May 
16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; exchanged; discharged Aug. 23, 
65, Boston, Mass. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 101 


Tilton, Albert K.* Non-Com. Staff; born Thornton: age 20; 
resident Sanbornton; enlisted Sept. 16, OI, as Com. Sergt.: 
appointed 2 Lt., Co. \C, Aug. 15, 62: Q. M. Nios, it, Tope dis- 
charged May 15, ’65. Died May 10, ’or, Brookline, Mass. 

Tilton, Charles W.* Co. K; born Northfield; age 31; resident 
Sanbornton; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; resigned Jan. 16 
62. o N. H. V. Died Feb. 23, 'os Tilton. é 


Tiltor, George Henry.* Co. D; born Dorchester; age 16; resi- 
dent Laconia; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; discharged Sept. 26, ’64, 
Concord. Resides Laconia. 

Tilton, Horace.** Co. I; born Andover; age 28; residest Derry; 
enlis ed Aug. 3, ‘61; appointed Sergt. May 1, ’63; reénlisted 
Feb. 15, 64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; May 
18, °64, near Bermuda Hundred, Va.; discharged Aug. 23, 
65, Concord. Resides Hampstead. 

Tiiten, James F.** Co. I; age 19; born and resident Wilmot; 
ratried St. Augustine, Fla, ’62; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; ap- 

- pointed Corp.; reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64; appointed 1 Sergt.; 2 
Lt. June 2. ’65; not mustered: mustered out Aug. 23, ’65, as 
1 Sergt. Died Nov. 13, ’10, Wilmot. 

Tilton, James S. Co. 1; age 32; born and credited Northfield; 
mustered in Apr. 30, 62; discharged July 14, ’63, Folly Isl., 
Se Cae Dicads 

Tinker, Alvah G. Co. C; born Marlow; age 24; resident and 
credited Nashua; enlisted Aug. 13. ’62; mustered in Aug. 
14, 62; wounded Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; discharged on 
account of loss of arm Feb. 27, 64, Beaufort, S. C. Resides 
Nashua. 

Tinker, Hollis W.** Co. B; born Lempster; age 18; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; appointed 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 25, ’08, Candia. 


Tobie, Addison W.* Co. E; born Waterville; age 19; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, “61, as Sergt.; appointed 1 
Sergt.; discharged Sept. 28, ’62, Beaufort. S. C. Served in 
T2) 4, and 17 IN. Hi) Died Sept. 6, 75, Manchester. 

Tompkins, Henry D.* Co. K; born Simsbury, Conn.; age 32; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; mustered out 
Sept: 27, 64. Died Nov. 7, 05, Noroton, Conn. 

Torrey, Thomas W.** Co. F; born Sebec, Me.; age 18; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Jan. 1, ’64; ap- 
pointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 1 N. H. V. Died 
Sept. 28, 87, Oldtown, Me. 

Towle, Elbridge G.* Co. H; age 31; born and resident Kings- 
ton; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed Corp.; wounded July 30, 
64, mine explosion. Va. Died, wounds, Aug. 9, 64, en route 
from Ft. Monroe, Va., to Baltimore, Md. 

Towle, George F.* Co. B; born Lee; age 26; resident Ports- 
mouth; appointed 1 Lt. Sept. 20, 61; appointed Capt., Co. 
F, Jan. 17, 62; Maj. Jan. 3, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65; 
assigned to duty Apr. 22, 65, to Aug. 1, 65, as Lt. Col. Asst. 
Inspector Gen., U. S. V. Died June 25, ’00, London, Eng. 


102. Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Tracey, Edward. Co. C; born Ireland; age 26; resident New York 
City; credited Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 24, 63; captured 
May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; enlisted in 10 Tenn. Inf., 
C. S., at Andersonville, Ga.; re-captured Dec. 28, 64, Egypt 
Station, Miss.; enlisted Apr. 14, 65, Co: D> 5 intensive 
mustered out Oct. 11, 66, as Corp., Ft. Kearney, Neb. Died 
Oct. 31, ’85, Leon, Kan. His funeral would have been cele- 
brated 20 years earlier if he had fallen in the hands of the 
regiment. 


Trow, Harlan.* Co. B; age 18; born and resident Nashua; en- 
listed Sept. 7, ‘61; Battery B, 1 Art., U- So aelowaas 62; 
appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 2, 64; appointed Sergt.; dis- 
charged Feb. 2, 67, Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y. H. Resides Mans- 
field, Mass. 


True, Francis. Co. F; substitute; born Canada; age 27; credited 
Holderness; mustered in Dec. 24, 64; deserted June 6, 65, 
Raleigh, N. C. No good. 


Tuck, George S.** Co. C; born Nashua; age 18; resident Mil- 
ford; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; reénlisted Feb. 21, ’64; credited 
Manchester; appointed Corp.; discharged Mar. 11, ’65, Con- 
cord. Died Apr. 1, 765, Milford. 


Tucker, Erastus B.** Co. I; born Grafton; age 20; resident An- 
dover; enlisted Sept. 6, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, °64; credited 
Concord; discharged Sept. 14, ’65, Concord. Died June 4, 
’97, Concord. 

Tucker, Moses G.** Co. I; born Hebron; age 18; resident 
Plymouth; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewfy’s Bluff, Va.; appointed Sergt.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Feb. to, ’08, Ashland. 

Tufts, Jeriah.* Co. B; age 33; born and resident Litchfield; en- 
listed Aug. 26, 61. Died Sept. 1, ’63, Morris Isl SaaG 
Tulley, Owen.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 38; resident Man- 
chester: enlisted Sept. 18, 61; wounded Oct, 22, *62, Poco- 
taligo, S. C.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 64; captured Sept. 29, 64, 
New Market Heights, Va.; released Mar. 1, 65; discharged 

July 17, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Dead. 

Turner, Daniel G. Co. H; substitute; born Maine; age 32; resi- 
dent Troy, N. Y.; credited Bath; mustered in Oct. 17, °63; 
discharged May 23, 65, Concord. 

Turner, Edward.* Co. B; born and resident Tyngsborough, 
Mass.; age 22; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; mustered out Sept. 
27, 04. 

7 

Tuttle, Hiram C.* Co. H; born Newburyport, Mass.; age 36; 
resident Concord; appointed 2 Lt. Sept. 20, ’61; appointed I 
Lt. Jan. 17, 62. Died Feb. 7, 63, Concord. 

Twiss, John W.* Co. H; age 20; born and resident Dunbarton; 

Ks Sie Sept2sumOly mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Resides 
Seattle, Wash. r sae Z 
itchell, George. Co. D; substitute; born ova Scotia; age 25; 

Aa tapes mustered in Jan. 5, 65; mustered out Aug. 


23, 65. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 103 


Upton, George H.* Co. B; born Lowell, Mass.; age 19; resident 
Amherst; enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; appointed Corp. Mar. 1, 
163. mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died July 19, ’71, Nashua. 


Varney, Hiram.** Co. I; born Concord; age 19; resident Dan- 
bury; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Jan. 1, 
64; killed June 5, ’64, Cold Harbor, Va. 

Van Duren, Jacob. Co. C; born Holland; age 22; credited Atkin- 
son; mustered in Dec. 9, ’63; deserted May 6, ’64, Bermuda 
Hundred, Va. 


Vassear, James. Co. I; substitute; born New York; age 19; cred- 
ited Franconia; mustered in Oct. 16, 63; deserted Jan. 8, ’65. 

Veasey, Aaron. Co. D; born Bridgewater; age 41; resident and 
credited Northfield; enlisted Aug. 25, 62; mustered in Aug. 
28, 62; discharged June 16, ’65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H. Died 
June 21, ’04, Amherst. 

Velpman, William L. Co. I; substitute; born New York; age 34; 
resident Fall River, Mass.: credited Sanbornton; mustered in 
Oct. 6, ’63; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 


Wade, Lyman M.** Co. D; born Moultonborough; age 26; resi- 
dent Center Harbor; enlisted Aug. 17, 61; reénlisted Dec. 25, 
63; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.: discharged May 
26, ’65, White Hall, Pa. Died Dec. 25, ’07, Sandwich. 

Walcott, John T.** Co. I; born Lancaster; age 21; resident 
Haverhill; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; appointed Corp. and Sergt.; 
reénlisted Feb. 11, 64; discharged June 13, ’65, Manchester. 
2 N. H. V. Resides Plymouth. 

Walker, Frank. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 23; credited 
Concord; mustered in Jan. 2, ’65; deserted Mar. 14, ’65, Wil- 
mington, N. C. No good. 

Walker, Hylon.* Co. F; born Livermore, Me.; age 43; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged Mar. 12, ’63, 
Washington, D. C. Died Feb. 14, ’88, Brunswick, Me. 

Walker, James P. Born and resident Manchester; age 36; ap- 
pointed 2 Asst. Surg. May 2, ’64; mustered in May 15, ’64; 
discharged Nov. 2, ’64. Died May 6, ’97, Manchester. 

Wallace, Jasper G.* Co. A; born Montpelier, Vt.; age 34; resi- 
dent Dover; appointed Lot Septa2On MOL wappoimtedm Gant. 
Co. C, May 17, ’62; wounded severely Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, 
S. C.; May 15, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged Sept. 14, 
64. 1 N. H. V. Died jail 2Oya7 7 Dover. 

Wallace, Nelson J. Co. F; born Concord, Vt.; age 32; credited 
Dover; mustered in Aug. 6, ’62; discharged June 15, 65, 
Raleigh, N. C. Died Dec. 14, ’76, Dover. 

Wallace, William, alias P. Condon. Co. A; substitute; born Lim- 
erick, Ir.; age 24; credited Meredith; mustered in Sept. 29, 
63; deserted Aug. 1, ’64, near Petersburg, Wials 

Walsh, Denis.** Co. G; born Ireland; age 18; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; wounded May 
20, ’64, BaSoryis Bluff, Va.; captured Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va.; paroled Apr. 15, 65; discharged June 5, 65, Concord. 


104 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Walsh, John. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 26; credited 
Grafton; mustered in Nov. 4, 64; appointed Sergt; mustered 
out Aug. 23, ’65. 

Walsh, John.* Co. G; born Ireland; age 24; resident Manches- 
ter; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61;.Co. M, 1 Art., U. S)AaiNe@vig oe. 


Walter, Charles. Co. I; substitute; born Strasbourg, France; age 
34; resident New York City; credited Barnstead; mustered in 
Sept. 29, 763; wounded July 14, 64, near Petersburg, Va.; 
deserted from hospital Dec. 20, "64. 

Ward, Theodore T. Co. K; born New York; age 19; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Oct. 31, 61; mustered in Nov. 1, ’6I; 
discharged Oct. 31, 64, near Petersburg, Va. 


Wardwell, Henry F. Born Albany, Me.; age 37; credited Gorham; 
mustered in Mar. 31, ’65, for I yr; appointed Asst. Surg. 
Apr. I1, ’65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Dec. 26, ’or, 
Berlin Falls. 

Warfield, Charles. Co. F; born Philadelphia, Pa.; age 21; cred- 
ited Enfield; mustered in Nov. 14, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
64; discharged Aug. 25, ’65. 

Warren, Joseph.** Co. I; age 28; born and resident Cambridge, 
Mass.; enlisted Aug. 21, "61; reénlisted Feb. 2, 64; credited 
Manchester; appointed Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. I 
Ni Even Deade 

Washburn, Oscar F. Co. D; age 21; born and resident Canaan; 
enlisted Mar. 12, ’62; mustered in Mar. 18, ’62; appointed 
Corp. Died Aug. 13, ’64, Fort Monroe, Va. 

Watson, Barnard G.* Co. A; born nee age 26; resident 
Dover; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; Co. F, To "aR. (ey, Aug. ee 633 


discharged Oct. 4, ’64, Baltimore, May Died Sept. 20, "ro, 
Brockton, Mass. 


Watson, George D.* Co. F; born Hooksett; age 24; resident 
Sutton; enlisted Aug. 21, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. Died 
Sept. 8, ’96, Concord. 

Watson, Samuel. Co. F; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 
22; credited Concord; mustered in Aug. 19, ’63; deserted 
June 10, ’64, White House, Va. 

Watts, Hugh.* Co. B; born Peterborough; age 40; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 21, “61; mustered in Sept. 18, 61, as 
Corp.; discharged Mar. 11, ’63, Beaufort, S.C) (Diedy 77 
Hudson. 

Webber, George. Co. H; born Landau, Bavaria; age 40; resident 
Ossipee; credited Bow; mustered in Mar. 13, 63; discharged 
Nov. I, ’64, near Richmond, Va. Died June 16, ’84, Ohio 
Soldiers’ Home. 

Webber, James.* Co. A; age 34; born and resident Deerfield; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 61; discharged Apr. 22, 63. V. R. C. Died 
Aug. 31, ’87, Deerfield. 

Webster, Aaron D.** Co. I: born West Newbury, Mass.; age 
24; resident Andover; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; appointed Corp.; 
reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; Jan. 15, 65, Ft. Fisher, N. C.; appointed Sergt.; dis- 
charged July 7, ’65. Resides Hampton. 


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Webster, Joshua B.* Co. K; born Methuen, Mass.; age 22; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 18, 61; mustered out Sept. 
27,64. Resides Crawford, Neb. 


Webster, William H.** Co. E; age 28; born and resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 22, ’61; appointed Corp. Oct. I, ’62; 
reénlisted Feb. 22, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died Dec. 
24, 96, West Scarborough, Me. 

Weed, EXben** Co. 1; born Topsham, Vt; age 22; resident 
Haverhill; enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; re- 
enlisted Feb: 11, 64; appointed 2 Lt. Mar. 1, 65; 1 Lt. Aug. 
Pane Oy MOL mustered; mustered out Aug: 22; 465, as 2 It 
Died Feb. 3, ’10, Haverhill. 


Weed, Harvey M.* Co. K; born Sandwich; age 50; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Aug. 2, ’61, as Sergt.; discharged Dec. 15, 
61, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Jan. 20, ’62, Manchester. 


Weeks, Thomas C,** Co. I; age 29; born and resident Concord; 
enlisted Sept. 11, 61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; wounded Aug. 
16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. 1 N. H. V. Died, wounds, Sept. 
25, 64, Beverly, N. J. 

Welch, Benjamin. Co. K; born Gilmanton; age 28; credited Man- 
chester; mustered in Feb. 21, 65; discharged July 15, "65, 
Newark, N. J. 


Welch, James. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 28; credited 
Warren; mustered in Dec. 30, 64; deserted Mar. 25, ’65, Wil- 
mington, N. C. No good. 

Welch, James.** Co. G; born Canterbury, Eng.; age 30; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
credited Dover; missing June 10, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; re- 
turned; wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; captured 
Apr. 9, 65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 20, ’65; 
discharged June 14, °65, Concord. Died Jan. 3, ’o4, Law- 
rence, Mass. 

Welch, Joseph R. Co. F; substitute; born New Brunswick; age 
19; credited Rindge; mustered in Aug. 9, ’64; discharged July 
TOMmO5) Davids Isl, N. Y. H. Wred Web; 26)'788: 

Wells, George W.* Co. K; age 21; born and resident Goffstown; 
enlisted Aug. 30, 61; wounded Aug. 16 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; 
discharged Jan. 11, ’65, Beverly, N. J. 1 N. H. V. Lost leg. 
Died Feb. 17, 708, Washington, D. C. 

Wells, Marshall.* Co. I; born Hopkinton; age 18; resident Sut- 
tom;-enlisted Aug: 26, ’6r; Co. M, 1 Art; U. S. A.; Feb: 24; 
63; reénlisted Feb. 1, 65; credited Hopkinton. Died Sept. 16, 
65, Brownsville, Tex. 

Wells, Milo E.* Co. F; age 22; born and resident Littleton; en- 
listed Aug. 31, ’61; discharged Jan. 19, 62. 9 N. H. V. and 
Neko G. Died) eb. 2) ?o2). Monroe: 

Wendell, Daniel A.* Co. F; age 22; born and resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 20, ’61; discharged Sept. 26, 64, Concord. 7 N. 
Eevee Died Mar. 27, ‘71, Dover. 

Wentworth, Alvah.* Co. A; born Lebanon, Me.; age 29; resident 
Milton; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61, as Corp.; appointed Sergt.; 
discharged Sept. 27, 64. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. 
Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct dur- 
ing operations before Charleston, S. C. Dead. 


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Wentworth, Alvin E.* Co. A; age 29; born and resident Farm- 
ington; enlisted Sept. 7, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died 
July 24, /74, Detroit City, Minn. 

Wentworth, Charles D.* Co. D; born Wolfeborough; age 41; 
resident Moultonborough; enlisted Aug. 24, 61. Did not go 
to war with 4 N. H. 

Wentworth, Charles H.* Co. F; born Boston, Mass.; age 20; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted July 27, ’61; discharged Apr. 6, 
64, Beaufort, S. C. Resides North Berwick. Me. 

Wentworth, Jacob, Jr.** Co. F; born Berwick, Me.; age 19; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted July 27, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64; appointed Corp.; Sergt. May 11, ’65; mustered out 
Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Boston, Mass. 

Wentworth, John A.** Co. G; age 18; born and resident Dover; 
enlisted Sept. 14, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; captured Apr. 
9, 65; released Apr. 29, ’65; discharged June 14, 65, Concord. 
Died Dec. 18, ’88, Portsmouth. 

Wentworth, Stephen J.* Co. F; born Rochester; age 18; resi- 
dent Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 21, "61; appointed Sergt.; 
2 Lt.. Co. K, Dec. 1, 63; wounded June 6, ’64, Cold Harbor, 
Va.; killed Aug. 15, 64, Deep Bottom, Va. Awarded “Gilmore 
Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 

West, Josiah R.* Co. B; born Fremont; age 40; resident Fre- 
mont; enlisted Sept. 11, ’61; discharged Apr. 6, 64, Beaufort, 
S. C. 1 N. Hu. Vi Died Nov. 21; "oo, Raynrond® 

Wetherbee, Edward A. Co. D; born Nashua; age 27; credited 
Wilton; enlisted Aug. 9, 62; mustered in Aug. 21, ’62; dis- 
charged Mar. 11, 63, Beaufort, S. C. Died, ’63, Beaufort, SiG 

Whalon, John. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; credited 
Upper Gilmanton; mustered in Dec. 27, 64; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 765. 

Wheeler, Benjamin.* Co. H; born Salem; age 25; resident Salem; 
enlisted Sept. 17, ’61, as Corp.; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 
Ni Glee 

Wheeler, Benjamin R.* Co. C; born and resident Salem; age 21; 
enlisted Sept. 9, ’61, as Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt., Co. F, June 
12, 62; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 
1 Lt. Co. B, Sept. 12, ’64; not mustered; appointed 
Capt., Co. H, Nov. 9, 64; not mustered; discharged Nov. 5, 
64, as 2 Lt. 1 N. H. V. Resides Salem. 

Wheeler, Charles I.** Co. I; born Roxbury, Mass.; age 18; cred- 
ited Acworth; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Jan. 1, 764; 
wounded Aug. 16, 64, Deep Bottom, Va.; captured Apr. 9, 
65, Washington Station, N. C.; released Apr. 29, ’65; dis- 
charged June 5, ’65, Concord. Resides Hillsborough. 

Wheeler, David. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 43; cred- 
ited Holderness; mustered in Dec. 3h (O45 appointed Corp. 
July 21, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Wheeler, Dearborn J.** Co. I; born New London; age 30; resi- 
dent Andover; enlisted Sept. 7, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 14, *64; 
credited Wilmot; appointed Sergt.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Died Sept. 9, 69, Wilmot. 


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Wheeler, James F.* Co. I; born Pembroke; age 23; resident Sut- 
ton; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; Co. M, 1 Art. U.S. A., Feb. 24, 
"63; killed Feb. 20, 64, Olustee, Fla. 


Wheeler, Josiah P.* Co. C; born Westminster, Mass.; age 28; 
resident New Ipswich; enlisted Aug. 290, ’61; captured May 
20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; accidentally killed on cars Sept. 
13, ‘64, en route from Andersonville, Ga., to Savannah, Ga. 

Wheeler, Ransom R.* Co. I; born New London; age 34; resident 
Sutton; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 64. 1 and 
18 N. H. V. Died June 22, ’or, Boscawen. 


Whelston, Thomas. Co. C; substitute; born Ireland; age 18; resi- 
dent Troy. N. Y.; credited Manchester; mustered in OctNG: 
63; wounded July 30, 64, mine explosion, Petersburg, Va. 
Died, wounds, Aug. 8, ’64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

Whipple, Troras J.* F. and S.; born Wentworth; age 45; resi- 
dent Laconia; appointed Col. Aug. 20, ’6r: resigned Mar. 18, 
‘62. Lt. Col. 1 N. H. V. In Mexican War. Died Dec. Zin 
89, Laconia. 

White, Adelbert.* Co. B; born Georgia. Vt.; age 23; resident 
Nashna: enlisted Aug. 23, 61, as 1 Sergt.; appointed 2 Lt. 
Jan. 17, 62; discharged Noy. 30,’62. 1N. H. V. 

White, Henry J.* Non-Com. Staff; born Hallowell, Me.; age 53; 
resident Lawrence. Mass.: enlisted Sept..9, ’61, as Prin. Musc.; 
discharged Mav 6. ’62, Hilton Head, S. C. Died Aug. 24, 
89, Haverhill, Mass. 

White, James. Co. H; substitute; age 26; resident New York 
City; credited Manchester; mustered in Oct. 6, 763; U. S. 
Navy Apr. 28, 64; discharged Nov. 12, ’6s. 

White, Lyman H.* Co. D; age 26; born and resident Moulton- 
borough; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; discharged Jan. 12, ’62. Died 
Meredith Oct. 22, ’oo. 

Whitehead, John. Co. E; substitute; age 21; resident Reading, 
Mass.; credited Francestown; mustered in Sept. 1, 763; 
deserted July 30, ’64, Beaufort, S. C. 

Whitehouse, Edmund H.* Co. F; age 31; born and resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted July 27, ’61; discharged Jan. I, 62. Died 
Oct. 21, 62, Somersworth. 

Whitehouse, George W.** Co. G; age 18; born and resident 
Dover; enlisted Sept. 9, 61; reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Dead. 

Whitehouse, John H.* Co. F; born Tamworth; age 30; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 12, ’61; accidentally killed Jan. 
io2y tuilton Head, S: C. 

Whitehouse, John H., 2d.* Co. F; age 19; born and resident Som- 

, ersworth; enlisted Aug. 6, ’61; discharged Jan. 19, 62. Died 
Aug. 10, ’09, Revere, Mass. ; 

Whitehouse, William H. Co. F; born Great Falls; age 18; resi- 

: dent Somersworth; mustered in Feb. 28, ’62; Co. B, 1 Art., 
U.S. A., Jan. 20, 63; killed Feb. 20, 64, Olustee, Fla. 


108 = Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Whitford, Edwin.** Co. E; born Billerica, Mass.; age 24; resident 
Bedford; enlisted Aug. 27, 61, as Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 28, 
64; credited Manchester; appointed 1 Sergt.; 1 Lt, Co. JI, 
Feb. 17, 65; Capt., Co. G, Mar. 1, ’65; mustered out Aug. 
23, 65. Accidentally killed by a horse Noy. 22, ’02, Bedford. 

Whiting, Charles M.** Co. E; born Lyndeborough; age 28; resi- 
dent Manchester; enlisted Sept. 3, 61, as Corp.; appointed 1 
Sergt. Oct. 23, ’63; reénlisted Feb. 15, 64; wounded July 30, 
64, mine explosion, Va.; appointed 1 Lt. Nov. 9, 64; Capt. 
Aug. 23, °65; not mustered; mustered out Aug. 23, 65, as I 
Lt. Died July 1, ’o1, Manchester. 

Whiting, Nelson. Co. A; born Massachusetts; age 30; credited 
Concord; mustered in Nov. 13, 63; deserted June 6, 64, White 
House Landing, Va. 

Whitney, William W.** Co. A; born Natick, Mass.; age 19; resi- 
dent Farmington; enlisted Sept. 7, ‘61, as Sergt.; reénlisted 
Feb. 15, 64; discharged July 19, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H. 
1 N. H. V. Resides Farmington. : 

Whittier, Curtice C. Co. D; age 19; born and credited North- 
field; enlisted Aug. 11, 62; mustered in Sept. 3, ’62; discharged 
June 15, 65, Raleigh, N. C. Resides Meredith. 

Wiggin, George W.* Co. D; born New Hampton; age 21; resi- 
dent Meredith; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; discharged Dec. 5, ’61, 
Hilton Head, S. C. 6 N. H. V. Died Aug., ’05, Meredith. 

Wiggin, Harvey F.* Co. A; age 23; born and resident Dover; en- 
listed Aug. 20, 61; appointed 2 t., Co, E, Jianeer7er O2;euslete, 
Co. I, Oct. 25, ’62; Adjt. Sept. 12, ’64; not mustered; dis- 
charged Oct. 25, 64, as 1 Lt. 1 N. Ht. Ve Dieds@ctye775 on 
Gardiner, Me. 

Wiggin, Joseph M. Co. A; age 23; born and credited Dover; 
mustered in Dec. 2, 63; wounded May 16, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; discharged June 8, 65, Pt. Lookout, Md. Died Apr. 30, 
92, Dover. 

Wiggin, Norris C.** Co. I; born Dorchester, Mass.; age 16; resi- 
dent Derry; enlisted Aug. 3, 61, as Musc.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; credited Manchester; appointed Corp.; wounded Jan. 15, 
6s, Ft. Fisher. N. C.; appointed Sergt. May 1, ’65; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Dead. 

Wight, Lorenzo.* Co. K; born Gilead, Me.; age 31; resident Lon- 
donderry; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61. Died Aug, dow 462nsE 
Augustine, Fla. 

Wilding, George.* Co. I; born Manchester; age 26; resident 
Peterborough; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; killed July 24, 64, near 
Petersburg, Va. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q 
A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct during opera- 
tions before Charleston, S.C. 

Wiley, Caleb G.** Co. I; born Stowe, Me.; age 26; resident 
Windham; enlisted Aug. 17, 61; reénlisted Tan. I, ’64; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died Sept. 9, ’07, Chatham. 

Wiley, John. Co. E; substitute; born Manchester, Eng.; age 26; 
RS et Weare: mustered in Sept. 2, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
64; deserted Sept. 15, ’64. 





Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 109 


Wilkinson, Samuel.* Co. F; born South Berwick, Me.; age 20; 
resident Somersworth; enlisted Sept. 4, 61; mustered out Sept. 
27, 64. Died July 16, ’92, Auburn, Me. 

Willand, Alvin E.* Co. E; age 18; born and resident Somers- 
worth; enlisted Aug. 20, ’61; discharged Sept. 21, 64, Ft. Mon- 
roe, Va. Resides Elgin, Ill 

Willand, Nathaniel H.* Co. A; born Dover; age 27; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Died May 20, ’76. 

Willey, Bartholomew.** Co. A; age 24; born and resident New 
Durham; enlisted Sept. to. ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; cred- 
ited Farmington; wounded May 20. ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Middleton. 

Willev, Francis B.* Co. G; born Manchester; age 19; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 23, ’61; temporarily with U. 
Battery when killed, Feb. 20, 64, at Olustee, Fla. 

Willev. George H.* Co. A; born New Durham; age 21; resident 
Middleton; enlisted Sept. 6, 61. Died Oct. 23, 63, Beaufort, 
Sa; 


Willey, Henry S.* Co. A: born Moultonborough; age 23; resident 
Farmington; enlisted Sept. 14, 61; appointed 2 Lt. Nov. 28, 
763; discharged Oct. 14, ’64. Died, ’89, Washington, D. C. 

Willey, Samuel L.** Co. F; born Durham; age 30; resident Som- 
ersworth; enlisted July 25, ’61, as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 24, 
64; wounded Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. Fisher, N. C. Died, wounds, 
Jans 7, “05. 

Williams, Charles. Co. C; substitute; born England; age 21; 
credited Tuftonborough; mustered in Jan. 2, 65; deserted Mar. 
21, 65, Wilmington, N. C. No good. 

Williams, Charles. Co. I; born New York; age 19; credited New- 
port; mustered in Nov. 21, ’63; missing Sept. 30, 64, near 
Petersburg, Va.; returned; wounded and died Jan. 15, ’65, Ft. 
Fisher, N. C. ' 

Williams. Charles. Co. K; substitute; born Canada; age 25; cred- 
ited Lancaster; mustered in Oct. 15, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, 
64; deserted June 20, 65. 

Williams, Charles H.** Co. E; born Montpelier, Vt.; age 19; 
resident Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 
20, 64: appointed Sergt.; wounded Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va.; appointed 2 Lt. Aug. 23, ’65; not mustered; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65, as Sergt. Dredyyialiva 6s) (07; 
Elyria, O. 

Williams, Charles H.** Co.-K; born Gardner, Mass.; age 19; resi- 
dent Rochester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61: reénlisted Feb. 15, 764; 
discharged Aug. 23, ’65, Concord. Died Jan. 18, ’87, Som- 
ersworth. 

Williams. George. Co. C: substitute; age 22; credited Orford; 
mustered in Dec. 28, 64; deserted Mar. 20, 65, Wilmington, 
N. C.; returned June 2, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. No 
good. 

Williams. George. Co. H; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 32; cred- 
ited Portsmouth: mustered in Dec. 20, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged Apr. 5, ’65, Norfolk, Va. 


110 —- Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Williams, George W.** Co. E; born Concord; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 2, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64; ap- 
pointed Corp. July 1, 65; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Died 
Mar. 23, ’o09, Gardiner, Me. 

Williams, Henry. Co. D; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; cred- 
ted ee mustered in Jan. 7, ’65; mustered out Aug, 
23, O05. 

Williams, Henry. Co. H; substitute; born Germany; age 26; resi- 
dent New York City; credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 17, 
63; wounded May 15, ’64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; deserted Nov. 
19, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

Wiliams, James. Co. I; substitute; born England; age 23; cred- 
ited Washington; mustered in Dec. 28, ’64; deserted Mar. 22, 
65. No good. 

Williams, John. Co. B; substitute; born Liverpool, Eng.; age 24; 
resident Portland, Me.; credited Bethlehem; mustered in Oct. 
20, 63; wounded and captured July 30, 64, mine explosion, 
Va. Died Aug. 16, 64, Petersburg, Va. 

Williams, John. Co. C; substitute; born Belfast, Ir; age 29; 
credited Conway; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 
ZawnOs: 

Williams, John H. Co. B; born St. John’s, N. F.; age 25; resident 
Brooklyn, N. Y.; credited Portsmouth; mustered in Dec. 21, 
63; killed July 19, ’64, near Petersburg, Va. 

Williams, Thomas. Co. I; substitute; age 26; mustered in Dee; 
29, 64; deserted June 9, 65. No good. 

Williamson, Peter. Co. D; substitute; age 22; resident Canada; 
credited MancheSter; mustered in Oct. 6, 63; deserted June 7, 
64, Cold Harbor, Va.; apprehended; mustered out Aug. 23, 65. 

Willis, Martin W.* Born Easton, Mass.; age 40; resident Nashua; 
appointed Chaplain Aug. 20, ’61; discharged Jan. 27, 62, Hil- 
ton Head, S. C. Died Apr. 27, 94, St. Louis, Mo. 

Wilson, George. Co. C; substitute; born Norway; age 21; cred- 
ited Westmoreland; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; deserted June 
11, 65, Raleigh, N. C. No good. 

Wilson, Alvah D. Co. E; born Lowell, Mass.; age 25; credited 
Manchester; drafted and mustered in Oct. 6, °63; discharged 
Aug. 23, 65. Resides Henniker. j 

Wilson, Charles H.* Co. C; born Bennington; age 40; resident 


Greenfield: enlisted Sept. 5, 61; appointed Corp.; wounded 
May 20, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Dead. 

Wilson, Clark E.* Co. G; born Hancock, Vt.; age 18; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Sept. 6, ’61; discharged Dee: 25.) On 
Hilton Head, S. C. Died Mar. 14, ’80, Ward’s Isl., New York 
peer England 1; resi 

Wilson, Frank Co. B; substitute; born England; age 21; - 
dent England; credited Hill; mustered in Oct.(2i dase ees 
Navy Apr. 28, 64; discharged Aug. 4, 65. bes : 

Wilson, Henry. Co. E; substitute; born Eng and; age 34; cred- 
ited Gofsiown: mustered in Dec. 15, *64; discharged July 
’6s, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. Correct name Wm. H. Moffitt. e- 
sides Fall River, Mass. 








Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 111 


Wilson, James.** Co. I; born Elgin, Can.; age 24; resident Haver- 
hill; enlisted Aug. 24, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 28, ’64; eupcinie 
Corp.; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Veloa, No. Dak 


Wilson, James. Co. K; substitute; born St. John, N. B.; age 333 
resident New York City; credited Lebanon; mustered in 
@cias 035 appointed Corp.; U. S. Navy Apr. 28, ’64; dis- 
charged June 15, ’65 


Wilson, William. Co. F; born New Brunswick; age 21; resident 
New York City; credited Grafton; mustered in Dec. 26, ’63; 
captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Var Died  iuly ay 624) 
Andersonville, Ga. 


Wilson, William. Co. K; substitute; born Ireland; age 22; cred- 
ped d Salem; mustered in Dec. 12, ’64; mustered out Aug. 23, 
65. 

Wingate, Joseph.** Co. A; born Berwick, Me.; age 21; resident 
Rochester; enlisted Sept. 5, 61; appointed Corp.; wounded 
severely Oct. 22, 62, Pocotaligo, S. C.; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 1 Lt., 
Co. K, Feb. 17, ’65; discharged Aug. 23, 65. Awarded “Gil- 
more Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and 
meritorius conduct during operations before Charleston, S. C. 
Resides Rochester. 


Wingate, William F.* Co. F; born and resident Somersworth; 
age 29; enlisted Aug. 14, ’61; killed Oct. 22, ’62, Pocotaligo, 
SiC. 


Winkley, Henry W. Co. I; substitute; born Kerry, Ir.; age 21; 
resident Newburyport, Mass.; credited Gilford; mustered in 
Sept. 29, 63; accidentally killed Apr. 13, ’64, by falling from 
the cross-trees on steamer “Fulton.” 

Winn, Joseph L.** Co. B; born Rome, Me.; age 22; resident 
Somersworth; enlisted Aug. 28, 61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’64; 
wounded severely June 30, °64, near Petersburg, Va. Died, 
wounds, Aug. 8, 64. Awarded: “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. 
Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, for gallant and meritorious conduct dur- 
ing operations before Charleston, S. C 


Winn, William P.* Co. C; born Greenfield; age 44; resident 
Greenfield; enlisted Aug. 27, ’61; discharged Mar. 1, ’64, Beau- 
fort, S. C. Died Nov. I, ’74, Peterborough. 


Winthrop, Alexander. Co. C; substitute; born Andover, Mass.; 
age 18; resident Boston, Mass.; credited Nashua; mustered in 
Oct. 6, 63; wounded Jan. 16, ‘65, explosion of magazine, Ft. 
Fisher, N. C.; discharged May 24, 65, Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. H. 
Resides Georgetown, Mass. 

Witham, Benjamin P.* Co. A; born and resident Wakefield; age 
24; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 

Witham, David A.** Co. A; born Milton; age 38; resident Wake- 
field; enlisted Aug. 30, °61; reénlisted Feb. 19, ’64; credited 
Dover: discharged Aug. 23, 65. Died Apr. 2, 88, Wolfeboro. 

Witham, John W.* Co. H; born Pittsfield; age 28; resident Con- 
cord; enlisted Sept. 4, 61, as Corp.; discharged Feb. 18, 62, 
Beaufort, SaGatouN: EV. Died) Yankees noos \tanchestes: 


112 Fourth Regunent New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Witherill, Herbert E. Co. C; substitute; born Massachusetts; age 
22; credited Chesterfield; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 65. Died June Io, ’o8. 

Wolf, George. Co. C; substitute; born Canada; age 20; credited 
Alton; mustered in Dec. 28, 64; mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. 
Wolfi, Joseph. Co. D; born Germany; age 26; resident. Balti- 
more, Md.; credited Gilsum; mustered in Dec. 23, 63; “missing 
June 7, 64, Cold Harbor, Va.; returned; discharged june 24, 

65, Concord. 

Wonsor, John. Co. D; age 21; enlisted Feb. 22, ’63, Beaufort, 
S. C.; mustered in Feb. 25, 63; captured Oct. 12, ’63, Charles- 
ton. Harbor, S. C.; released; discharged Aug. 23, 65. 

Wood, Almon.** Co. K; born Langdon; age 45; resident Nashua; 
enlisted Sept. 16, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 17, ’64; mustered out, 
Aug. 23, 65. Died Jan. 15, ’98, Nashua. i 

Wood, Thomas.* Co. I; born Lancashire, Eng.; age 33; reSident 
Lawrence, Mass.; enlisted Aug. 12, ‘61; mustered out Sept. 
AGIs AO} 

Woodbridge, William O.** Co. C; born Andover, Mass.; age 35; 
resident Greenfield; enlisted Sept. II, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 18, 
‘64; credited Manchester; wounded June 24, 64, near Peters- 
burg, Va. Died, wounds, June 25, ’64, Pt. of Rocks, Va. 

Woodbury, Rodney C.* Co. H; born Methuen, Mass.; age 23; 
resident Salem; enlisted Sept. 17, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, 
64. Resides Salem. 

Woods, Henry S.* Co. K; age 30; born and resident Pepperell, 
Mass.; enlisted July 26, ’61, as Corp.; discharged Feb. 7, 63, 
Beaufort, S. C. Died Jian. 30, 92, Albany, Vt 

Woods, James. Co. F; substitute; born Glasgow, Scots are sis 
credited Lebanon; mustered in Oct. 17, 63; U. S. Navy Apr. 
28, 64; discharged July 24, ’65, Boston, Mass. 

Woodward, Albert B.* Co. K; age 22; born and resident Bos- 
cawen; enlisted Aug. 2, 61; wounded Oct. 22, ’62; discharged 
Dec. 16, 62, Hilton Head, S. C. Resides Laconia. 

Woodworth, Albert A.* Co. H; born Barnstable, Mass.; age 21; 
resident Salem; enlisted Aug. 19, 61, as Corp.; mustered out 
Sept. 27, "64. rN: H. Vi. and V. R. G> Diedejunemro: 
Dayton, O., Soldiers’ Home. 

Woodworth, Wallace E.* Co. H; born Portsmouth; age 21; resi- 
dent Laconia; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; captured Mar. 24, re 
Jacksonville, Fla.; paroled Oct. 19, 62; Co. B, 5 Art, Uses 
Dec. 24, *62; reénlisted Jan: 623;° 764% credited eee ie 
charged Jan. 23, ’67, Ft. Monroe, Va. 1 N. Hy Ve Resides 
Lakeport. 

Worthley, John.** Co. C; born Goffstown; age 34; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 9, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, 64. Died 
Sept. 5, 64, Ft. Monroe, Va. 

Worthley, Sewell.* Co. C; born Brentwood; age 25; resident 
Brentwood; enlisted Aug. 31, 61; mustered in Sept. 18, ’61; 
mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. Died Feb. 10, ’03, Chester. 

Wright, Benjamin F.* Co. B; age 23; born and resident Nashua; 
enlisted Aug. 21, 61; discharged Mar. 12, 63, New York City. 
Resides Nashua: 


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Wright, Charies. Co. H; born Providence, R. I.; age 22; resident 
Boston, Mass.: credited Danville; mustered in Dec. 26, 63; 
wounded May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged June 1, 
65, Raleigh, N. C. 

Wright, William. Co. K; born Pepperell, Mass.; age 21; credited 
Brookline; mustered in Dec. 15, 63; reported on m. o., roll 
dated Aug. 23, 65, as absent, sick, since Apr. 25, 64. 

Wyckoff, Joseph A.* Co. K; born New York City; age 31; resi- 
dent Londonderry; enlisted Aico. 7a Ome tllede Oc ie 22qno2; 
Ploeoytalbyetoy, S, (Ce 


Wyman, Edson.** Co. E; born Peterborough, age 23; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 26, 61; appointed Corp.; reénlisted 
Feb. 15, 64; discharged June 5, 65, Concord. Died Noy. 23, 
*°98, Weare. 

Wyman, Emery.** Co. E; born Greenfield; age 18; resident 
Peterborough; enlisted Aug. 30, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 20, ’643 
credited Manchester; appointed Corp.; wounded May 16, ’64, 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; Aug. 16, ’64, Deep Bottom, Va.; mustered 
ou: Aug. 23, 65. Resides Loudon. 

Wyman, George.* Co. K; horn Pedford; age 28; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. 16, 61; mustered out Sept. 27, ’64. 
Died Nov. 17, ’90, Weare. 

Wyman, James.** Co. K; born Bedford; age 39; resident Man- 
chester; enlisted Sept. TO, Ores reénlisted Feb. 24, 64; dis- 
charged Aug. 10, ’65, New York City. Died Sept. 9, 776, 
Manchester. 

Wyman, Lyman.** Co. E; born Greenfield; age 22; resident 
Peterborough; enlisted "Aug. lop, “ont e reénlisted Feb. 20, *64; 
credited Manchester; appointed Musc.; mustered out Aug. 23, 
765. Died Feb. 4, °r0, Tilton. 

Wyman, William D. Co. E; born Jaffrey; age 19; resident Hook- 
sett; credited Bartlett; mustered in Jan. 18, ’64; discharged 
July 12, 65, Portsmouth Grove, R. ,I. Died Oct. 14, ’o9, 
Manchester. 

Wyman, William S.* Co. B; born Litchfield; age 20; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Aug. 30, 61; wounded Oct. 22, 62, Poco- . 
taligo, S. C.; discharged Sept. 27, ’64. 1 N. H. V. Died Oct. 
30, 97, Pueblo, Colo. 

Wyman, Woodbury.** Co. E; born Greenfield; age 28; resident 
Manchester; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, ’64; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 65. Died May 29, ’83, Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me. 


Yeaton, Richard B. Co. A; born New Castle; age 28; credited 
Farmington; mustered in Dec. 18, ’63; appointed Corp.; 
mustered out Aug. 23, ’65. Resides Alton. 

York, William F.* Co. B; born Roxbury, Mass.; age 28; resident 
Nashua; enlisted Sept. 2, 61; discharged Sept. 12, ’62, Beau- 
fort, S. C. Resides Andover. 


Young, Alemander.** Co. K; born Alton; age we ee acere Farm- 
ington; enlisted Aug. 26, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 64; wounded 
May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; July 30, ‘Gu ae explosion, 
Petersburg, Va.; mustered out Aug. 22 Oc DTedmitiliva7amO4s 
New Durham. 


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Young, Israel W.* Co. K; born Manchester; age 38; resident 
Hudson; enlisted Aug. 29, ’61; discharged June 4, 64, David’s 
Isl, N. Y. H. Died July 24, ’94, Hudson. 7 

Young’ Perley S. Co. K; born Concord, Mass.; age 18; resident 
and credited Grafton; mustered in Sept. 7, 62. Died, wounds, 
Gloucester Point, Vea., May 4, ’64. 

Young, Perley S. Co. K; born Concord, Mass.; age 18; resident 
dent Farmington; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
64; captured May 16, 64, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; escaped Feb. 
26, 65; discharged Aug. 15, ’65, Raleigh, N. C. Died Apr. 26, 
80, Haverhill, Mass. 

Young, William H. H.** Co. I; born Canterbury; age 20; resi- 
dent Plymouth; enlisted Sept. 3, ’61; reénlisted Feb. 24, ’64; 
credited Haverhill; appointed Corp.; killed July 30, 64, mine 
explosion, Va. 














OE " 


OFFICERS FOURTH REGIMENT FROM SEPTEM- 
BER 18, 1861, TO SEPTEMBER 2, 1865. 





FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS. 


Col. Thomas Jefferson Whipple. Born Jan. 30, 1826, Wentworth; 
died Dec. 21, 1889, Laconia. Resident of Laconia in 1861. Served 
in the Mexican War as Adjt. 9 U. S. Inf.; appointed Lieut. 
Col. 1 Regt., N. H. Vols., Apr. 29, 1861; mustered out Aug. 9, 
1861; appointed Col. 4 Regt., N. H. Vols., Aug. 20, 1861; re- 
signed Jacksonville, Fla., Mar: 18, 1862; raised the 12 N. H. 
Regt. in 1862, but was refused the command of it for personal 
reasons by Governor Berry. Funeral at the Unitarian church, 
Laconia, Dec. 24, 1889; burial in Union cemetery. 


Col. Louis Bell. Born Mar. 8, 1837, Chester; killed Jan. 16, 1865, 
Hort Fisher, N.C. Resident of Farmington in 1861. Enlisted 
Apr. 209, 1861; mustered in May 1 as Capt. ComAM no Reet yINi ee 
Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; appointed Lieut. Col. 4 Regt. 
Sept. 3, 1861; promoted to Col. May 16, 1862; wounded slightly 
Oct. 22, 1862, at Pocotaligo, S. C.; shot through the body while 
leading his brigade at the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 
and died Jan. 16, 1865. Funeral services at the Congregational 
church, Chester, Jan. 27, 1865; burial in the village cemetery 
near his birthplace. 


Lieut. Col. Gilman E, Sleeper. Born May to, 1831, East Kingston; 
died Oct. 22, 1864, Salem. Resident of Salem in 1861. Enlisted 
Apr. 27, 1861, and mustered in May 7 as Capt. Co. K, t Regt., 
N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; appointed and mustered 
in as Capt. Co. C, 4 Regt., Sept. 18, 1861; promoted to Lieut. 
Col. May 16, 1862; resigned on account of disability, which 
caused his death Nov. 27, 1863. Funeral and burial at Salem 
Center. 


Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Dearborn Drew. Born July 29, 1821, Brook- 
field; died May 2, 1905, Lawrence, Mass. Resident of Salem 
in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 17, 1861; mustered in May 4, 1861, as 
Capt. Co. H, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; 
appointed Maj. of 4 Regt. Sept. 3, 1861; promoted to Lieut. Col. 
Dec. 1, 1863; mustered out Sept. 17, 1864. His brother, Israel L,. 
was Lieut. in Co. H; his young son a drummer boy in Co. 
H; and his nephew, Geo. A., a Sergt. in Co. F. Funeral at his 
home in Lawrence, Mass., and burial at Bellview cemetery. 


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116 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Lieut, Col. Francis Wayland Parker. Born Oct. 9, 1837, Bedford, 


Maj 


now Manchester; died Mar. 2, 1902, Pass Christian, Miss. 
Resident of Manchester in 1861. Appointed and mustered in 
as 1 Lieut. Co. E, 4 Regt., Sept. 18, 1861; promoted to Capt. 
Jan. 17, 1862; severely wounded in the neck Aug. 16, 1864, Deep 
Bottom, Va.; promoted to Lieut. Col. Jan. 3, 1865; taken pris- 
oner Apr. 8, 1865. near Magnolia, N. C.; released Apr. 29; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 1865; as senior officer, he was in command 
of the regiment the last seven months of its service until dis- 
banded Sept. 2, 1865, at Concord. Funeral and cremation at 
Chicago, Ili.; ashes deposited in the family lot, Bowman-street 
cemetery, West Manchester, with public funeral services May, 
1902. 


. Charles Walter Sawyer. Born May 19, 1832, Dover; died June 


22, 1864, Concord. Resident of Dover in 1861. Appointed 1 
Lieut. Co. B, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols., Apr. 30, 1861; mustered im 
May 2; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; appointed and mustered in 
as Capt. Co. A, 4 Regt., Sept. 18, 1861; promoted to Maj. Dec. 
I. 1863; severely wounded May 16, 1864, at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., 
and died on account of wounas received in battle. Funeral at 
Dover, with burial at Pine Hill cemetery. 


Maj. George Francis Towle. Born Aug. 4, 1834, Lee; died June 21, 


1900, London, England. A resident of Texas in 1861, he re- 
turned to his father’s home in Portsmouth. Appointed and 
mustered in as 1 Lieut. Co. F, 4 Regt., Sept. 18, 1861; promoted 
to Capt. Jan. 17, 1862, and promoted to Maj. Jan. 3, 1865; on 
detach service the last part of the war; was on the staff of 
General Terry; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; was in the U. S. 
army after the war and was retired as Capt. Funeral and 
burial at Portsmouth. 


Adjt. Henry William Fuller. Born June 30, 1838, Hooksett; died 


Apr. 7, 1885, Roxbury, Mass. Resident of Concord in 1861. 
Enlisted Apr. 29, 1861; appointed 1 Lieut. Co. I, 1 Regt., N. H. 
Vols.; mustered in May 4, 1861; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as Adjt. 4 Regt.; resigned Oct. 20, 
1862; appointed Maj. 16 Regt. Oct. 30, 1862; Lieut. Col. Nov. 1, 
1862; mustered out Aug. 30, 1863; mustered in Nov. 23, 1863, as 
Col. 75 Regt., U. S. Colored Troops; mustered out Nov. 25, 
1865; breveted Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. Mar. 13, 1865, for faithful 
and meritorious service during the war. Funeral at his home 
in Roxbury, Mass.; burial at Forest Hill cemetery, Boston. 


Adjt. Charles Arms Carleton. Born May 27, 1838, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 


died Apr. 1, 1897, New York City. Enlisted Apr. 19, 1861, for 
three months in 12 Regt., New York state militia; mustered 
out Aug. 5, 1861; appointed 2 Lieut..Co. B, 4 Regt., Sept. 20, 
1861; promoted to 1 Lieut. Jan. 17, 1862; to Capt. Oct. 3, 1862; 
declined to accept; appointed Adjt. of the Regt. Nov. 2, 1862; 
discharged July 18, 1864, to accept promotion; appointed Capt., 
Asst. Adjt. Gen. U. S. Vols. July 15, 1864; May! Jans senses: 
discharged Dec. 10, 1865; slightly wounded at Fort Fisher. 
N. C., where all of General Ames’ staff were killed or wounded; 
breveted Lieut. Col. Mar. 13, 1865, for distinguished services at 
the storming of Fort Fisher, N. C.; breveted Col. and Brig. 
Gen. for gallant and meritorious services during the war. 
Funeral at New York City; burial at Woodlawn cemetery. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. Tf 


Adjt. Timothy Worth Challis. Born Apr. 23, 1827, Corinth, Vt.; 
died Feb. 1, 1890, Manchester. Resident of Laconia in 1861. 
Enlisted July 25, r861; appointed 1 Sergt. Co. D, 4 Regt., Sept. 
18, 1861; promoted to 2 Lieut. Oct. 7, 1862; 1 Lieut. July 27, 
1864; Adjt. Nov. 9, 1864; wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 
1865; taken prisoner Apr. 8, 1865, near Magnolia, N. C.; re- 
leased Apr. 29; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; breveted Capt. U. S. 
V. Mar. 13, 1865, for gallant service at the charge on Fort Har- 
rison, Va., and breveted Maj. for gallant and meritorious service 
at Fort Fisher, N. C. Public funeral-service at the Franklin- 
street church, Manchester, with burial at Pine Grove ceme- 
tery. 

Q. M. John Leighton Kelley. Born Oct. 23, 1811, Madbury; died 
May 1, 1887, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. 
Enlisted Apr. 16, 1861; mustered in as Capt. Co. C, 1 Regt., N. 
H. Vols., May 2, 1861; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; appointed 
Q. M. 4 Regt. Aug. 20, 1861; discharged July 30, 1863, to accept 
promotion; appointed Capt. and Asst. Q. M. U. S. Vols. July 
8, 1863; discharged Nov. 11, 1865; breveted Maj. and Lieut. Col. 
U. S. Vols. for faithful and meritorious services. A prominent 
citizen of Manchester, his home city; had been city marshal 
and mayor. His brother, Charles J.. was Q. M. Sergt. Fu- 
neral services were held in the Unitarian church, with burial 
at Pine Grove cemetery. 


Q. M. Albert Knight Tilton. Born Feb. 9, 1841, Thornton; died 
May 19, 1891, Brookline, Mass. Resident of Sanbornton in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861, as Com. Sergt. 4 Regt.; promoted 
to 2 Lieut. Co. C, Aug. 15, 1862; to O. M. Aug. 1, 1863; dis- 
charged May 15, 1865. Funeral and burial at Park cemetery, 
Tilton. 


Com. Daniel Q. Cole. Born — , Rumney; died Apr. 2, 1885, 
Concord. Resident of Concord in 1861. Appointed Com. 4 
Regt. Aug. 20, 1861; transferred to Co. I as 1 Lieut. Oct. 20, 
1861; resigned Oct. 24, 1862. Funeral at Concord; burial at 
Rumney. 


Dr. Josiah Calef Eastman. Born Apr. 22, 1811, Loudon; died Nov. 
27, 1897, Hampstead. A practicing physician of Hampstead. 
Appointed Surg. 4 Regt. Aug. 20, 1861; resigned Oct. 7, 1862. 
A lifelong resident of Hampstead, where his funeral and burial 
took place. 


Dr. George Preston Greeley. Born Apr. 9, 1833, Nashua; died Dec. 
27, 1892, St. Augustine, Fla. Resident of Nashua, where he 
was a practicing physician. Appointed Asst. Surge. 2 Regt., 
N. H. Vols., May 3, 1861; resigned June 3, 1861; appointed 
Asst. Surg. 4 Regt. Aug. 20, 1861; promoted to Surg. Oct. 8, 
1862; discharged Oct. 23, 1864; in Feb., 1865, commissioned 
Surg. 9 Regt., U. S. Veteran Vol. 1 Corps; served until May 
8. 1866. For a long time was in business at St. Augustine, 
Fla., where he died; funeral at Episcopal church, Nashua, and 
burial in Canal-street cemetery at Nashua. His widow is a 
sister of Adm. George Dewey. 





LIS Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Dr. David Plummer Dearborn. Born Oct. 21, 1836, Sanbornton; 
died April 2, 1888, Brattleboro, Vt. Resident of Weare in 
1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 4 Regt., Sept. 20, 1861; 
was detailed in the hospital department; promoted to 2 Lieut. 
March 22, 1862; appointed 2 Asst. Surg. Dec. 16, 1862; Asst. 
Surg. May 2, 1864; Surg. Nov. 9, 1864; mustered out Aug. 23, 
1865. Practiced as a physician for many years at Brattleboro, 
Vt., where his funeral and burial occurred. 

Dr. David L. M. Comings. Born Oct. 14, 1825, Cornish; died Aug. 
I, 1863, Swanzey. Resident of Swanzey in 1862. Appointed 
2 Asst. Surg. Aug. 13, 1862; Asst. Surg. Oct. 8, 1862. Stricken 
with illness early, he died ‘while on a leave of absence at his 
home in Swanzey, where funeral and burial occurred. 

Dr. Charles Chester Beckley. Born June 20, 1829, Weathersfield, 
Vt.; died Feb. 18, 1886, Plainfield. Resident of Plainfield in 
ee Appointed Asst. Surg. Oct. 1, 1863; mustered in Dec. 

, 1863; resigned Mar. 26, 1864. Was for many years a prac- 
ticing physician at Pl lainfield, where his funeral and burial took 
place. 

Dr. James Parker Walker. Born Feb. 7, 1828, Bedford, now Man- 
chester; died May 6, 1897, West Manchester. Resident of 
the west part of Manchester, then known as Piscataqua. Ap- 
pointed 2 Asst. Surg. May 2, 1864; discharged Nov. 2, 1864. 
Lived all his life in West Manchester, where he died; funeral 
at his home and burial in the Bowman-street cemetery. 

Dr. Henry Frost Wardwell. Born Mar. 9, 1828, Albany, Me.; died 
Dec. 26, 1891, Berlin Falls. Resident of Gorham in 1865. En- 
listed Mar. 31, 1865; appointed Asst. Surg. Apr. 11,) 1865; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. 

Rev. Martin Wyman Willis. Born Dec. 1, 1821, North Easton, 
Mass.; died April 27, 1894, St. Louis, Mo. In 1861 pastor of 
the Unitarian church, Nashua. Appointed Aug. 20, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18, 1861; discharged Jan. 27, 1862. 

Rev. Liberty Billings. Born , 1822, Saco, Meis*died? @Octrrz 
1877, Fernandina, Fla. Resident of Concord. Appointed 
Chap. 4 Regt. July 29, 1862; discharged to accept promotion 
to Lieut. Col. of 1 So. Car. Colored Regt. Nov. 1, 1862; dis- 
charged July 9, 1863. Had been Lieut. Gov. of Florida. 

Rev. William Henry Thomas. Born Mar. 29, 1840, New York City. 
Resident of Laconia in 1863. Appointed Chap. Oct. 23, 1863; 
resigned June 28, 1864; third and last Chap. of the 4 Regt. 
He is now a retired Methodist clergyman and resides, I9II, 
at South Norwalk, Conn., the only survivor of the field and 
staff of the 4 Regt., N. H. Vols. 





CAPTAINS. 


Richard Oliver Greenleaf. Born Jan. 31, 1823, South Berwick, 
Me.; died Aug. 9, toot, Nashua. Resident of Nashua in 
1861. Enlisted Apr. 26, 1861; appointed Capt. Co. E, 1 Regt. 
N. H. Vols., for three months; mustered in May 2; ‘mustered 
out Aug. 9, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as senior Capt. 
Gin@or bd Regt, Nae. Walls: appointed Maj. Aug. 24, 1864; 
declined appointment; discharged Nov. 1, 1864, as Capt. 
Funeral at Nashua; burial at Edgewood cemetery. 


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Gilman E. Sleeper. Capt. Co. C. (See Lieutenant Colonels.) 
Charles Walter Sawyer. Capt. Co. A. (See Majors.) 


Joseph Messer Clough. Born June 15, 1829, Sunapee. Resident 
of New London. Enlisted Apr. 26, 1861; appointed I 
Lieut. Co. H, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols., Apr. 30; mustered in for 
three months May 4; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Sept. 
Io, 1861; mustered in as Capt. Co. H, 4 Regt.; wounded se- 
verely July 30, 1864, at Batile of the Mine near Petersburg 
Va.; discharged Sept. Uy, 1864; appointed Lieut. Col. 18 Regt., 
N. H. Vols., Oct. 13, 1864; mustered in Oct. 18 for one year; 
wounded Mar. 29, 1865, Fort Stedman, Va.; appointed Col. 
July 29, 1865; not mustered in; mustered out July 29, 1865, as 
Lieut. Col.; breveted Brig. Gen. to date Mar. 13, 1865, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services during the war. Resident, IgrI, 
of New London. 


Thompson Lafayette Newell. Born Oct. 23, 1808, Bow; died 
Noy. 25, 1895, Concord. Resident of Manchester in 1861. En- 
listed Aug. 19, 1861; mustered in as Capt. of Co. E, 4 Regt., 
Sept. 18, 1861; resigned Dec. 16, 1861.. Died at the Odd Fel- 
lows’ Home, Concord; funeral at West Manchester, with 
burial in Bowman-street cemetery. 


William Badger. Born Gilmanton; died May 12, 1897. 
Resident of Sanbornton in 1861. Son of Governor Badger. 
Enlisted July 25, 1861; mustered in as Capt. of Co. D, 
4 Regt:, N. H. Vols.; discharged June 4, 1864; appointed 
Col. Feb. 21, 1865; not mustered; only served as Capt.; ap- 
pointed captain 9 U. S. Veteran Vols. June 24, 1865; discharged 
Apr. 20, 1866; appointed 2 Lieut. 6 Inf., U. S. A., May 10, 1866; 
I Lieut. Feb. 9, 1867; Capt. Dec. 15, 1880; retired Jan. 25, 1889; 
breveted Maj. U. S. Vols. for gallant and meritorious service 
during the war. Died Boston, Mass.; funeral and burial at 
Belmont. 


Jonathan Robinson Bagley. Born Mar. 16, 1820, at Sanborn- 
ton; died July 17, 1900, West Derry. Resident of Manchester 
in 1861. Enlisted July 27, 1861; mustered in as Capt. Co. K; 
resigned Jan. 13, 1862. Funeral at Derry; burial in London- 
derry at Pillsbury cemetery. 

Michael O’Flynn. Born in Ireland 1836; died June 29, 1901, 
Hampton, Va., Soldiers’ Home. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Enlisted Apr. 22, 1861; mustered in May 2 as 1 Sergt.; 
mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 16, 1861, and mustered 
in as Capt. of Co. G, 4 Regt.; resigned Oct. 2, 1862. Funeral 
and burial at the Home cemetery. 


Orrin Brown. Born, 1833, Atkinson, Me.; died Apr. 7, IgI0, 
East Corinth, Me. Resident of Somersworth in 1861. En- 
listed July 25, 1861; mustered in as Capt. Co. F, 4 Regt., 
N. H. Vols.; cashiered Jan. 24, 1862. Funeral and burial at 
Corinth, Me. 


Nathaniel Hazen Brown. Born at Derry May 20, 1834; died 
May 11, 1909, Derry. Resident of Derry in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 14, 1861; mustered in as Capt. Co. I, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
resigned Oct. 6, 1862; appointed Capt. July ah 1864, OLeCon 1B, 
Tapleects, Nee Ell. Cavalry: mustered in July 16, 1864; mustered 
out July 15, 1865. Funeral at Baptist church, Derry, with 
burial at Woodlawn cemetery, East Derry. 





120 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Ephraim C. Currier. Born, 1834, Danville; died Aug. 12, 1862, 
Beaufort, S. C. Resident of Danville in 1861. Mustered 
in Sept. 18, 1861, as 1 Lieut. Co. K, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; pro- 
moted to Capt. Jan. 17, 1862. Died of fever in hospital. After 
a military funeral was buried in Soldiers’ cemetery at Beau- 
LOTt Ones 

George Francis Towle. Capt. Co. F. (See Majors.) 

Francis Wayland Parker. Capt. Co. E. (See Lieutenant Colonels.) 


Jasper G. Wallace. Rorn, 1827. Montpelier, Vt.; died Jan. 
20, 1877, Dover. Resident of Dover in 1861. Appointed Apr. 
30, 1861, and mustered in May. 2, 1861, as.2 Lieut. Co. B, 1 
Regt., N. H. Vols., for three months; mustered out Aug. 9, 
1861; enlisted Sept. 16, 1861, and mustered in Sept. 18 as I 
Lieut. Co. A, 4 Regt.; promoted to Capt. Co. C May 17, 1862; 
wounded severely Oct. 22, 1862, at Pocotaligo, S. C., and 
wounded again seriously May 15, 1864, at Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
discharged for disability Sept. 14, 1864. Death, funeral, and 
burial at Dover. 

True Sanborn, Jr. Born July 30, 1827, Chichester. Resident of 
Chichester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861; mustered in as 2 
Lieut. Co. I, 4 Regt.; promoted 1 Lieut. Co. K June 12, 1862; 
Capt. Co. K Aug. 15, 1862; discharged for disability Nov. 2, 
1864; for several years Col. 3 Regt., N. H. state militia.’ Resi- 
dent, 1911, of Chichester. 

William W. Mayne. Born May 11. 1839, Whitehall, -N. Y. 
Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 20, 1861; mus- 
tered in May 2 as Corp.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted 
Aug. 19, 1861; mustered in as 2 Lieut. Co. G, 4 Regt.; promoted 
1 Lieut. Mar. 22, 1862; Capt. Oct. 3, 1862; wounded severely 
Oct. 22, 1862, Pocotaligo, S. C.; wounded seriously June 29, 
1864, near Petersburg, Va.; discharged for disability Sept. 14, 
1864. Resident, 1911, of Claremore, Okla. 

David Otis Burleigh. Born Mar. 6, 1818, Sandwich; died Aug. 
28, 1905, Laconia. Resident of Laconia in 1861. Enlisted 
July 25, 1861; mustered in as 2 Lieut. Co. D, 4 Regt.; pro- 
moted to 1 Lieut. May 1, 1862; Capt. Co. I Oct. 7, 1862; dis- 
charged June 4, 1864. Funeral and burial at Laconia. 


Isaac Wallingford Hobbs. Born June 29. 1837, Effingham. Resi- 
dent of Somersworth in 186t. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1861; 
mustered in as 1 Lieut. Co. F, 4 Regt.; promoted to Capt. Co. 
A Dec. 1, 1863; wounded July 18, 1864, near Petersburg, Va.; 
discharged Nov. 7, 1864; served as Capt. in Hancock’s Veteran 
Corps until the close of the war; was in command of the regi- 
ment at the charge on Fort Harrison, Va., and until mustered 
out. Had a brother captain in an Iowa regiment, who was 
killed in battle. Principal of the high school in 1861. Resides, 
19IIt, on his farm, Pembroke. 

Frederic Augustus Kendall. Eorn Aug. 28, 1838. Concord. 
Resident of Concord in 1861. Enlisted June 18, 1861, as pri- 
vate in Co. B, 11 Regt., Ind Vol. In*: transterredmtom Gols 
t Regt., N. H. Vols., July 23, 1861; discharged Aug. 9, 1861; 
enlisted Aug. 20. 1861; mustered in as 2 Lieut. Co. C, 4 Regt.; 
promoted to 1 Lieut. Co. B Aug. 15, 1862; Capt. Co. B Sept. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 121 


12, 1864; discharged to date Aug. 17, 1865; appointed Capt. Co. 
L, 8 Heavy Art., U. S. Colored Troops, July 20, 1865; dis- 
charged Feb. 10, 1866; appointed 2 Lieut. 4o U. S. Inf. July 
eaeieoos 1 Iiieut. July, 31, 1867; Capt. 25 WU, S: Int. Mar: 22; 
1879; retired Dec. 4, 1884. Resident, 1911, of Cleveland, O., 
conducting a life insurance business. 


John Henry Roberts. Born Aug. 4, 1839, Ossipee; died Jan. 
7, 1905, Malden, Mass. Resident of Dover in 1861. Enlisted 
Apr. 17, 1861; mustered in May 4 as Sergt. of Co. A, 1 Regt., 
N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 29, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18 as t Sergt. Co. A, 4 Regt.; promoted to 
Pelieut. Cor) May 1 1862; 1 Lieut Oct 7, 1862; and! Capt. 
Nov. 9. 1864; wounded at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865. 
where he was in command of the regiment; promoted to Maj. 
but not mustered owing to the small number in the regiment; 
was breveted Maj. for gallant and meritorious conduct at the 
storming of Fort Fisher, N. C. For many years he held a 
responsible position in the Charlestown navy yard. His 
brother, Geo. W., a Capt. in the 2 N. H. Vols., was killed at 
Gettysburg. John H. died after a short illness of pneumonia 
at his pleasant home in Malden, Mass., where his funeral was 
held, with burial in Forestdale cemetery. 


George Warren Huckins. Born May to, 1838, Strafford; died 
Jan. 3, 1911, Appleton, Wis. Resident of Haverhill, Mass., 
in 186t. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 
MD ciumeco. wie. promoted to 2 Wieut. jan 17) 18625 1 
Lieut. Oct. 25, 1862; Capt. Nov. 9, 1864; mustered out Aug. 
23, 1865. Was in business in the West most of the time after 
the war. Death, funeral, and burial were at Appleton, Wis. 


Matthew Adams. Born May to, 1842, Newbury; died Sept. 
26, 1904, Denver, Col. Resident of New London in 1861. En- 
listed Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, as Sergt. Co. H; 
promoted to 2 Lieut. Sept. 24, 1863; wounded July 30, 1864, 
at Battle of the Mine, Va.; promoted to Capt. Co. A Nov. 21, 
1864; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Was for several years 
county clerk at Denver, Col., where his death, funeral, and 
burial occurred. 


Abner Lucius Knowlton. Born Sept. 1, 1832, Windsor; died 
Feb. 11, 1899, Miami, Fla. Resident of Sanbornton in 1861. 
Enlisted Aug. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as Corp. 
Co. D, 4 Regt.; reénlisted Jan. 1, 1864; promoted to Sergt.. 
1 Sergt., I Lieut., and Feb. 17, 1865, was promoted to Capt. 
Co. H; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. He followed his profes- 
sion as civil engineer after the war. His death, funeral, and 
burial took place at Miami, Fla. 


Louis McDuffie Hussey. Born Nov. 16, 1837, Rochester; died 
May 19, 1910, Rochester. Resident of Rochester in 1861. 
Enlisted Apr. 23, 1861; mustered in May 2 as private in Co. 
B, 1 Regt.. N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted 
Aug. 26, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Sergt. Co. A, 4 Regt.; 
appointed 1 Sergt.; reénlisted Jan. 1, 1864; promoted to 1 Lieut. 
Noy. 9, 1864; Capt. Co. C Feb. 17, 1865; mustered out Aug. 
23, 1865. Was the first city marshal of Rochester. His death, 
funeral, and burial occurred in the city of his birth and on 
whose quota he served over four years. 


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George Frederick Quimby. Born Mar. 14, 1837, Kingston. Resi- 
dent of Kingston in 186r. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1861; mus- 
tered in Sept. 18, 1861, as private m> (Co, eye Regt., Ne: 
Vols.; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 24, 1864; appointed 
Sergt.; promoted to 1 Lieut. Nov. 9, 1864; Capt. Co. I Feb. 
17, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Resident, 1911, Newton 
Junction. 

William Sanford Barker. Born Dec. 19, 1831, Andover, Mass.; 
died Feb. 8, 1908, Londonderry. Resident of London- 
derry in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 
as Sergt.; promoted 1 Sergt. May 1, 1862; reénlisted Feb. 15, 
1864; promoted to t Lieut. Nov. 9, 1864; Capt. Co. E Feb. 
17, 1865; resigned May 30, 1865. Death, funeral, and burial 
at Londonderry. 

Clarence Linden Chapman. Born Dec. 1, 1843, Sanford, Me. 
Resident of Somersworth in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861, 
as Corp. in Co. F, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; appointed Sergt.; 
reénlisted Feb. 18, 1864; wounded July 10, 1864; promoted to 
1 Lieut. Nov. 9, 1864; Capt. Co. F Feb. 17, 1865; resigned May 
17, 1865. Resident, 1911, Somersworth. 

Edwin Whitford. Born Jan. 7, 1837, Billerica, Mass.; died Nov. 
22, 1902, Bedford. Resident of Bedford in 1861. En- 
listed Aug. 27, ae mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as Corp. in 
Go, ByAtRests . Vols.; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 
28, 1864; eee i ‘Seret.: 1 Lieut. Feb. 17, 1865; Capt. Co. 
G Mar. 1, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Kick by a horse 
caused his death; funeral at the Presbyterian church, Bedford; 
burial at Andover, Mass. 


Eleazer Leonard Sarsons. Born Aug. 9, 1836, Lyme. Resi- 
dent of Nashua in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 30, 1861; mustered in 
as private May 3; mustered out his birthday, Aug. 9, 1861; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, as Sergt.; re- 
enlisted Feb. 16, 1864; taken prisoner May 20, 1864, at Drewry’s 
Bluff, Va.; released; promoted to 1 Sergt.; 1 Lieut. Feb. 17, 
1865; Capt. Co. F June 2, 1865. He was the twenty-ninth and 
last captain commissioned in the regiment; mustered out Aug. 
23, 1865, after a service of over four years. Resident, IgQII, 
Lempster. 


FIRST LIEUTENANTS. 


Martin Van Buren Richardson. Born May 4, 1839, Lowell, Mass.; 
died Oct. 22, 1885, Worcester, Mass. Resident of Manchester 
in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 18, 1861; mustered in May 2 as 1 Lieut.” 
Co. C, 1 Regt. N. H. Vols.; mustered out Auge ionms6r- 
mustered in Sept. 20, 1861, as 1 Lieut. Co. C, 4 Regt.; became 
senior 1 Lieut. at the organization of the Regt.; promoted to 
Capt. Sept. 12, 1864; not mustered; discharged as 1 Lieut. 
Sept. 17, 1864. Afterward served as Capt. in the Hancock 
Veteran Corps. As regimental historian, contributed several 
letters to a Manchester paper, which appear in this volume. 
His funeral was at his sister’s home in Manchester; burial. in 
Pine Grove cemetery. 


Jasper G. Wallace. First Lieut. Co. A. (See Captains.) 


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Israel L. Drew. Born —, 1825, Brookfield; died Nov. 6, 1861, 
Annapolis, Md. Resident of Lawrence, Mass., in 1861. En- 
listed Apr. 26, 1861; mustered in May 4 as 1 Lieut. Co. H, 1 
Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 
TO, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 1 Lieut. Co. H, 4 
Regt. Brother of Maj. J. D. Drew. Died in hospital at Anna- 
polis, with funeral and burial at Lawrence, Mass. Was the 
first officer of the regiment to give up his life. 


Charles Otis Jenison. Born Dec. 11, 1839, Templeton, Mass. Resi- 
dent of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 18, 1861; mustered 
Mies ersol, vas 2 Lieut. (Co, (©) 01) Rest, Nv. Wols:: 
mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 1 
fienut. Co. D. 4 Rest.; resigned Apr. 30, 1862. A practicing 
physician, 1911, at Greenville, Mich. 

Ephraim ©. Currier. First Lieut. Co. K. (See Captains.) 

William Stoughton Pillsbury. Born Mar. 16, 1833, Sutton. Resi- 
dent of Londonderry in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861; mustered 
im Sept. J8 as 1 Lieut. Co. I, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; resigned 
Oct. 20, 1861, at Annapolis, Md.; mustered in July 3, 1862, as 
t Lieut. Co. A, 9 Regt., N. H. Vols.; (his brother was Capt. 
of the Co.); resigned Oct. 9. 1862; mustered in Sept. 7, 1864, 
as I Lieut. Co. D, 1 Regt., N. H. Heavy Art.; mustered out 
June 15, 1865; served as 1 Lieut. in three N. H. organizations. 
A retired shoe manufacturer. Resident, 1911, Londonderry. 

George Francis Towle. First Lieut. Co. F. (See Majors.) 

Charles W. Hurd. Born July 29. 1835, Durham; died May 11, 1899, 
Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 
TQ. 1861; mustered in May 2 as Sergt. Co. C, 1 Regt., N. H. 
Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 19, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18 as 1 Lieut. Co. G, 4 Regt.; resigned Mar. 
21, 1862; enlisted Apr. 28, 1863, in navy for one year as lands- 
Mmanewesenved on UW. S: S) “Ohio, \ Princeton,” and) “Mem- 
phis”; discharged July 26, 1864, as Master-at-Arms from receiy- 
ing ship “Philadelphia.” Death and funeral at his home, Man- 
chester; burial in Valley cemetery. 


Isaac Wallingford Hobbs. First Lieut. Co. F. (See Captains.) 


Francis Wayland Parker. First Lieut. Co. E. (See Lieutenant 
Colonels.) 


Daniel QO. Cole. First Lieut. Co. I. (See Commissaries.) 


Hiram C. Tuttle. Born , 1825, Newburyport, Mass.; died 
Feb. 7, 1863, Concord. Resident of Concord in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 9, 1861; mustered in as 2 Lieut. Co. H, 4 Regt., N. 
H. Vols., Sept. 18; promoted: 1 Lieut. Jan. 17, 1862. Died of 
ae while on leave of absence; funeral and burial at Con- 
cord. 

Ardrew Jackson Edgerly. Born Oct. 8, 1828, Barnstead; died 
Feb. 26, 1890, Medford, Mass. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 2 Lieut. Co. E, 4 Regt., 
N. H. Vols.; promoted 1 Lieut. Jan. 17, 1862; discharged Mar. 
10, 1863, while at home on recruiting service. Served one year 
as Adjt. Gen. of N. H. Died at his residence, College Hill 

' (Medford. Mass.); funeral at the Franklin-street church, Man- 
chester; burial in Valley cemetery. 








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Charles Arms Carleton. First Lieut. Co. B. (See Adjutants.) 


Charles M. Currier. Born , 1833, Methuen, Mass.; died July 
4, 1898, Chicago, Ill. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Mus- 
tered in Sept. 24, 1861, as Prin. Musc. 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
served as Asst. Leader of the 1 Band; promoted 1 Lieut. Co. 
K Jan. 17, 1862; resigned June 11, 1862. Funeral and burial 
at Chicago, Ill. 

William W. Mayne. First Lieut. Co. G. (See Captains.) 

David Gtis Burleigh. First Lieut. Co. D. (See Captains.) 

Henry W. Locke. Born, 1827, Barrington; died -Mar. 19, 1895, 
Barrington. Resident Rochester in 1861. Mustered in Sept. 
18, 1861, as 2 Lieut. Co. A, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; promoted to 
1 Lieut. May 17, 1862; discharged June 25, 1864, to accept pro- 
motion; appointed Capt., Com. subsistence, May 18, 1864; dis- 
charged Nov. 27, 1865; breveted Maj. U. S. V. for faithful 
services. Funeral at Barrington, with burial at Rochester. 

True Sanborn, Jr. First Lieut. Co. K. (See Captains.) 

Frederic Augustus Kendall. First Lieut. Co. B. (See Captains.) 

Daniel Gile. Born, 1839, Manchester; died Aug. 30, 1886, Man- 
chester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 18, 
1861; mustered in May 2 as private Co. C, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
mustered out Aug. 9. 1861; enlisted Aug. 28, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18, 1861, as 1 Sergt. Co. G, 4 Regt.; promoted yn Mieut 
Oct. 4, 1862; taken prisoner Aug. 18, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.; 
paroled; discharged May 15, 1865. Death and funeral at home 
of his sister, Manchester; burial Amoskeag cemetery. 

John Henry Roberts. First Lieut. Co. D. (See Captains.) 

George Warren Huckins. First Lieut. Co. K. (See Captains.) 

Harry Ford Wiggin. Born June 23, 1838, Dover; died Oct. 27, 
1901, Gardiner, Me. Resident of Dover in 1861. Enlisted 
Apr. 17, 1861; mustered in as Sergt. May 1, 1861, of Co. A, I 
Reet., N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 
29, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private Co. A, 4 Regt., N. H. 
Vols.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. E Jan. 17, 1862; t Lieut. Co, I 
Oct. 25, 1862; Adjt. Sept. 12, 1864; not mustered as Adjt.; 
discharged Oct. 25, 1864. Funeral and burial at Dover. 


Henry M. Hicks. Born , 1837, Lyndon, Vt.; died Feb. 22, 
1883. Alma. Neb. Resident of Haverhill in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 
To, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Sergt. Co. H, 4 Regt. N. H. 
Vols.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. H Oct. 25, 1862; 1 BieuteHeb: 
8, 1863; discharged for disability Sept. 14, 1864; organized and 
had charge of a company of mounted men for scout duty 
around and near St. Augustine, Fla. Death, funeral, and burial 
at Alma, Neb. 

Albert Henry Clay Jewett. Born Dec. 22, 1841, Meredith; died 
Dec. 14, 1808, Washington, D. C. Resident of Laconia in 
1861. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 
Sengin Con, Ds AMRicodia Nem ile Vols.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. A 
Nov. 5. 1862; 1 Lieut. Co. E Mar. 14, 1863; discharged Sept. 
26, 1864. At the time of his death was a clerk in pension 
office at Washington, D. C.; funeral at Laconia; burial in 
Union cemetery. 








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Amos Lincoln Colburn. Born June 11, 1832, Dracut, Mass. Resi- 
dent of Concord in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 28, 1861; mustered 
in as Corp. May 4 Co. I, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered out 
Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 
iMmOcuoimCcon led Rests promoted 2) ienta Con Hi Miaya 175 
1862; 1 Lieut. Dec. 1, 1863; wounded Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bot- 
tom, Va.; appointed Capt. Nov. 9, 1864; declined; discharged 
on account of wounds Nov. 1, 1864. Resident, r9t1, Concord. 

Timothy Worth Challis. First Lieut. Co. A. (See Adjutants.) 


William King Norton. Born Feb. 20, 1841, Concord; died Jan. 13, 
1892, Concord. Resident of Concord in 1861. Mustered in 
Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co. K, 4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; pro- 
moted Q. M. Sergt. Jan. 29, 1864; reénlisted Feb. 20, 1864, 
his birthday; promoted 2 Lieut. July 27, 1864; not mustered; 
promoted 1 Lieut. Co. C Nov. 21, 1864; Q. M. June 2, 1865; not 
mus‘ered in; mustered out as rt Lieut. Aug. 23, 1865. Birth, 
death, funeral, and burial in Concord. 


George Frederick Quimby. First Lieut. Co. I. (See Captains.) 
Louis McDuffe Hussey. First Lieut. Co. A. (See Captains.) 
Clarence Linden Chapman. First Lieut. Co. F. (See Captains.) 
Abner Lucius Knowlton. First Lieut. Co. H. (See Captains.) 


Leonard Allen Gay. Born May 20, 1836, Groton, Mass. Resident 
of Nashua in 1861. First Lieut. Co. B; enlisted Apr. 19, 1861; 
mustered in May 2, 1861, as private Co. EF, 1 Regt., N. H. 
Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Sept. 4, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18 as Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 16, 1864; 
wounded July 30, 1864, Battle of the Mine, Va.; promoted 1 
Lieut. Nov. 9, 1864; Capt. Aug. 23, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 
1865, as I Lieut.; commanded Co. B till close of war. Resides, 
1911, on his farm, Hudson. 


William Sanford Barker. First Lieut. Co. K. . (See Captains.) 


Charles Milton Whiting. Born July 18, 1833, Lyndeborough; died 
July 1, to01, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. 
Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Corp. Co. E, 
4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; promoted Sergt. (1 Sergt. Oct. 23, 1863); 
1 Lieut. Co. E Nov. 9, 1864; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; com- 
missioned Capt. Aug. 23, 1865; not mustered; mustered out 
Aug. 23, 1865, as 1 Lieut.; was in command of Co. E at close 
of the war; wounded severely July 30, 1864, Battle of the 
Mine, Va. Funeral and burial at Pine Grove cemetery, Man- 
chester, July 4, Igor. 


Edwin Whitford. First Lieut. Co. I. (See Captains.) 
Eleazer Leonard Sarsons. First Lieut. Co. A. (See Captains.) 


Charles Henry Moore. Born Sept. 7. 1841, Hillsborough; died Feb. 
7, 1911, Nashua. Resident of Nashua in 1861. Enlisted ana 
mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co. H, 4 Regt., N. H. 
Vols.; reénlisted Feb. 20, 1864; promoted Q. M. Sergt. Nov. 
21, 1864; 1 Lieut. Co. F Feb. 17, 1865; discharged on account 
of wounds May 15, 1865, as 1 Lieut.; wounded Apr. 9, 1865. 
Died at his residence, 18 Canal street, Nashua; funeral at 
the Universalist church; burial at Woodlawn cemetery. The 
last man wounded in the regiment at Little Washington, 
N He was president of the Regimental Veteran Associ- 
ation and chairman of the history committee. ° 


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Henry Augustus Mann. Born July 18, 1830, Pembroke; died Mar. 
21, 1898; Concord. Resident of ‘Concord in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 2, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co. I, 
4 Regt., N. H. Vols.; appointed Sergt.; ‘reénlisted Feb. 15, 
1864; wounded May 16, 1864, at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., and 
again Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.; promoted 2 Lieut. 
Mar. I, 1865; 1 Lieut. June 2, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 
1865. Death and funeral at Concord; burial at Blossom Hill 
cemetery. 


Joseph L. Wingate. Born June 26, 1840, Berwick, Me. Resident 
of Rochester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co, A, 4 Regt. N. H. Vols.; ap- 
pointed Corp.; wounded severely Oct. 22, 1862, Pocotaligo, 

. C.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; appointed Sergt.; wounded 
May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 1 Lieut. Co. 
K Feb. 17, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; awarded “Gil- 
more Medal” of honor by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for gal- 
lant and meritorious conduct during operations before Charles- 
ton, S. C. Resident, t911, East Rochester. 


Samuel Hoyt Prescott. Born Oct. 11, 1840, Epping. Resident of 
Laconia in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861; mustered in Sept. 
18 as Corp. Co. D, 4.Regt., N. H. Vols.; appointed Sergt.; re- 
enlisted Feb. 18, 1864; appointed 1 Sergt.; promoted 1 Lieut. 
Feb. 17, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; commanded Co. D 
at the assault on Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865. Resident, 
191I, Concord. 

Alfred Marland (correct name, John M. Cooley). Born Mar. 1, 
1827; died Apr. 13, 1878, Darlington, Md. Resident of Havre 
de Grace, Md., in 1861. Enlisted as a substitute Oct. 15, 
1863; credited to Canaan; private in Co. K, 4 Regt, N. H. 
Vols.; acted Adjt. for Apr., 1865; promoted 1 Lieut. Co. H 
Feb. 17, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. 

Lorenzo Dow Huntress. Born Jan. 16, 1843, Parsonsfield, Me. 
Resident of Somersworth in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1861; 
mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co. F, 4 Regt. N. H. 
Vols.; reénlisted Feb. 17, 1864; appointed 1 Sergt; promoted 
rt Lieut. Co. I Mar. 1, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; 
awarded “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for 
gallant and meritorious conduct during operations before 
Charleston, S. C. Resident, 1911, Woodsford, Me. 


SECOND LIEUTENANTS. 


True Sanborn, Jr. Second Lieut. Co. I. (See Captains.) 

Charles Henry Drummer. Born Dec. 18, 1838, Keene; died June 
15, 1884, Keene. Resident of Keene in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 
19, 1861; mustered in May 2, 1861, as 2 Lieut. Co. G, 1 Regt., 
N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 31, 
1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 2 Lieut. Co. F, 4 Regt; 
resigned Mar. 21, 1862; enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, for one year as 
landsman; served on U. S. S. “Ohio” and “Housatonic”; 
discharged for disability Sept. 21, 1863. Birth, death, funeral, 
and burial at Keene. 


David Otis Burleigh. Second Lieut. Co. D. (See Captains.) 


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Hiram C. Tuttle. Second Lieut. Co. H. (See First Lieutenants.) 
William W. Mayne. Second Lieut. Co. G. (See Captains.) 
Henry W. Locke. Second Lieut. Co. A. (See First Lieutenants.) 


Andrew Jackson Edgerly. Second Lieut. Co. E. (See First 
Lieutenants. ) 


‘Charles Wellington Tilton. Born Mar. 22, 1830,: Northfield; died 
Feb. 23, 1905, Tilton. Resident of Northfield in 1861. En- 
listed July 22, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 2 Lieut. Co. 
K, 4 Regt.; resigned Jan. 16, 1862; mustered in Aug. 10, 1862, 
as I Lieut. Co. C, 9 Regt.; wounded Sept. 17, 1862, Antietam, 
Md.; resigned Dec. 5, 1862. Funeral at Tilton; burial in Park 
cemetery. 

Charles Arms Carleton. Second Lieut. Co. B. (See Adjutants.) 

Frederic Augustus Kendall. Second Lieut. Co. C. (See Captains.) 

George Warren Huckins. Second Lieut. Co. K. (See Captains.) . 

Adelbert White. Born , 1838, Georgia, Vt. Resident of 
Nashua in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 19, 1861; mustered in May 2 
as private Co. FE, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 
1861; enlisted Aug. 23, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as 
1 Sergt. Co. B, 4 Regt.; promoted 2 Lieut. Jan. 17, 1862; dis- 
charged Nov. 30, 1862. Resident, 1911, Roxbury, Mass. 

Harvey Ford Wiggin. Second Lieut. Co. E. (See First Lieuten- 
ants.) 


Norman Burdick. Born June 2, 1834, Middleton, Vt.; died May 
14, 1908, Albany, N. Y. Resident of Milford in 1861. En- 
listed Aug. 19, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 1861, as private Co. 
GCurmivcet. Navi, Vols. promoted 2) kieut (on Hy Jian 17, 
1862; resigned Nov. 12, 1862; recruited the Milford squad for 
the 4 Regt. 

Charles Laurence Brown. Born , 1843, Chester; died June 
3, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. Resident of Manchester in 1861. 
Enlisted May 22, 1861, as private Co. A, 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18 as Sergt. Maj. 4 Regt.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. I Mar. 
22, 1862. Died of disease on Folly Island, where funeral 
services were held. His father was Surg., 7 N. H. Vols., and 
his older brother Hosp. Stew. All now are dead. 


David Plummer Dearborn. Second Lieut. Co. G. (See Surgeons.) 
John Henry Roberts. Second Lieut. Co. D. (See Captains.) 


Amos Lincoln Colburn. Second Lieut. Co. F. (See First Lieu- 
tenants. ) 


‘Benjamin Reddington Wheeler. Born Apr. 20, 1840, Salem. Resi- 
dent of Salem in 1861. Enlisted Apr. 25, 1861; mustered in 
May 4 in Co. H as private 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered 
out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; mustered in as Sergt. 
Co. C, 4 Regt.; promoted 2 Lieut. June 12, 1862; wounded 
May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; appointed 1 Lieut. Co. B 
Sept. 12, 1864; not mustered; appointed Capt. Co. H Nov. 9, 
1864; not mustered; discharged Novy. 5, 1864, as 2 Lieut. Resi 
dent, 1911, Salem. 


Albert K. Tilton. Second Lieut. Co. C. (See Quartermasters.) 








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Timothy Worth Challis. Second Lieut. Co. D. (See Adjutants.) 
Henry M. Hicks. Second Lieut. Co. H. (See First Lieutenants.) 


James F. Gilpatrick. Born , 1833, Bucksport, Me.; died Oct. 
25, 1889, Lawrence, Mass. Resident of Milford in 1861. En- 
listed Apr. 25, 1861; mustered in May 4 as private Co. H, 1 
Regt., N. H. Vols.; mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Aug. 
19, 1861, as I Sergt. Co. H, 4 Regt.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. G 
Nov. 5, 1862; 1 Lieut. Sept. 12, 1864; not mustered; mustered 
oat Aug. 23, 1865. Death, funeral, and burial at Lawrence, 
lass. 

Albert Henry Clay Jewett. Second Lieut. Co. A. (See First 
Lieutenants. ) 


Robert Alpheus Seaver. Born Mar. 7, 1827, Monson, Mass. Resi- 
dent of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 19, 1861; mustered 
in Sept. 18 as 1 Sergt. Co. C, 4 Regt.. N. H. Vols.; promoted 
2 Lieut. Co. E Nov. 13, 1862; resigned June 24, 1863. Resident, 
1911, Manchester; is now blind. 


John W. Brewster. Porn , 1821, Portsmouth; died Sept. 27, 
1872, Portsmouth. Resident of Portsmouth in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 13, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Corp.; appointed Seret.; 
wounded Oct. 22, 1862, Pocotaligo, S. C.; promoted 2 Lieut. 
Dec. 1, 1862; wounded May 20, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; dis- 
charged for disability Sept. 14, 1864. Birth, death, funeral, 
and burial at Portsmouth. 


Frank Benjamin Hutchinson. Born Oct. 17, 1837, Alexandria; 
killed May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Resident of Man- 
chester in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 
1861, as 1 Sergt.; promoted 2 Lieut. Oct. 26, 1862. Killed at 
the battle of Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864. His body lies 
in an unknown grave. His brother, John G., was in same 
company and wounded in same battle. 


William Dean Stearns. Born Aug. 25, 1834, Amherst. Resident 
of Amherst in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 
18 as private Co. C, 4 Regt.; appointed Sergt. Maj. Aug. 12, 
1862; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. C Mar. 14, 1863; wounded May 20, 
1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; discharged for disability Sept. 14, 
1864. Resident, 1911, Hopedale, Mass. 


Francis H. Davis. Born May 15, 1841, Meredith; died May 12, 
1895, Laconia. Resident of Laconia in 1861. Enlisted July 
25, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Sergt. Co. D, 4 Regt.; ap- 
pointed 1 Sergt.; promoted to 2 Lieut. Co. I June 4, 1863; 
wounded May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; commissioned 1 
Lieut. Nov. 9, 1864; declined; mustered out Nov. 12, 1864, as 
2 Lieut. Funeral and burial at Laconia. 


Matthew Adams. Second Lieut. Co. H. (See Captains.) 


Henry S. Willey. Born , 1837, Moultonborough; died ; 
1889, Washington, D. C. Resident of Farmington in 186t. 
Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861; mustered in as private Co. A, 4 Regt.; 
promoted 2 Lieut. Co. A. Nov. 28, 1863; discharged for dis- 
ability Oct. 14, 1864. 














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Stephen J. Wentworth. Born Oct. 5, 1843, Rochester; killed Aug. 
15, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. Resident of Somersworth in 
1861. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private 
Co. F, 4 Regt.; appointed Sergt.; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. K Dec. 
I, 1863; wounded June 6, 1864, Cold Harbor, Va.; killed Aug. 
I5, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. Awarded “Gilmore Medal” by 
Maj. Gen, Q. A. Gilmore for gallant and meritorious conduct 
during operations before Charleston. His body was received 
and sent home, with funeral and burial at Somersworth. 


Henry Augustus Mann. Second Lieut. Co. D. (See First Lieuten- 
ants. 


Benjamin Franklin Fogg. Born Dec. 12, 1837, Canaan; died Sept. 
1, 1891, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 6, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private Co. G, 4 
Regt.; appointed Sergt. Apr., 1863; Com. Sergt. Dec: 5, 1863; 
reénlisted Feb. 18, 1864; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. F Mar. 1, 
1865; 1 Lieut. June 2, 1865; not mustered as 1 Lieut.; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 1865, as 2 Lieut.; breveted Capt. Mar. 13, 1865, for 
gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Fisher, 
N. C. His brother, James Munroe Fogg, was in same com- 
pany. Both now deceased. 


Eben Weed. Born June 12, 1839, Topsham, Vt.; died Feb. 3, 1910, 
Haverhill. Resident of Haverhill in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 
3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Corp. Co. I, a Regt.; appointed 
Sergt.; reénlisted Feb. 11, 1864; promoted 2 Lieut. Co. I Mar. 
I, 1865; 1 Lieut. Aug. 23, 1865; not mustered in; mustered out 
ae Lieut. Aug. 23, 1865. Death, funeral, and burial at Haver- 
hill. 


Patrick Dowd. Born Mar. 14, 1842, Killarney, Ir. Resident of 
Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18 as Corp. Co. G, 4 Regt.; appointed Sergt.; reénlisted 
Feb. 16, 1864; wounded July 30, 1864, Battle of the Mine. Va.; 
promoted to 2 Lieut. Co. C Mar. 1, 1865; 1 Lieut. June 2, 1865; 
not mustered in; mustered out as 2 Lieut. Aug. 23,1865. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Manchester. 

John Fullerton. Born July 4, 1842, Inverness, Canada; died Apr. 
18, 1909, Manchester. Resident of Bedford in 1861. Enlisted 
Aug. 22, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private Co. K, 4 Regt.; 
appointed Corp. Oct., 1863; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; appointed 
1 Sergt.; promoted 2 Lieut. May 18, 1865, Co. E; mustered 
out Aug. 23, 1865. Death and funeral at his home, 42 Arling- 
ton street, Manchester; burial at Bowman-street cemetery. 


SERGEANT MAJORS. 


Charles Lawrence Brown. (See Second Lieutenants.) 

William Dean Stearns. (See Second Lieutenants.) 

William Smith. Born Mar. 18, 1840, Boston, Mass. Resident of 
Groton in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1861; mustered in Sept. 
18 as Corp. Co. I, 4 Regt.; appointed Sergt. Maj. Oct. 31, 1863; 
reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; taken prisoner Aug. 16, 1864, Deep 
Bottom, Va.; paroled Feb. 24, 1865; discharged June 10, 1865, 
at Annapolis, Md. A retired Boston policeman, with pension 
of $50 a month. Resident, 1911, Moultonborough. 


130 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Charles H. Smithford. Enlisted as a substitute Dec. 26, 1864, as 
private Co. E, 4 Regt.; joined the company at Wilmington, 
N. C., about Mar. 1, 1865; appointed Sergt. Maj. June 13, 1865; 
mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Gave his age as twenty-five and 
birthplace, Canada. Nothing has been heard from him since 
the regiment was disbanded Sept. 2, 1865, at Concord. One of 
the many substitutes who entered the army at the close of the 
war, coming from nowhere, and belonging nowhere, with post- 
office address nozwhere. 


QUARTERMASTER SERGEANTS. 





Charles J. Kelley. Born , 1834, Durham; died, date and 
place unknown. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 14, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Q. M. Sergt. 4 Regt.; 
taken prisoner Nov. 3, 1861, off the coast of North Carolina; 
released and discharged Dec. 1, 1862. Was a brother of John 
L. Kelley. Has not been heard from for forty-eight years, 
not even by his nearest relatives. 

Volney Piper. Born May 5, 1838, Orange, Mass. Resident of 
Richmond in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861; mustered in Sept. 
18 as Corp. Co. E, 4 Regt.; promoted to Q. M. Sergt. Dec. 2, 
1862; discharged for disability May 9, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Resident, 1911, East Templeton, Mass. 

William K. Norton. (See First Lieutenants.) 

Charles H. Moore. (Sce First Lieutenants.) 

Edward P. Hall. Born , 1842, Groton. Resident of Groton 
in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as pri- 
vate Co. I, 4 Regt.; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; 
appointed Sergt.; promoted Q. M. Sergt. Mar. 13, 1865; mus- 
tered out Aug. 23, 1865. Resident, 1911, Des Moines, Iowa. 





COMMISSARY SERGEANTS. 


Albert K. Tilton. (See Quartermasters.) 

John C. Dickerman. Born July 19, 1843, Loudon; died Aug. 1, 
1863, Folly Island, S. C. Resident of Concord in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private Co. I, 4 
Regt.; appointed Com. Sergt. June 13, 1863. 

Benjamin Franklin Fogg. (See Second Lieutenants.) 

Charles Edward Cook. Born , 1844, Madison. Resident of 
Nashua in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 
as private in Co. C, 4 Regt.; reénlisted Feb. 18, 1864; appointed 
Corp.; taken prisoner May 20, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
paroled in Dec., 1864; appointed Sergt. Mar. 1, 1865; promoted 
Com. Sergt. June 18, 1865; discharged July 17, 1865, Raleigh, 
N. C. Resident, r911, Crescent City, Fla. 

Lewis Howard Cheney. Born Feb. 25, 1843, Groton; died Mar. 
17, 1911, Monte Vista, Colo. Resident of Canterbury in 1861. 
Enlisted Aug. 12, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as private Co. 
D, 4 Regt.; appointed Corp.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; wounded 
Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va.; appointed Sergt.; promoted 





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. Com. Sergt. July 18, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. At the 
time of his death was president of the board of trustees of 
the State Soldiers’ Home, Colorado. Death, funeral, and 
burial at Monte Vista, Colo. 


HOSPITAL STEWARDS. 


Israel Thorndike Hunt. Born Oct. 12, 1841, Nashua; died Teb. 16, 
1905, Charlestown, Mass. Resident of Nashua in 1861. En- 
listed May io, 1861, as Musc. Co. D, 2 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
discharged Sept. 2, 1861, to accept promotion; enlisted Sept. 
9, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Hosp. Stew. 4 Regt.; dis- 
charged July 12, 1862. Accidentally killed at his home, 
Charlestown, Mass., where funeral occurred; remains cremated 
at Forest Hills cemetery; ashes deposited in family lot, Nashua. 


William Henry Piper. Born Mar. 15, 1841, Meredith; died Apr. 
27, 1903, Orlando, Fla. Resident of Meredith in 1862. En- 
listed Sept. 14, 1862; mustered in Oct. 2 as Hosp. Stew. 4 Regt.; 
wounded Jan. 15, 1865, Fort Fisher, N. C.; taken prisoner Apr. 
9g, 1865; released; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Death, funeral, 
and burial at Orlando, Fla. 


DRUM MAJOR. 


Henry J. White. Born May 25, 1802, Hallowell, Me.; died Aug. 
24, 1899, Haverhill, Mass. Resident of Lawrence, Mass., in 
1861. Enlisted in 6 Mass. Vols. for three months Apr., 1861; 
enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Drum Maj. 4 
Regt.; discharged for disability May 6, 1862; went through 
Baltimore in the riot of Apr. 19, 1861. 


FIFE MAJOR. 


Francis Harvey Pike (“Saxie”). Born Oct. 1, 1824, Newport; died 
Dec. 16, 1903, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. 
Mustered in May 2, 1861, as Prin. Musc. 1 Regt., N. H. Vols.; 
mustered out Aug. 9, 1861; enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18 as Fife Maj. 4 Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; en- 
listed Mar. 30, 1863; mustered in Apr. Io as 3d class Muse. in 
2 Brig. Band, to Army Corps; also known as Post Band, 
Hilton Head, S. C. In each of his three services he was drum 
major, leading the band with his famous baton and uniform. 
Death, funeral, and burial at Manchester. 


PRINCIPAL MUSICIANS. 


Charles M. Currier. (See First Lieutenants.) 


Elias Alexander Bryant. Born Oct. 26, 1840, Washington. Resi- 
dent of Francestown in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; mustered 
in Sept. 18 as private Co. C, 4 Regt.; appointed Prin. Musc. 
Noy. 1. 1863; wounded severely, with loss of right leg at the 
hip, July 30, 1864, Battle of the Mine, Va.; discharged on ac- 
count of wounds after more than three years’ service. Resi- 
dent, 1911, summer home, Loon Island, Lake Winnipesaukee; 
winter home, Daytona, Fla. 


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Jacob Evans Wentworth Aspinwall. Born June 23, 1841, Somers- 
worth; died Feb. 5, 1909, Townsend, Mass. Resident of Som- 
ersworth in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1861; mustered in Sept. 
18 as private in Co. A, 4 Regt.; reénlisted Feb. 15, 1864; ap- 
pointed Prin. Musc. Nov. 30, 1864; discharged Aug. 23, 1865. 
Death, funeral, and burial at Townsend, Mass. 

Albert Franklin Kent. Born July 24, 1839, Lowell, Mass.; died 
Nov. 14, 1910, Lawrence, Mass. Resident of Lawrence in 186f. 
Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Musc. Co. F, 
4 Regt.; reénlisted Feb. 18, 1864; appointed Prin. Musc. May 
I, 1865; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Served as drummer in 
the 6 Mass. Vols. and lost*his drum in the famous riot of 
Apr. 19, 1861. Served as drummer in the 2 Regt. Band. 
Death, funeral, and burial at Lawrence, Mass. 


ORIGINAL BAND. 


Walter Dignam Leader. Born , 1827, England; died Apr. 
22, 1891, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as leader of the 4 
Regt. Band, with rank and pay of 2 Lieut.; mustered out 
Sept. 16, 1862; organized a second as a citizen in 1863, paid 
by the officers of the regiment; served until close of the war. 
Nearly all his life a citizen and band leader of Manchester, 
where his death, funeral, and burial took place. 

Alonzo Bunten. Born , 1839, Dunbarton; died Apr. 5, 1893, 
Chelsea, Mass., Soldiers’ Home. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 2d class 
Musc. 4 Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted band, 3 
Brig., 3 Div., 6 Army Corps, Nov. 11, 1863; mustered - out 
June 28, 1865. Buried in Union cemetery, Laconia. 

William Dignam. Born , 1839, England; died June 15, 1895, 
Hampton, Va., Soldiers’ Home. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Ist class 
Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted Mar. 28, 1863; 
assigned to Co. G, 4 Regt.; served in the Second Band; was 
brother to the leader; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. For several 
years did duty with the band at the Soldiers’ Home, Hamp- 
ton, Va., where he died. Funeral was held at the Home chapel 
and burial in the Home cemetery. 

Eliphalet Dustin. Born , 1825, Francestown; died Dec. 19, 
1886, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Musc, 4 Regt.; 
mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. Buried in Amoskeag cemetery, 
Manchester. 

John D. Eddy. Born , 1823, Northborough, Mass.; died Aug. 
11, 1866, New Ipswich. Resident of New Ipswich in 1861. 
Enlisted and mustered in Sept. 24, 1861, as 3d class Muse. 4 
Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 

James A. Farnham. Born July 8, 1846, Sanbornton. Resident of 
Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18 as 3d class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 
Resident, 1911, North Bend, Neb. 

















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Eugene Kincaid Foss. Born , 1836, New Boston, Mass.; 
died Oct. 5, 1862, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Ist class 
Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. Death caused by army 
service; funeral and burial at Manchester Valley cemetery. 


John Goggin. Born June 22, 1840, Ireland. Resident of Man- 
chester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, 
as 3d class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. Resident, 1grt, 
gt Ash street, Manchester. 


John Harrington. Born , 1840, Ireland; died Aug. 6, 1872, 
Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. [Enlisted Sept. 
3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Musc. 4 Regt.; mus- 
tered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted Mar. 28, 1863; assigned to 
Co. A, 4 Regt.; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865; served in the 
2 Regt. Band. Buried in St. Joseph’s cemetery, Manchester. 


Philip Hichborn. Born , 1819, Provincetown, Mass.; died 
Dec. 11, 1887, Charlestown, Mass. Resident of Concord in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class 
Musc. 4 Regt.; served as cook for the Regt. Band; discharged 
fom disability Dec. 26, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 


Lemuel Harlow James. Born , 18290, Tamworth; died Aug. 
19, 1902, Augusta (Summerville), Ga. Resident of Manches- 
ter in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 
3d class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 


Dennis Leavey. Born: , 1838, Waterford, Ir.; died Nov. 
15, 1897, Hampton, Va., Soldiers’ Home. Resident of Man- 
chester in 1861. Enlisted and mustered in Sept. 23, 1861, as 
2d class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted band, 
Merion Dive O Army Corps, Nov.) 10} 1863) as) ist class 
Musc.; discharged Jurie 28, 1865, Washington, D. C. Was for 
many years leader of Post Band at Soldiers’ Home, where 
he died and was buried. 


Henry Lewis. Born Oct. 7, 1831, Walpole, Mass. Resident of 
Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1861; mustered in 
Sept. 18 as 3d class Musc.; mustered out Sept. 18, 1862. 
Resident, 1911, Union street, Manchester. 


Charles Moore. Born June 13, 1831, Lowell, Mass.; died Sept. 2, 
1893, Waltham, Mass. Resident of Ballardvale, Mass., in 
1861. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Ist class 
Musc. 4 Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. Death, funeral, 
and burial at Waltham, Mass. 


William S. Mudgett. Born ———, 1838, New Boston, Mass.; died 
Jan. 28, 1868, Hopkinton. Resident of Weare in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 10, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Muse. 4 
Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted Sept. 2, 1864, for 
one year as private Co. D, 18 Regt., N. H. Vols.; appointed 
Prin.. Musc. Jan. 1, 1865; mustered out June to, 1865. 


Henry Murphy. Born , 1826, Dover; died, date and place 
unknown. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 
1861; mustered in Sept. 18 1st class Musc. 4 Regt.; mustered 
out Sept. 16, 1862. 




















134 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 





Thomas Murphy. Born , 1822, Baltimore, Md.; died Nov. 
19, 1867, Baltimore, Md. Resident of Baltimore, Md., in 1861. 
Enlisted and mustered in Sept. 20, 1861, as 2d class Muse. 4 
Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 


John O’Brien. Born —, 1841, Ireland. Resident of Manches- 
ter in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 
2d class Musc. 4 Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. Resident, 
19o1t, Townsend, Mass. 

Frederick Thomas Page. Born Aug. 12, 1836, Sanbornton, now 
Tilton, N. H. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted Sept. 
3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Ist class Musc. 4 Regt.; mus- 
tered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted Nov. 10, 1863, band, 3 Brig., 
3 Div., 6 Army Corps, as 2d class Musc.; discharged Nov. 
10, 1864. Resident, totrt, Concord. 

Samuel A. Porter. Born Mar. 6, 1844, Manchester; died May 22, 
1874, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 1861. Enlisted 
Sept. 3, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Muse. 4 Regt.; 
mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 


Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Born Nov. 22, 1838, Plymouth; died 
Dec. I, 1906, Tucson, Ariz. Resident of Gilford in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as Ist class Muse. 
4 Regt.; discharged for disability Dec. 26, 1861. For many 
years in business at Michigan City, Ind., where his funeral 
and burial occurred. 


Hiram Augustus Simons. Born May 25, 1843, Weare; died July to, 
1864, Washington, D. C. Resident of Manchester in 1861. 
Enlisted Sept. 4, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Musc. 
4 Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 

Orrin N. B. Stokes. Born Feb. 18, 1847, Manchester; died Apr. 
15, 1895, Londonderry. Resident of Manchester in 1861. En- 
listed Sept. 7, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18 as 3d class Muse. 4 
Regt.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862; enlisted May 9, 1864, as 
Muse. Nat. Guard of Manchester for service at Fort Con- 
stitution, Portsmouth Harbor; mustered out July 27, 1864. 

Reinhold T. Thurnblom. Born , 1835, Stockholm, Sweden; 
died Feb. 19, 1868, Manchester. Resident of Manchester in 
1861. Enlisted and mustered in Sept. 20, 1861, as 3d class 
Musc.; mustered out Sept. 16, 1862. 








COMPANY A—ORIGINAL MEN—1861. 


Charles W. Sawyer. Captain. (See Page 116.) 

Jasper G. Wallace. First Lieutenant. (See Page 120.) 

Henry W. Locke. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 124.) 

John H. Roberts. First Sergeant. (See Page 121.) 

Thomas Mack. Second Sergt.; born 1841; served three months in 
Co. A, 1 N. H.; enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H. Killed 
while on duty at the seige of Fort Sumter and Charleston, at 
Morris Island, S. C., Sept. 16, 1863; a splendid soldier; had been 
early promoted to 1 Sergt. The day he was killed two other 
first sergeants died of disease on Morris Island. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 135 


Adoniram J. Jones. First Sergt., Co. D. 
Walter G. Brown. First Sergt., Co. J. 


A remarkable coincidence—three soldiers holding the same rank 
all lost their lives the same day and same place. The names of 
Mack, Jones, and Brown will always hold an honorable place in 
the military history of New Hampshire—men who sacrificed their 
lives for their country. 


“The hero who fell that his country might live 
Had given all in the power of mortal to give, 
The flag that he loved forever shall wave, 
The sweet flowers of spring shall bloom on his grave.” 


William W. Whitney. Third Sergt.; born 1842; served three 
months in Co. B, 1 N. H., and from Sept. 7, 1861, to July 10, 
1865, in Co. A, 4 N. H., reénlisting in the field. Resides, 1or1, 
Farmington, N. H. 

Louis McD. Hussey. Fourth Serget. (See Page 121.) 


Samuel H. Runnels. [Fifth Sergt. and 1 Color Sergt.; born Nov. 3, 
1831; served three months in Co. D, 1 N. H., and three years in 
Co. A, 4 N. H.; was wounded severely May 16, 1864, at Drew- 
ry’s Bluff, Va. He was accidentally killed at Manchester, N. 
H., July 10, 1878, falling from a church building, where he was 
employed as a carpenter. Universally known as “Lady Wash- 
ington.” 

Eben Hussey Pierce. First Corp., born May 9, 1828; was a mem- 
ber of the Regt. during its entire service, reénlisting in the 
field. He ranks No. 5 in the list of survivors over 80 years old, 
and resides now, I9II, at Lebanon, Me. 

Alvah Wentworth. Second Corp.; born 1832; served three years 
in €o, A, 4 N. H:, retiring as Sergt. Awarded “Gilmore 
medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for gallant and meritorious 
conduct during the operations before Charlestown. Dead; 
date unknown. 

Martin L. Shapleigh. Third Corp.; born 1840; served three months 
in Co. A, 1 N. H., and three years in Co. A, 4 N. H. Died Sol- 
diers’ Home, Hampton, Va., (Washington’s birthday) Feb. 22, 
1895. 

Joseph H. Plumer. Fourth Corp.; born 1841; served three months 
in Co, A, 1 N. H., and from Sept. 9, ’61, to Oct. 26, ’63, when 
failing in health he was discharged and died before reaching 
home. 

Stephen T. Hall. Fifth Corp.; born 1842; served three months in 
Co. B, 1 N. H.; was a member of Co. A, 4 N. H., during its 
entire service, reénlisting in the field; mustered out as 1 Sergt.; 
was commissioned as 2 Lieut., but not mustered. He died at 
Dover, Sept. 20, 1906. 

George W. Hurd. Sixth Corp.; born Aug. 1, 1831; was a member 
of Co, A, 4 N. H., during its entire service, reénlisting in the 
field. His brother Charles also served with him four years in 
the same company, now deceased. George W. resides, I9QI1, 
at Rochester. He ranks as No. 11 of the survivors over 80 
years old. 


136 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Edward L. Goodwin. Seventh Corp.; born Independence Day, 
July 4, 1839, at Milton; enlisted Sept. 4, 1861, serving until dis- 
charged for disability Jan. “31, 1862) at Hilton Head Se 
Taught school several years, and for many years has conducted 
a legal business at Tremont building, Boston, Mass., residing, 
1911, at Roslindale, Mass. 


John Nolan. Eighth Corp.; born 1838; served three years in Co. 
A, 4 N. H.; was promoted to sergeant. Has been dead several 
years; date unknown. 

Frank E. Pray. Musician; born 1836; served from Sept. 3, 1861, to 
Oct. 26, 1863, when he was discharged for disability and re- 
ported to have died at Hilton Head hospital on his way home. 
Date unknown. 

George W. Durgin. Musician; born 1835; served from Aug. 29, 
1861, to Feb. 17, 1863, when he was discharged for disability. 
Died at Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 19, 1907. 

Jacob E. W. Aspinwall. (See Principal Musicians. ) 


Stephen E. Babb. Born 1832; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from Sept. 
10, 1861, to Jan. 24, 1865, when he was transferred to Veteran 
Reserve Corps on account of wounds received June 7, 1864, at 
Cold Harbor, Va. Reénlisted in the field. Died at Natick, 
Mass., Sept. 14, 1871. 

David Shepard Bean. Born 1838; enlisted in Co. A, 4 N. H., Sept. 
6, 1861; died in the service Jan. 23, 1862, at Hilton Head, S. C. 
His brother, Henry F., served in same company. Fourth death 
in Co. A. 


Henry Fisher Bean. Born Dec. 13, 1833, at Oldtown, Me.; served 
three years in Co. A, 4 N. H. His brother, David S., in same 
company. He died at Corinne, Me., Sept. 4, 1906. 

Levi Bean. Born Dec. 5, 1843; was a member of Co. A, 4 N. H, 
during all its four years service; was wounded severely in the 
left shoulder Oct. 22, 1862, at Pocotaligo, S. C., and again badly 
wounded in left foot at Fort Fisher, N. ‘on was for a time 
orderly for Major Dyer of the 9 Maine Regt. Severely in- 
jured in 1893 by being thrown from the cars where he was 
employed, injuring his back and spine. Was promoted to 
Corp.; enlisted in 2 N. H., using his full name, John Levi Bean, 
but his father objected and he went from home and enlisted as 
Levi Bean. Resides, 1911, Wells, Me. 

Andrew Jackson Bolo. Born Jan. 26, 1843; served three years in 
Co. A, 4 N. H.; wounded May 15, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
again wounded June 7, 1864, Cold Harbor, Va. Died at 
Haverhill, Mass., July 24, 1906 

James L. Boyle. Born 1842; served through the entire service of 
the regiment in Co, A, reénlisted in the field; wounded Oct. 22, 
1862, Pocotaligo, S. C. Resides, 1911, North Berwick, Me. 

James Brown. Born 1838; enlisted Sept. 7, 1861, in Co. A, 4 N. 
H.; served until Jan. 27, 1862, when he died of disability at ‘ai 
ton Head, S.C. Fifth death in Co. A. 

John Langdon Brown. Born Dec. 29, 1832; served three years in 
Co. A, 4 N. H. Comrade Brown gave the address at the cele- 
bration of Fourth of July, 1862, at St. Augustine, Fla. Died at 
Farmington, Aug. 31, 1908. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 137 


Joseph F. Brown. (See Page 13.) 

Thomas J. Brown. Born 1836; enlisted Aug. 31, 1861, in Co. A, 
N. H.; died of disease while in the service Dec. aS 1861, at Hil 
ton Head, S.C. This was the first death in Co. A. 

Charles A. Carter. Born 1843; served in Co. A, 4 N. ee from Sept. 
3, 1861, to Jan. 31, 1863, when he was transferred to Battery B, 
1 U. S. Art.; taken prisoner June 29, 1864, Ream’s Station, Va. 
Died while prisoner of war Nov. 29, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

Jonathan Chadwick. Born 1832; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from 
Aug. 28, 1861, to March 4, 1863. Died, Farmington, Feb. 6, 
1883. Made his own stone casket in which he was buried. 

Charles H. Clay. Born 1836; served through the entire four years 
service of his Co. A, 4 N. H. Reénlisted in the field. Died 
Strafford, March 26, 1875. 

Horatio G. Cloutman. (See Page 20.) 

Jeremiah H. Colbath. Born 1843; served through the entire ser- 
vice of his Co. A, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the field. Wounded 
May 15, 1864, Drewry’s “Bluff, Va. Died Nov. 24, 1895, Death 
caused by a fall in a barn at Farmington. 

Lafayette Colbath. Born 1829; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. 

Died April 5, 1895, Dover. 

Lionel B. Colbath. He was taken a prisoner on Steamer “Union” 
that was driven ashore Nov. 3, 1861, in the storm off Hatteras. 
(See Page 20.) 

James Collins. Born 1824; served from July 30, 1861, to Feb. 17, 
1863; when he was discharged for disability. Died, Rochester, 
Nov. 6, 1895. 

Andrew Comere. Deserter. (See Page 22.) 

John R. Corson. Born 1841; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. H. 
Died Oct. 13, 1872. 

Martin Corson. Born 1833; served three months in Co. A,1N. H.; 
served from Sept. 12, 1861, to May 9, 1863, in Co. A, 4 N. H.; 
served from Oct. 12, 1864, to June 10, 1865, in Co. L, H. Art. 

_ Died Nov. 26, 1884. 

Rufus Curtis. Born Dec. 9, 1828; served in Co. A, 4 N. H. from 
Sept. 4, 1861, to Aug. 11, 1865; reénlisted in the field; promoted 
to Corp. Died Milton, Feb. 5, 1905. 

James Dame. Did not go to war with regiment. 

Daniel C. Emery. Born Nov. 23, 1823; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., 
from Sept. 12, 1861, to Oct. 2, 1862; served in Veteran Re- 
serve Corps from Dec. 18, 1863, to Sept. 5, 1864. Died Feb. 4, 
1898, Milton. 

John J. Fall. Born 1838; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. H.; 
promoted to Corporal. Died, Dover, July, 1860. 

David Frost. Born May 5, 1844; served three years in Co. A, 4 
N. H. Died Feb. 13, 1911, Washington, D. 

Charles Luther Fuller. Born Oct. 14, 1837; eed from Sept. 3, 
1861, to June 2, 1865; reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner 
April 9, 1865, at Little Washington, N. C., the day Gen. Lee 
surrendered to Gen. Grant; released April 20, 1865; was dis- 
charged as paroled prisoner. Resides, I9iT, Manchester. 


138 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


George F. Gage. Born 1843; enlisted Sept. 11, 1861; served to Jan. 
2, 1862, when he died of disability at Hilton Head, S. C. This 
was the second death in Co. A after they left New Hampshire. 

George F. Goodwin. Born 1843; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from 
Aug. 21, 1861, to March 1, 1865; reénlisted in the field; pro- 
moted to Corp.; taken prisoner May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va. Died Nov. 30, 1900, Boston, Mass. 

Daniel Grant, 3d. Born 1843; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from Aug. 
29, 1861, to Oct. 2, 1862, when he was discharged for disability. 
Resides now, Igit, at Lebanon, Me., and is blind. 

Jerry L. Gray. Born 1839; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. H. 
Resident, tg9r1, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. 

Charles Benyhon Hanson. Born Jan. 17, 1838; served the entire 
service of the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field. Died 
Farmington, Jan. 30, 1899. 

George E. Hartford. Born 1838; enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, in Co. A, 
4 N. H. Died in the service Feb. 2, 1862. This was the sixth 
man to die in Co. A. 

Harrison Hartford. Born 1836; served three months in Co. B, I 
N. H.; enlisted Sept. 10, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the 
field; taken prisoner May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died 
while prisoner of war at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 5, 1864. 

David C. Hayes. Born 1828; enlisted Aug. 23, 1861; promoted to 
Sergt.; wounded severely at Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862. Died 
of wounds at Hilton Head, S. C., Nov. 12, 1862. The first man 
of Co. A to die of wounds and the eighth death in the company 
since leaving New Hampshire. Brother Franklin, same com- 
pany. 

Franklin Hayes. Born 1843; served through the entire service of 
the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field; promoted to 
Sergt. Awarded “Gilmore medal” by Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for 
gallant and meritorious conduct during operations before 
Charleston, S. C. Died Nov. 5, 1882, Farmington. Brother 
David, same company. 

Robert L. Holbrook. Born 1842; enlisted Sept. to, 1861; served to 
Jan. 15, 1862, when he died of disability at Hilton Head, S. C. 
He was the third man to die in Co. A. 

George W. Horne. Born 1832; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. 
H.; wounded June, 1864. Died Feb. 4, 1898, Exeter, Me. 

Joseph S. Horne. Born 1839; served from Sept. 9, 1861, to Feb. 
17, 1863, in Co. A,4 N. H. Died early after the war at Somers- 
worth, Aug 18, 1866. 

George W. Hubbard. Born 1831; served from Sept. 2, 1861, to 
Feb. 17, 1863, in Co. A, 4 N. H. Died May 20, 1884, Farming- 
ton. 

Charles Hurd. Born Jan. 26, 1834; served through the entire ser- 
vice of the regiment in Co. A with his brother, George W. Re- 
enlisted in the field. Lost an arm after the war. Died in 
Worcester, Mass., Dec. 7, 1907. 

John H. Jackson. Born 1837; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, in Co. A, 4 
N. H.; promoted to Corp.; reénlisted in the field; taken pris- 
oner Aug. 16, 1864. Died while prisoner of war at Libby 
prison, Richmond, Va., Novy. 20, 1864. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 139 


A singular coincidence—John H. Jackson, same name, was a 
member of Co. D, went out together, both reénlisted, both taken 
prisoner the same day .and both died in prison within a week. 


John H. Jackson, Co. A. Died Nov. 20, 1864, Libby prison. 
John H. Jackson, Co. D. Died Nov. 12, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 


Samuel Franklin Johnson. Born Oct. 28, 1834; served three months 
in Co. A, 1 N. H.; served from Aug. 24, 1861, to April 20, 1865, 
in Co. A, 4 N. H.; promoted to sergeant; reénlisted in the field. 
Died, Dover, Dec. 20, IQIO. 


George W. Jones. Born 1836; enlisted Sept. 4, 1861, in Co. A, 4 N. 
H.; served to April 1, 1864, when he died of disability at Hilton 
Head, S. C. 


Joseph H. Knowles. (See Page 58.) 
Joseph Lane. Deserter. (See Page 59.) 


Lorenzo D. Lane. Born 1838; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, Co. A, 4 N 
H.; served to Sept. 11, 1863, when he died of disease at Hilton 
Head, S.-C 


Edwin G. Leighton. Born 1842; enlisted Aug. 31, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. 
H.; served to Oct. 26, 1863, when he died of disease at Morris 
Island, S. C. 


Daniel Linnean. Born 1831; enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H. 
Died Oct. 3, 1862, Beaufort, S. C 


John A. Lord. Born 1836; enlisted Sept. 7, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H.; 
severely wounded Oct. 22, 1862, Pocotaligo, S. C. Discharged 
for wounds March 4, 1863. Died April 22, 1881, Dover. 


John D. Mahoney. Born 1840; served through the entire service 
of the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field; promoted to 
Corp.; taken prisoner May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died, 
Lynn, Mass., Feb. 23, 1884. 


Michael McHugh. Born 1834; served three years in Co. A, 4 N. H. 
Died Feb. 25, 1877, Chicago, Ill. 


Jesse M. Meader. Born 1841; enlisted Sept. 14, 1861; transferred 
to Co. B, U. S. Art., Jan. 21, 1863; missing June 7, 1864, Cold 
Harbor, Va. The Dover Enquirer, of June 23, 1864, states 
that Meader’s body was found and buried June, 1864, near 
Allen’s Mills, Va., by Capt. Poughkeepsie. 


George Henry Meserve. Born Dec. 1, 1841; served three months 
in Co. A, 1 N. H.; served four years in Co. A, 4 N. H.; pro- 
moted to Seret.; reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner May 16, 
1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. His brother, Jacob C.. served in 
same company. Resides, roti, at Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. 


Jacob Clemens Meserve. Born Oct. 23, 1843; served three months 
Co. A, t N. H., and three years in Co. A, 4 N. H.; wounded 
July 30, 1864, mine explosion, Virginia. Resides, 1911, Chambers, 
Ky. With his brother, George H., he served in both Co. A, I 
Nee and Co: A, 4 N. H. 


Alvah E. Moody. Born 1843; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. 
H.; severely wounded Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va., and 
died of wounds at Whitehall, Penn., Aug. 30, 1864. 


140 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


James Tote Osgood. Born Aug. 28, 1843; served three years in 
Co. ch , 4 N. H.; promoted to Corp. Resides, 1911, South Barn- 
stea 

James H. Perkins. (See Page 79.) 


James B. Pierce. Born 1841; served from Sept. 13, 1861, to Dec. 14, 
1862, when discharged for disability. Dead; date unknown. 
John Q. Pinkham. Born Jan. 16, 1831; served from Sept. 13, 1861, 
to June 2, 1865; reénlisted in the field; later taken prisoner 
Aug. 16, 1864,.Deep Bottom, Va. Killed instantly at West 

Concord, March 14, 1879. 

John W. Quimby. Deserter. (See Page 83.) 

Charles Edwin Ricker. Born Noy. 1, 1842; served in Co. A, 4 N. 
H., from Sept. 5, 1861, to Sept. 20, 1863. Resident, Igri, 
Rochester. 

Stephen H. Rogers. Born 1842; served in 2 N. H., from April 4, 
1861, to Aug. 1, 1861; enlisted Co. A, 4 N. H., Sept. 4, 1861; re- 
enlisted in the field. Died of disease Jan. 13, 1865, Point of 
Rocks, Va. 


John T. Rollins. Born 1826; enlisted Sept. 4, ae €o.A,, 4 NN. oe 


reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bot- 


tom, Va., and died while a prisoner of war Dec. 21, 1864, Libby 
prison, Richmond, Va. 


Joseph S. Rose. Born 1838; enlisted Sept. 14, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H.; 
wounded Oct. 22, 1862, Pocotaligo, S. C.; discharged on ac- 
count of wounds March 4, 1863. Died in 1888, Georgetown, 
Wis. 


George W. Rowe. Born 1840; served three months in Co. B, 1 N. 
H.; enlisted Sept. 3, 1861, Co. A, 4 N. H.; discharged Sept. 20, 
' 1863. Died Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1882. 


John S. Runnals. Born 1843; served through the entire service of 
the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field; promoted to 
Corp.; wounded June 15, 1864, near Bermuda Hundred, Va. 
Died at New Durham, date unknown. 


Eldrich Senacal. (See Page 90.) 


George Shackley. Born 1843; served in Co A, 4 N. H., from Sept. 
2, 1861, to Feb. 17, 1863, when he was discharged on account of 
wounds received at Pocotaligo, S: C, Oct) 2218625 peda in 
Veteran Reserve Corps from Aug. 23, 1864, to Jan. I, 1865. 
Died Oct. 16, 1875, Dover. 


Dennis Sullivan. Born 1843; served through the entire service of 
the regiment in Co. A; promoted to Corp.; reénlisted in the 
service. Died Jan. 10, 1871, Lowell, Mass. 

George W. Tibbetts. Born Nov. 1833; enlisted Sept. 14, 1861, Co. 
A, 4 N. H.; promoted Corp.; wounded severely Oct. 22, 1862, 
Pocotaligo, BS. (Gee discharged on account of wounds Feb. 1, 
1863. Died Oct. 26, 1869, Dover. 

Barnard G. Watson. Born 1835; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from 
Aug. 30, 1861; transferred to Veteran Reserve Cone Aug. 15, 
1863; discharged Oct. 4, 1864. Died, Brockton, Mass., Sept. 20, 
IQIO. 


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Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 141 


James Webber. Born 1827; served in Co. A, 4 N..H., from Sept. 
9, 1861, to April 22, 1863; served in Veteran Reserved Corps 
from Dec. 29, 1863, to Nov. 16, 1875. Died Aug. 31, 1887, Deer- 
field. 

Alvin E. Wentworth. Born 1832; served three years in Co. A, 4 
N. H. Died, Detroit, Mich., July 27, 1874. 

Harvey Ford Wiggin. (See Page 124.) 

Nathaniel H. Willand. Born 1834; served three years in Co. A, 4 
N. H. Died May 29, 1876, Rochester. 

Bartholomew Willey. Born 1837; served through the entire ser- 
vice of the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field; wounded 
May 20, 1864. Resides, 1911, Middleton. 

George H. Willey. Born 1840; served in Co. A, 4 N. H., from 
Sept. 6, 1861, to Oct. 23, 1863, when he died at Beaufort, S. C. 

Henry S. Willey. (See Page 128.) 

Joseph Wingate. (See Page 126.) 

Benjamin P. Witham. Born 1837; served three years in Co. A, 4 
N. H- Died at Louisville, Ky., July 11, 1907. 

David A. Witham. Born 1823; served through the entire service 
of the regiment in Co. A; reénlisted in the field. Died, Wolfe- 
boro, April 2, 1888. 


RECRUITS, COMPANY A, FOURTH REGIMENT. 


During the service Company A had forty recruits, mostly sub- 
stitutes. Twelve of them deserted early and earned the title of 
“no good.” They were by name: Jeff Fernander, John Flood, John 
Laine, Jacob Maskousky, Philip McMann, John Potter, John 
Read, James Rogers, John Shepard, Augustus Stenger, William 
Wallace, alias P. Condon, Nelson Whiting, and one more, James 
H. Ham, after nearly three years’ service, joined the deserters’ 
club. Four others were early transferred to the navy, where they 
deserted: James Burns, Thomas Harcourt, John Lackett, William 
Riley. Only twenty-three of the forty recruits did honorable ser- 
vice. Of eight of these nothing is known since the war. For 
their record, see alphabetical roster: Edward Fahey, Conrad 
Geissler, Thomas Kerr, Michael Lynch, Michael McCarty, Patrick 
McLee, Alexander Rock, William Thomas. Only fifteen of the 
forty have been heard from since the war; eleven of these are dead. 


Louis Briar. Died of wounds. (See Page 12.) 

Jeremiah Edwin French. (See Page 37.) 

Alphonso E. Hayes. (See Page 47.) 

Wm. H. Hayward. Served in 2d Band; wounded in Crimean war. 
(See Page 47.) 

Ira B. Horne. Died on way home. (See Page 50.) 

Michael McDermott. Died in the service. (See Page 67.) 

James Mooney. (See Page 71.) 

Alexander Nicholson. (See Page 75.) 

George W. Osgood. (See Page 77.) 

Oliver P. Ricker. (See Page 86.) 


142 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Joseph M. Wiggin. (See Page 108.) 

Four are now alive: 
Robert Thomas Burnham. (See Page 15.) 
Joseph Ramear. (See Page 83.) 
Daniel Thompson. (See Page 60.) 
Richard B. Yeaton. (See Page 113.) 


COMPANY B, FOURTH REGIMENT. 


Richard Oliver Greenleaf. Captain. (See Page 118.) 

George Francis Towle. First Lieut. (See Page 115.) 

Charles Arms Carleton. Second Lieut. (See Page 116.) 

Adelbert White. First Sergt. (See Page 127.) 

Grosvenor D. Nichols. Second Sergt. He was 22 years old the 
day we went to war. Born Sept. 27, 1839; served three months 
in Co. F, 1 N. H., and from Sept. 2, 1861, to May 27, 1862, in 
Co. B, 4 N. H. Resides, 1911, at Nashua. His brothers, John 
F. and William H., served in same company; now deceased. 

Leonard Allen Gay. Born May 29, 1836; served three months in I 
N. H.; enlisting the day the 6 Mass. marched through Balti- 
more, and four years in Co. B, 4 N. H., going out as 3 Sergt. 
and returned as 1 Lieut. commanding his company; was pro- 
moted to Capt. but not mustered, as his company was not large 
enough; was severely wounded July 30, 1864, Battle of the 
Mine, Va.; reénlisted in the field. He and two brothers were 
in the 1 N. H., and his brother Alonzo was with him in the 4 
Regt. Resides, 1911, on his farm, Bush Hill, Hudson. 

Charles A. Harris. Fourth -Sergt. Born 1836; served three 
months in Co. B, 1 N. H., and three years in Co. B, 4 N. H. 
Died early of army disabilities, March 13, 1865, at Lunenburg, 
Mass. 

John A. Simonds. Fifth Sergt. Born 1839; served in Co. B, 4 N. 
H., from Sept. 5, 1861, to Dec. 28, 1862, and from October 2, 
1863, to June 2, 1865, in Cos. A and R, 5 N. H.; discharged as 
1 Lieut. Died Sept. 1, 1897, Lowell, Mass. 

Warren Billings. First Corp. Born Sept. 10, 1826, from June 16 
to Aug. 1, 1861, served in Co. E, 2 N. H.; from Sept. 6, 1861, to 
July 5, 1863, in Co. B, 4 N. H.; discharged as Sergt.; in Veter- 
an Reserve Corps from Oct. 27, 1864, to Nov. 19, 1865; drowned 
in river at Dover Point, March 7, 1887. 

John Bartlett Bussell. Second Corp. Born Aug. 29, 1842; served 
three years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; promoted to Sergt. Died Aug. 
28, 1906, at Weirs. Funeral at Weirs. Burial Forest Hill cem- 
etery, Boston, Mass. 

James H. Foye. Third Corp. Born 1838. From April 25 to Aug. 
1, 1861, served in, and for three years in Co. B, 4 N. H. Died 
Aug. 10, 1896, Kingston. 

Hugh Watts. Fourth Corp. Born 1821. From Aug. 21, 1861, to 
March 11, 1863, served in Co. B, 4 N. H. Died in Hudson, 
1877. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 143 


George Henry Emerson. Fifth Corp. Born 1839; served three 
years in Co. B, 4:N. H.; wounded July 30, 1864, at Battle of 
Mine, Va. Died at Cohoes, N. Y., March 18, 1885. 


Charles H. Perkins. Sixth Corp. Born 1843; served three months 
teow tT IN. H.; served through the entire service of the 
Hoieotain@o. 1: reénlisted in the field. Died April 25, 1892, 
Salem, Mass. 


John Ryland Kimball. Seventh Corp. Born 1843; served three 
momtissim Co, kr N. H.; from Awe. 30; 1861, to Jian. 3, 1865; 
in Co. B, 4 N. H.; discharged as Sergt.; wounded severely Oct. 
22, 1862, Pocotaligo, S. C.; taken prisoner May 20, 1864; pa- 
roled Nov., 1864. Resides, 1911, Brooklyn, N. Y. 


John W. Brewster. Eight Corp. (See Page 128.) 


Charles Russell Brackett. Musician. Born Sept. 11, 1844. Served 
every day from Sept. 3, 1861, to Sept. 2, 1865, in Co. B, 4 N. H.; 
reénlisted in the field. Resides, 1911, Rochester. 


Jacob Ambrister. Did not go to war with the Fourth Regiment. 
(See Page 4.) : 

Alfred H. Beman. Born 1834, served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Aug. 
20, 1861, to Aug. 5, 1862, and from June 23, 1864, to Nov. 13, 
1865, in Veteran Reserve Corps. Died June 24, 1881, Nashua. 


Albert C. Berry. Born 1840; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Aug. 
8, 1861, to July 28, 1865; promoted to Sergt.; reénlisted in the 
field; promoted to 1 Sergt. March 1, 1865; taken prisoner May 
20, 1864; paroled Nov. 24, 1864. Died July 14, 1873, Bridge- 
port, Conn. Burned to death. 

Jeremiah Brown, Jr. (See Page 13.) 

Augustus Butler. Born 1836; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. H., 
with two brothers, Leonard and Mitchell. Died in Nashua, 
Oct. 22, 1871, the anniversary of our first battle. 


Leonard Butler. Born July 12, 1842, Burlington, vi He, like his 
brother Augustus, served three years in Co. B, 4 N. H. He 
lived most of his life in Nashua, where he calisted, and where 
he ran a barber shop many years. He is now retired on a 
small farm at Thornton’s Ferry in the town of Merrimack. 
He alone survives three brothers who served in same com- 
pany, Augustus, Leonard, and Mitchell M. 


Mitchell M. Butler. Served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Aug. 28, 1861, 
to March 11, 1863. Died, Salem, Mass., Aug. 2, 1896. Brother 
of Augustus and Leonard, same company. 

Frederick G. Clifford. Born 1843; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. 
H.; was wounded June 24, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. Died 
March 1, 1891, Ethel, La. 

Jeremiah Cochran. Born 1824; enlisted Sept. 14, 1861; discharged 
April 22, 1863, at Beaufort, S. C. Lost his left arm by acci- 
dental discharge of a musket. Dead; date unknown. 


Stephen Conner. Born Aug. 29, 1846, at Hart’s Location, a small 
town in Carroll county. He was one of ne youngest boys in 
the regiment; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; served a 
short time at the close of the war in the Marine Corps. Re- 
sides, 1911, at Wentworth. 


144° Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Henry B. Cram. Born 1840; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. jb 
Held the rank of Corp. Died July 25, 1874, Somersworth. 


Stephen E. Danforth. Born 1842; served in Co. B, 4 N. H.; en- 
listed Sept. 5, 1861; was left at Fort Monroe hospital when the 
regiment left Hampton Roads for Port Royal and died there 
Nov. 21, 1861. The second death in Co. B. 


Granville D. Darling. Born 1839 in Lowell, Mass., where he died 
May 6, 1902; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; was 
wounded June 28, 1864, front of Petersburg, Va. 


Abram Dearborn. Born 1837; served one year in Co. B, 4 N. H., 
and has not been heard from since the war. 


John G. Doak. (See Page 28.) 
Thomas Donohue. Born 1824. (See Page 28). 


Patrick Doyle. Born 1843; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., all through 
the four years; held the rank of Corp.; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded June 7, 1864, Cold Harbor, Va. Died Oct. 14, 1885, 
Chelsea, Me. 


John F. Fernald. Born 1840; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., three years. 
Died Dec. 12, 1905. Born and died in the state of Maine. 


Albert N. Flinn. Born Oct. 1846, Biddeford, Me.; served three 
years in Co. B, 4 N. H., attaining the rank of corporal; now, 
1911, resides in Nashua. He is one of the prominent citizens 
of the city, has held many important positions; was postmaster 
several years; resided in one of the best houses at the North 
End until he lost, by death, all of his family. His captain, 
Greenleaf, married his sister, and died at his home in 
1901. Comrade Flinn is one of our youngest survivors—a 
splendid fellow, “all wool and a yard wide.” His brother, 
James E., served in same company. 

James E. Flinn. Older brother of Albert N., served in Co. B, 4 
N. H., five months when he was discharged for disability at 
Hilton Head, S. C. He died early after the war at Savannah, 
Ga., in 1866. 

Alonzo Gay. Born 1841; served in Co. E, 1 N. H., three months, 
and in two weeks after that service he enlisted Aug. 24, 1861, 
in Co. B, 4 N. H., and was discharged March 27, 1865. Reén- 
listed in the field; did scout duty part of the time in Virginia. 
Resides, 1911, in Nashua. 

Samuel George. One of the oldest men in the company; had 
served in the Mexican war. (See Page 309.) 

Joseph Goodrew. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 

Wentworth Goodwin. Born 1838; served three years in Co. B, 4 
N. H.; was a Corp. Died Christmas day, 1900, Somersworth. 

Charles A. Gray. Born 1821; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. 
H., as both Corp. and Sergt., and died just at the close of the 
war, April 4, 1865. 

John Gray. Born 1841 in Ireland; served three months in Co. D, 
1 N. H., and four years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the 
field. Died July 3, 1896, Marquette, Mich. 


Lorenzo Green. (See Page 42.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 145 


Luther Harmon. Born 1843; enlisted in Co. B, 4 N. H.; Sept. 7, 
1861; appointed Corp. Died of disease at Wetee Island, Si. 
C., Dec. 23, 1863. 

John Harrington. Deserter. (See Page 46.) 

William R. Harris. Born 1842; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from 
July 29, 1861, to Oct. 26, 1863, when discharged for disability, 
and died from the disease contracted on Morris Island at his 
home in Littleton, Jan. 5, 1864. 

William W. Hawkins. Born 1843; served in Co. B, Nene len 
through the four years’ service. Reénlisted in the field. Died 
in Massachusetts; date unknown. 

John Henderson. One of the oldest men in Co. B; served three 
years; wounded July 30, 1864, Battle of Mine, Va. Dead; 
date unknown. 

John D. Hobbs. Born Oct. 8, 1838; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., three 
years; wounded slightly May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va., and 
again wounded before Petersburg, Va, July 26, 1864. Resides, 
t1o1r, Haverhill, Mass. 

Seth W. Huntress. Served three years in Co. B, 4 N. H., and died 
where he was born, Portsmouth, Feb. 5, 1874. 

Bradford A. Hurd. Born 1836; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from 
Sept. 2, 1861, to June 21, 1863, when he died of wounds at Folly 
Island, S. C. 

John H. Jackman. Born 1832, in Nashua, where he lived, died, and 
is buried in Edgewood cemetery; served three years in Co. B, 
4 N. H., and died Feb. 13, 1880. 

Perley I. ieee Born 1835 at Hollis; enlisted Aug. 26, 1861. Died 
of disease Dec. 3, 1863, Morris Island, 4 

Archible R. Jones. Short service in both 4 and 9 N. H. (See 
Page 55.) 

George D. Jones. Born 1843; served in Co. F, 1 N. H., three 
months and four years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the 
field; promoted to Sergt. Resides, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Cal. 

Franklin Kane. Born 1842; served three years Co. B, 4 N. H.; 
wounded Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. Received “Gilmore 
Medal.” Died near Fall River, Mass.; date unknown. 

William P. Kendall. Born 1840. After a service of thirteen 
months he died of disease at Beaufort, S. C., Oct. 19, 1862. 
Alexander W. Kidder. Born 1840; served three years in Co. B, 4 
N. H.; wounded front of Petersburg, July 19, 1864. Died at 

New Hampshire Soldiers’ Home, Tilton, Aug. 12, 1899. 

Samuel Knox. Born 1838; enlisted Aug. 29, 1861; reénlisted in the 
field; wounded Oct. 1, 1864, at Chaffin’s Farm, Va. Died of 
wounds, Oct. 5. 

William Lamereen. (See Page 509.) 


Hosea B. Lary. Born April 28, 1835; served all through the his- 
tory of the 4 N. H. in Co. B; was Corp. and Sergt.; reénlisted 
in the field; wounded Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 16, 1865. Re- 
sides, 1911, Farmington. 

Henry C. Lund. Born 1842; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Sept. 
2, 1861, to Sept. 3, 1864, when he was killed near Petersburg, 
Va. He had reénlisted in the field and was a corporal. 


146 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Newman Lyons. Born 1839; served three years in Co. B, 4 N. 
H.; born in Litchfield, lived in Nashua most of his life eae 
he now resides. He holds a responsible position in a cotton 
mill and is still able to labor, although he has passed the 70 
mark. In alphabetical order of the 4 Regt. he is No. goo. 


William Mansfield. Born 1835 in Ireland; served three years in 
ree 4 N. H., dying soon after the war at Hollis, July 17, 
186 


George A. Marden. Born 1843 in Hollis; served three months in 
Co. E, 1 N. H., and four years with Co. B, 4 N. H.; reénlisted 
in the field. Died Westerly, R. I., Aug. 10, 1888. 


Caleb Marshall. Born 1841, in Hudson; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., 
from Aug. 28, 1861, to March 11, 1863; also served afterwards 
in Veteran Reserve Corps. Died, Saco, Me., June 1, 1883. 


George H. McKean. Born 1843 in Hollis; served from Sept. 5, 
1861, to Feb. 11, 1862, in Co. B, 4 N. H., and itrompAmes 25 
1863, to Sept. 6, 1865, in N. H. H. Art. 


Stephen H. Meader. Born 1830, So. Berwick, Me.; served from 
Aug. 28, 1861, to April 16, 1865, when he died of wounds re- 
ceived at Ft. Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865, dying at U. S. hos- 
pital, Daid’s Island, New York Harbor. Reénlisted in the 
field; was Corp.; promoted to 1 Sergt. 


Dudley W. Miles. One of the oldest men of Co. B, served from 
Aug. 3, 1861, to Feb. 11, 1862, and from Aug. 11, 1863, to April 
21, 1864, in Co. H, 5 N. H. Dead; date unknown. 


Francis Wendell Montgomery. Born Sept. 28, 1819, at Halifax, 
Mass.; enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, in Co. B, 4 N. H.; discharged 
July 28, 1865; reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner May 16, 
1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; escaped Feb. 26, 1901, at Rockland, 
Me. 


John F. Nichols. Born 1838; served three months in 1 N. H., and 
nearly three years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the field and 
deserted Aug. 9, 1864, at Boston, Mass. Died July 31, 1883, at 
Auburn, Me., being buried up in a well. His two brothers, G. 
D. and W. H., served in Co. 


William H. Nichols. Born July 4, 1832; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., 
from Sept. 2, 1861, to April 26, 1863; afterwards served in Vet- 
eran Reserve Corps. Died at Nashua, Oct. 25, 1 


John Nickett. One of the oldest men in Co. B; served from Sept. 
10, 1861, to April 6, 1864, when he was transferred to Veteran 
Reserve Corps. Died, Phoenix, N. Y., March 18, 18 


James Henry Noyes. Born July 20, 1835, Gardner, Mass.; served 
but a short time in Co. B when discharged Oct. 19, 1861; was 
afterward Surgeon of the 6 N. H., and now, tgIt, resides in 
Ogden, Iowa, a practicing physician. Has been mayor of the 
city. 

Reuben D. Osgood. Born 1835; served in Co. B, from Sept. 7, 
1861, to Oct. 13, 1863, when he was transferred to U. S. Signal 
Corps, where he reénlisted, serving until Sept. 5, 1865. Died 
Turner, Me., Jan. 31, 1801. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 147 


John P. O'Sullivan. Another of the oldest men in Co. B, served 
from May 17, 1861, to Feb. 7, 1863. Died, Londonderry, June 
12, 1892. 

George W. Parseley. Born 1833; enlisting Sept. 2, 1861; reénlisted 
in the field. Lost at sea June 8, 1865, from Steamer “Admiral 
Dupont.” 

James W. Patterson. Born 1840; enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; was taken 
sick aboard the “Baltic” at Hampton Roads, and died at the 
hospital at Fort Monroe, Va., Oct. 25, 1861. First death in the 
4 Regt. 

David F. Perkins. Born 1842; enlisted Aug. 27, 1861, in Co. B; re- 
enlisted in the field and was killed in front of Petersburg, Va., 
July 26, 1864. 

George H. Perkins. Born 1839; served in Co. B from Sept. 14, 
1861, to June 27, 1865; reénlisted in the field. 


Phineas J. Perrin. Over 40 years when he enlisted Sept. 9, 1861; 
served in Co. B until Feb. 11, 1862, when discharged for disa- 
bility, dying a few weeks after reaching home, March 14, 1862, 
Nashua. : 

James A. Philbrick. Born 1843; served three years in Co. B; was 
wounded twice July 26, 1864, front of Petersburg, and Aug. 16, 
1864, at Deep Bottom, Va. Resides, rgr1, Chicago, Ill. 

George Pierce. Born 1833, Sebec, Me.; served three years in Co. 
B; was wounded May 16, 1864, at Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Died at 
Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me., Nov. 5, 1890. 

John F. Pierce. Born 1835, So. Berwick, Me.; served sixteen 
months in Co. B, when discharged for disability. Dead; date 
unknown. 

Charles A. Robinson. Born, 1842, Hudson; served in Co. B from 
Aug. 26, 1861, to Oct. 19, 1862. Died Jan. 20, 1867. 

David Sarchfield. Born 1826; served four years in Co. B, 4 N. H.; 
reénlisted in the field. Died Oct. 8, 1886, Rollinsford. 

Frederick Houston Saunders. Born Aug. 18, 1838, Townsend, 
Mass.; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Sept. 2, 1861, to July 20, 
1865; reénlisted in the field; served both as Corp. and Sergt.; 
wounded Jan. 15, 1865, at Ft. Fisher, N. C., also injured Jan. 16 
at the explosion of Ft. Fisher. Resides, 1911, at Candia. 

George E. Shelling. Born 1843, Kingston; enlisted in Co. B, 4 N. 
Hieesept, 4) 1861. Died Dec. 12) 1861, Hilton Head, S$. © 

Alfred Shattuck. Born Sept. 22, 1833. Mont Vernon, N. H.; served 
three years in Co. B, 4 N. H. Died Jan. 3, 1902, Nashua. 

George E. Thing. (See page 99.) 

Hollis Wilson Tinker. Born May 16, 1844, Lempster; served four 
years in Co. B, 4 N. H., reénlisting in the field; held the rank 
of Corp. Died at Candia, Jan. 25, 1908. Funeral and burial 
at Nashua at Edgewood cemetery. 

Harlan Serono Trow. Born Nov. 5, 1844, Nashua, enlisted Sept. 
Peateoimiit Co, Bb, 4 N. El; transferred to Battery B, 1 Art. Us 
S. A., Nov. 3, 1862; reénlisted in the field; served as Corp. and 
Sergt.; discharged Feb. 2, 1867, Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y. H. Re- 
sides, 1911, East Norton, Mass. 


148 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Edward Turner. Born 1839, Tyngsborough, Mass.; served three 
years in Co. B, 4 N. H. Unknown whether alive or not. 
George H. Upton. Born 1842; was a Corp. in Co. B, 4 N. H.; 
served three years, and died at Nashua, July 19, 1871. The 
only man of the 1653 men in the 4 Regt. whose surname began 

with the 21st letter of the alphabet—U. 

Josiah Robinson West. Born June 9, 1820, Fremont; served three 
months in Co. K, 1 N. H.; enlisted Sept. 11, 1861, in Co. B, 4 
N. H.; discharged April 6, 1864, and died Nov. 21, 1899, at Ray- 
mond. Had a son, Josiah R. West, Jr., that served in the 
Nem ; 

Joseph L. Winn. Born 1839, Rome, Me.; served in Co. B, 4 N. H., 
from Aug. 28, 1861, to Aug. 8, 1864, when he died of wounds 
received June 30, 1864, front of Petersburg, Va.; was awarded 
a “Gilmore Medal” by Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore for gallant 
and meritorious conduct during the operations before Charles- 
only Sh (Ce 

Benjamin Franklin Wright. Born Feb. 28, 1834, at Nashua; served 
in Co. B, 4 N. H., from Aug. 21, 1861, to March 12, 1863, when 
he was discharged for disability. Now, 1911, residing in 
Nashua. 

William S. Wyman. Born 1841 at Litchfield; served three months 
in Co. D, 1 N. H., and three years in Co. B, 4 N. H., was 
wounded in the foot Oct. 22, 1862, at Pocotaligo, S. C. Died 
Oct. 30, 1897, Pueblo, Col. 

William F. York. Born Novy. 6, 1832, Roxbury, Mass.; served one 
year in Co. B, 4 N. H.; now lives on his farm on Beech Hill, 
Andover. Has the youngest child of any survivor of the 4 
Reet.: a boy less than three vears old and he 79. Comrade 
York is an expert marble worker and has the largest collec- 
tion of minerals and stones of any private person in New 
Hampshire. 


RECRUITS, COMPANY B, FOURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 


There were added to the original men of Company B, during 
their service, forty-three recruits; seven of them deserted: 
James Brown Patrick Calagan Simon Henessey Emile Keller 
Edward Lovery Charles McDonald John Perry 
Were transferred to the navy and deserted: 
Thomas Ayers Joseph Gunhue Edwin Hill George Thompson 
Joseph Sinneen 
The following were transferred to the navy and served honor- 
ably: 
James Anderson John Andrews Martin Bishop Michael Burns 
John Hellman Henry Kinze John Roberts Frank Wilson 
All that is known of the above men can be found in the Alpha- 
betical Roster. 
Twenty-three recruits have a good record. 
Nothing has been heard from these ten men since the war (see 
Alvhebetical Roster): 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 149 


First Sergt. Charles Cowan Sergt. Charles Lang 
Corp. Henry Buckley Corp. Wm. Gern Corp. Henry Tilburn 
Privates Nathaniel W. Card Patrick Herter James Murphy 
John Murray Joseph Larough 
Eight of the recruits lost their lives in the war: 


Simon Barlow. (See Page 7.) 

Jeremiah Cole was one of the early recruits; served from Feb. 28, 
1862, to May 8, 1863; afterwards was in the 10 N. H. for nearly 
a year, and died in the service July 18, 1864. (See Page 21.) 

Daniel Gleason. (See Page 4o.) 

Peter Murtaha. Wounded twice; died of wounds. (See Page 74.) 

Frank alias Joseph Sadowski. Died of wounds. (See Page 88.) 

Charles H. Stephens. (See Page 06.) 

John Williams. Wounded and taken prisoner and died of wounds. 
(See Page Ito.) 

John H. Williams. Killed in front of Petersburg, Va. (See Page 
II¢.) 

Four of the recruits have died since the war: 

George Batho. (See Page 7.) 

George E. Bickford. (See Page 9.) 

Eben S. Boeley. (See Page 10.) 

Samuel Loudon. (See Page 62.) 

Only one of the recruits who served in Co. B is known to be 
alive, but several are on the unknown list. 

John L. Thompson, of Nashua, N. H., who, early in the war, served 
in the Southern army, deserted and came into our lines at Jack- 
sonville, Fla., and enlisted in the Nashua company, April 10, 1862. 
Reénlisted in the field, and served faithfully until our muster- 
out, when we disbanded Sept. 2, 1865, at Concord. Lieut. Gay 
induced him to locate in Nashua where he soon made himself a 
home by marrying a sister of Lieut. Gay, that had been made a 
widow by the war, her husband dying a member of the 8 N. H. 
Comrade Thompson was born in Key West, Fla., Sept. 20, 
1841, and is now retired, having a comfortable income from 
property he earned since the war, and now, IQII, resides at 
his pleasant home, 46 Palm street, Nashua. 


COMPANY C—ORIGINAL MEN. 


Gilman E. Sleeper. Captain. (See Page 115.) 

Martin Van Buren Richardson. First Lieutenant. (See Page 122.) 

Frederic Augustus Kendall. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 120.) 
Died Feb. 14, 1912, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Robert Alpheus Seaver. First Sergeant. (See Page 128.) 

4 SS Reddington Wheeler. Second Sergeant. (See Page 
127. 

Eleazor Leonard Sarsons. Third Sergeant. (See Page 122.) 


150 ~— Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Dearborn S. Moody. Fourth Sergt.; born 1834; served in Co. C, 
4 N. H., from Sept. 16, 1861, to Oct. 29, 1864, when he was dis- 
charged to accept 2 Lieut. in 22 U. S. colored troops, where 
he served one year; he reénlisted in the field in the 4 Regt., 
and was wounded July 30, 1864, at Battle of the Mine, Va. 
Died at Fort Dodge, Kansas, Nov. 9, 1909. 

Charles E. Colcord. Fifth Sergt. Born, 1838, Epping, N. H.; 
served three months in Co. A, 1 N. H., and from Sept. 4, 1861, 
to June 26, 1864, in Co. C, 4 N. H.; he reénlisted in the field 
and was appointed third color bearer at Washington, D. C.., 
April, 1864, and died of wounds received at Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va., May 16, 1864. He was wounded in both ankles by pieces 
of a shell that exploded and wounded nearly all the color 
guard; one foot was amputated, and in trying to save the 
other, lockjaw set in and caused his death. The historian of 
this volume lay by his side at Point Lookout, Maryland, Gen- 
eral hospital, and witnessed his fortitude and heroism as his 
life ebbed away. Patiently he faced the end. All honor to this 
noble hero, who gave up his life carrying the flag of his 
country in battle. 


“The flag that he loved forever shall wave, 
The sweet flowers of spring shall bloom o’er his grave.” 


Charles M. Fisher. First Corporal. Born 1838; enlisted Aug. 26, 
1861, Co. B, 4 N. H.; discharged for disability Dec. 1, 1861; 
died before reaching home Dec. 10, 1861, at New York City. 
The third death in Co. C 


Daniel Whitney Rollins. Second Corporal. Born Nov. 23, 1836, 
in Canada; served three months in Co. C, 1 N. H., and from 
Sept. 4, 1861, to May 12, 1865, in Co. C, 4 N. H.; promoted to 
Sergt.; taken prisoner Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. Died 
March 6, 1905, West Bolton, P. Q. 

Irving Colburn. Third Corporal. Born 1824; served in Co. C, 4 
N. H., from Aug. 24, 1861, to Feb. 7, 1865, when he died a 
prisoner of war at Salisbury, N. C. 


Eben Hopkins Nutting. Fourth Corporal. Born June 16, 1840, at 
Danville, Vt.; served three years in Co. C, 4 N. H.; was pro- 
moted to Sergt. He died as the result of a shock at his home, 
North Union street, Jan. 21, 1909. He was for many years 
agent of the Hooksett mills; had served in the legislature; was 
for two years president of the Fourth Regiment Veteran asso- 
ciation. He was a good soldier, a splendid citizen, an honor- 
able, upright, Christian gentleman. 

Thomas L. Gilpatrick. Fifth Corporal. Born 1841; served in Co. 
C, 4 N. H., from Aug. 28, 1861, to Aug. 27, 1863, when he died 
of wounds received on Morris Island, S. C. 


Charles Brown. Sixth Corporal. Born 1838; served three months 
in Co. G, 1 N. H., and twenty-five months in Co. C, 4 N. H. 
Died of exposure at Morris Island, S. C. 

George M. Kidder. Seventh Corporal. Born 1840; enlisted Sept. 
6, 1861, and reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner Aug. 10, 
1864, and died three weeks after being released at his home in 
Worcester, Mass., March 31, 1865. 


Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 141 


Perley B. Rand. Eighth Corporal. Born 1839; served three 
months in Co. K, 1 N. H., and from Aug. 26, 1861, to July 
28, 1865, in Co. C, 4 N. H.; promoted to Sergt.; reénlisted in 
the field; taken prisoner May 16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 
Died Fitch Bay, P. Q., May 14, 1887. 

Edgar A. Hall. Musician. Born Sept. 19, 1842; served three 
months in Co. K, 1 N. H., and twenty-two months in Co. C, 
4 N. H., and was transferred to U. S. Battery. Now, 1to1t1, 
resides in Medford, Mass. 

Alanson W. Barney. Musician. Born 1834; reénlisted in the field 
and was killed at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 15, 1864. 


William D. Baker. Born 1839; from Sept. 5, 1861, to July 20, 1863, 
in Co. C, 4 N. H. Died Lynn, Mass., March 23, 1888. 


John Balch, Jr. Born 1837; served four years in Co. C, 4 N. H., re- 
enlisting in the field; wounded June 7, 1864, Cold Harbor, Va. 
Died Nashua, March 28, 1869. 

Thomas Dickinson Bennett. Born March 24, 1831; served three 
years in Co. C, 4 N. H. Now, tg11, resides Townsend, Mass. 

George P. Brown. Born 1839; served four years in Co. C, 4 N. H.; 
reénlisted in the field. Died Townsend, Mass., Feb. 7, 18906. 

Elias Alexander Bryant. Born Oct. 26, 1840, at Washington, N. 
H.; from Sept. 9, 1861, to Oct. 10, 1864, he was in the service 
in Co. C, 4 N. H.; the last half of time was a bugler for 
Colonel Bell. Always at the front; where danger was, Bryant 
was foremost, and on account of it was wounded; that caused 
the amputation of his leg at the thigh, and ever since has 
moved about on crutches. Every day he is reminded what a 
sacrifice he made for his native land. He received his wound 
July 30, 1864, at the mine explosion, Va. Resides, 1911,— 
summers, at Loon Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, and winters, 
at Daytona, Fla. In each place he owns a fine residence. His 
diary, contributed to this volume, is a three years’ history of 
itself. He has served as a member of our history committee. 
He is a modest, unassuming comrade; deserves all the good 
things there are in this life, as he is sure of the best in the 
life to come. 


Norman Burdick, at the time of his death, was president of our 
regimental association and chairman of our history committee. 
He was a wealthy manufacturer at Albany, N. Y.; was early 
promoted to 2 Lieut., but was obliged to resign on account 
of sickness. (See Page 127.) 

David H. Burge. Born 1840; served four years in Co. C, 4 N. H.; 
reénlisted in the field. Resides, 1911, in Vineland, N. J., where 
he and Comrade Gutterson of the same company have lived 
for many years. 

William G. Burke. Born 1825, Charleston, S. C.; served four years 
in Co. C, 4 N. H., reénlisting in the field; for many months 
he served in the siege of his native city. He died at Alton, 
N. H., Aug. 28, 1896, leaving no known relatives. His property 
was turned over to the state as an escheated estate. 

John Haskell Clarke. Born Feb. 23, 1842; served thirteen months 
in Co. C, 4 N. H. Resides, 1911, Roxbury, Mass. 


152 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Albert A. Cochran. Born 1841; served one and a half years in Co. 
C,4 N. H. Died Bessemer, Ala., Feb. 26, 1909. 

Michael Connolly. Born 1840; reénlisted; taken prisoner; died at 
Andersonville; given Gilmore medal of honor; he never lived 
to receive it. (See Page 22.) 

Charles E. Cook. (See Page 130.) 


Ephraim Crandall. Born 1836; after twenty-two months’ service 
died at Folly Island, S. C., June 23, 1863. 

Charles Turner Crooker. Born Nov. 24, 1845; thirteen months Co. 
C, 4 N. H.; nearly three years, 10 N. H. Resides, 1911, Nashua. 
Family all dead, and is blind. 

Luther G. Crosby. Born 1842; enlisted Co. C, 4 N. H., Aug. 28, 
1861; transferred to U. S. Battery, and died at Beaufort, S. C., 
Aug. 26, 1 

George W. Dimick. Born 1837; served three years in Co. C, 4 N. 
H. Nothing known of him since the war. 

Addison S. Dodge. Born June 5, 1837; served twenty-five months 
in Co. C, 4 N. H., and died of disease Oct. 1, 1863. 

Orrin Towle Dodge. Born May 3, 1887; served four years in Co, 

, 4 N. H.; last two years was a member of the second band. 
Resides now, 1911, Haverhill, Mass. 

Franklin Due. Born Dec. 5, 1838; served three years in Co. C, 4 
N. H. His brother, Sylvester, was in the same company. Re- 
sides, 1911, at Leominster, Mass. 

Sylvester Due. Born June 4, 1833; from Aug. 28, 1861, to Feb. 14, 
1864, in Co. C, 4 N. H. Accidentally “killed Oct. 15, 1892, at 
Port Huron, Mich. He was gored by a bull and died at once. 
He was a brother of Franklin, same company. 

Lorenzo Perry Duncklee. Born March 29, 1839; was three years 
in Co. C, 4 N. H.; a part of the time was detailed as a 
butcher when cattle were to be had. Met with a terrible acci- 
dent several years ago on a ledge in Hudson, when he was 
blown up, and as a result part of his right arm is gone, and 
he has become blind. Resides, 1911, in Nashua with his son, 
his wife having recently died. 

Three of Co. C are now blind: Seaver, Crooker, and Dunck- 
lee. 

Jackson Duston. Born 1836; served three months in Co. K, 1 N. 
H.; was four years in Co. C,4 N. H. Died at the N. H. State 
hospital, Concord, Jan. 25, 1898; buried in Lisbon. 

Albert O. Fisher. Born 1844; served three years in Co. C, 4 N. H.; 
reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner May 20, 1864. Died in 
Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 17, 1864. Brother of Charles M. 

Albert Fletcher. Born Feb. 7, 1840. (See Page 35.) 

Horace Forsaith. Born Moree 28, 1844; from Sept. 9, 1861, to July 
28, 1865, in Co. C, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the field; promoted 
Corp.; taken prisoner New 16, 1864. Resides, 1911, Everett, 

ass. 

Albert M. French. Born July 27, 1833; served three years in Co. 
C, 4 N. H. Died Ashby, Mass., Sept. 22, 1900. His brother. 
Jonas C., in same company. 


Pourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 153 


Jonas C. French. Born 1842; served in Co. C, 4 N. H., for more 
than three years; reénlisted in the field; captured Aug. 22, 
1864. Died in Salisbury,.N. C., Dec. 5, 1864. Brother of Al- 
bert M 

Alvin Gardner. Born 1839; taken prisoner May 20, 1864. Died 
Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 24, 1864. 

Daniel J. George. Born 1843; served two years in Co. C, 4 N. H., 
then in invalid corps. Died in Hooksett, Aug. 31, 1878. 

Edwin M. George. (See Page 39.) 

Joseph Geline. Deserter. (See Page 40.) 

Antoine Goddard. (See Page 40.) 

David W. Gordon. Born 1834. Died Morris Island, S. C., Sept. 
24, 1863. 

Henry C. Griffin. Born 1839; taken prisoner; died while prisoner 
of war Sept. 10, 1864, Richmond, Va. 

Abel Fisk Gutterson. Born Dec. 1, 1840; served four years in Co. 
C, 4 N. H.; mustered out as 1 Sergt. Resides, 1911, at Vine- 
land, N. J. 

Martin Hale. Born 1841; served three months in Co. E, 1 N. H.; 
served three years in Co. C, 4 N. H. Resides, 1911, Lawrence, 
Mass. 

James T. Hall. (See Page 44.) 

John F. Harvey. Born 1839; fourteen months in Co. C; the bal- 
ance of three years in Co. M, 1 U. S. Art. Died at George- 
town, Mass., Dec. 13, 1892. 

Henry A. Haskell. Born 1838; enlisted Sept. 16, 1861; reénlisted 
in the field. Killed at New Market Heights, Va., Sept. 29, 1864. 

William F. Haskell. (See Page 47.) 

Silas P. Hubbard. Born Jan. 5, 1830; after nineteen months’ ser- 
vice in Co. C was commissioned Lieut. U. S. colored troops. 
Died at Nashua Oct. 25, 1901. 

Shelden Ingleson. (See Page 52.) 

Charles Joslyn. Born April 22, 1839; served four years in Co. C. 
Resides, 1911, Meredith. 

Joseph H. Kimball. Born 1843; three years in Co. C. Resides, 
1911, Methuen, Mass. 

Asa J. King. (See Page 57.) 

Daniel W. Knox. Corporal. Born 1840; reénlisted in field; after 
three years’ service was killed, Aug. 16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. 

George F. Lancey. Born 1842; after two years’ service died of 
disease, Morris Island, S. C., Sept. 24, 1863. 

William Adolphus Levi was originally assigned to Co. F, but 
served most of the time in Co. C as drummer; enlisted early 
in 1862; reénlisted in the field and served until the regiment 
was mustered out. Resident, 1911, Dover. (See Page 60.) 

Horace W. Libby. Born 1840; served three years. Dead; date 
unknown. 

John Lovett, one of the oldest men, served three years and a half 
in Co. C, 4 N. H., one half in regular battery. Died, Soldiers’ 
Home, Dayton, Ohio, June 9, 1873. 


154 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Edwin F. Lund. Born 1843; reénlisted; served nearly three years 
when wounded, July 30, 1864; died of wounds Aug. 23, 1864, 
Washington, D. C. 


Albert F. Lynch. Born 1842; eceulioued in the field. Killed at 
Drewry’s Bluff May 16, 1864. 

George see Mallard. Born Jan. 24, 1843; served in Co. C from 
Sept. 9, 1861, to July 28, 1865; reénlisted in the field; was 
Corp. and Seret. “3 captured May 16, 1864; released Nov. 24, 
1864. Resident, 1911, Waltham, Mass. He used to watch on 
the picket post; now he is making watches in the celebrated 
Waltham watch works. 

John Martin. Deserter. (See Page 65.) 


William Henry Martin. Born April 16, 1825; served four years in 
Co. C; reénlisted in the field. Died U. S. Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me., Sept. 24, 1903. 

Ward Messer. Born 1832; was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded May 20, 1864; discharged May 29, 1865. Died July 
24, 1885, Bow. 

Joseph L. C. Miller. Born 1843; reénlisted in the field; captured 
April 9, 1865; discharged June 2, 1865. Died South Park, 
Wash., June 18, 1908. 

Albert B. Mitchell. Born 1842; three years in Co. C. Died New 
London May 6, 1864. 


Michael McCarty. No good. (See Page 66.) 

Charles P. Nutting. Born 1837; served three years in Co. C; was 
wounded. Died March 9, 1895, Franklin. 

Henry C. Ober. Born 1841; died in service Dec. 7, 1861. Second 
death in company. 

Patrick O’Brien. Born 1834; served four years in Co. C; re- 
enlisted in the field. Died Nov., 1808. 

David C. Owen. Born Dec. 5, 1826; served four years in, Co. 1G 
reénlisted in the field. Died Soldiers’ Home,* Togus, Me., 
March 13, 1910. 

Cornelius E. Parker. Born 1843; reénlisted in the field; discharged 
Aug. 15, 1865. Died at Patterson, N. J., Oct. 3, 1905. 

Henry M. Potter. Born 1839; reénlisted in the field; killed May © 
16, 1864, Drewry’s Bluff, Va. 

Byron Putnam. Born Jan. 8, 1840; served eleven months; taken 
prisoner Nov. 3, 1861, on steamer “Union”; blown ashore in 
the great storm on the way to Port Royal. Died March 4, 
1903, Lyndeborough. Brother Levi in Co. E. 

Milton Richardson. Born 1823, one of the old men; served thirteen 
months. Died at Nashua Feb. 11, 1881. 

William E. Robinson. (See Page 87.) 

Hezekiah S. Sargent. (See Page 80.) 

Charles L. Seavey. Born 1843; died early at Hilton Head, S. C, 
Nov. 25, 1861. The first death in Co. C. 

Aaron W. Simonds. Born 1837; enlisted Aug. 8, 1861. Died Oct. - 
21, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

Chauncey H. Smith. Born 1834; enlisted Aug. 19, 1861. Died Noy. 
24, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 155 


Amos F. Spaulding. Born July 7, 1842; served four years in Co. 
Resident, 1911, Worcester, Mass. 

William D. Stearns. (See Page 128.) 

Charles H. Stiles. (See Page 96.) 

George D. Stiles. Born 1843; in Co. C thfee years; discharged to 
accept promotion U. S. colored troops. Died April 1, 1891, 
Lynn, Mass. 

Hiram A. Tenney. Born June 16, 1837; served three years in Co. 
C. Died Sept. 26, 1904, Natick, Mass. 

George S. Tuck. Born 1843; from Aug. 31, 1861, to March 11, 
1865, in Co. C, 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the field. Died three 
weeks after discharge at his home in Milford, April 1, 1865. 
His sister is the widow of Ex-Gov. McLane. 

Josiah P. Wheeler. Born 1833; taken prisoner May 20, 1864. 
Killed on cars when being removed from Andersonville, Ga. 

Charles H. Wilson. Born — ; served three years in Co. C; was 
a Corp. Dead; date unknown. 

William P. Winn. One of the old men. (See Page 111.) 

William O. Woodbridge. Born 1826; served nearly three years; 
reénlisted in the field; wounded June 24, 1864. Died of wounds 
June 25, 1864, Pt. of Rcks, Va. 

John Worthley. Served three years in Co. C; reénlisted in the 
field. Died Sept. 5, 1864. Brother of Sewell, same company. 

Sewell Worthley. Born June 24, 1836; served three years in Co. C. 
Brother John same company. Died in Chester Feb. 10, 1903 





RECRUITS, COMPANY C, FOURTH N. H. 


This company had during the four years’ service seventy-four 
recruits; sixteen deserted from the company and three who had 
been transferred to the navy—Atkinson, Burns, Carie, Cassidy, 
Cornell, Crowley, Dunn, Forbes, Foster, Holle, Tague, Taylor, 
Thompson, Tracey, Van Duren, Walker, Welch, Williams, Willson. 
(See alphabetical roster.) Seventeen are known to be dead; most 
of them are unknown to us, and many of them saw but little 
service; eight of them died in the service; some of them did good 
service and they are so recorded. 


Charles Thomas Carter. Sergeant. (See Page 17.) 

John Walsh. Sergeant. (See Page 104.) 

Robert Campbell. Corporal. (See Page 16.) 

William H. Cook. Corporal. Now resides in Ponoma, Fla.; for- 
merly of Nashua, where he had served as mayor; had a fine 
war record, as did his two brothers, George W. and Charles E. 
(See Page 23.) 

Edward Fitzgerald. Corporal. Resides Soldiers’ Home, Cali- 
fornia. (See Page 34.) 

David H. Cochrane. Died since the war. (See Page 20.) 

Peter Brenan. (See Page 11.) 

Thomas Burke. (See Page 15.) 


156 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Hamilton Carr. (See Page 17.) 

Joseph Champagne. Killed. (See Page 18.) 

George W. Cook. Wounded; taken prisoner; died of wounds. (See 
Page 23.) 

Thomas W. Crosby. Died since the war. (See Page 24.) 

Albert H. Currier. (See Page 25.) 

James Davis. (See Page 26.) 

John Dennison. (See Page 27.) 

William Dentney. (See Page 27.) 

James Devine. Died in the service. (See Page 27.) 

Thomas Downey. Died since the war. (See Page 29.) 

Michael Duffy. (See Page 30.) 

James Duncan. (See Page 30.) 

Samuel Eady. Died while prisoner of war. (See Page 30.) 

Charles Fisher. Wounded Ft. Fisher. (See Page 34.) 

Israel S. Fox. (See Page 37.) 

John Friel. (See Page 37.) 


Patrick Gallagher. Diced Nov. 15, 1900, Soldiers’ Home, California. 
(See Page 38.) 


Erastus Brownhead. Also called George Green. (See Page 12.) 

Peter Green. (See Page 42.) 

Calvin T. Greenleaf. Died since the war. (See Page 42.) 

Henry Greer. (See Page 43.) 

Charles Hill. Died in the service. (See Page 49.) 

Francis Horan. (See Page 50.) 

William Johnson. (See Page 54.) 

Charles Jones. Reported missing May 16, 1864, at Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va.; undoubtedly among the killed. (See Page 55.) 

George N. Kenney. Died since the war. (See Page 56.) 

John Lamontine. (See Page 50.) 

Charles Leplant. (See Page 60.) 

Joe Matha. Died prisoner of war. (See Page 65.) 

Martin J. McAboy. (See Page 66.) 

Frank Mosely. (See Page 72.) 

Jerome Putnam. (See Page 83.) 

James Sherman. (See Page 91.) 

Lawrence Shine. (See Page 91.) 

Perley A. Smith. Died since the war. (See Page 94.) 

Albert Spaulding. (See Page 94.) 

Stephen A. Spaulding. Died in the service. (See Page 95.) 


John A. Stiles. Resident, 1911, Townsend, Mass. A brother of 
Charles H., same company. (See Page 96.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 157 


Alvah G. Tinker lost his arm at Morris Island, S. C.; was also 
wounded at Pocotaligo, S. C.; joined the company early in 
1862. Resident, 1911, at Nashua, N. H., where he has lived 
many years and is a prominent citizen; has served in the city 
government and the legislature; is now retired from business: 
was born in Marlow Aug. 17, 1838. He is one of the best 
members of Gen. John G. Foster Post 7, G. A. R., and has 
served several terms as commander. A good soldier, a good 
man, a genial comrade. (See Page rol.) 

John Whalon. (See Page 106.) 

Thomas Whelton. Died of wounds. (See Page 107.) 

George Williams. No good. (See Page 109.) 

John Williams. (See Page 110.) 

George Wolf. (See Page 112.) 

Herbert E. Witherell. Died since the war. (See Page 112.) 

Alexander Winthrop. Born Dec. 9, 1844; joined the regiment at 
Morris Island, S. C.; had previously served in a Massachusetts 
regiment and was wounded. He was wounded at Fort Fisher, 
N. C., and discharged on account of it; a fine war record, a 
good man and worthy comrade. Resident, 1911, at George- 
town, Mass. (See Page 111.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, COMPANY D, FOURTH N. H. VOLS. 


William Badger. Captain. (See Page 119.) 

Charles O. Jenison. First Lieutenant. (See Page 123.) 

David Otis Burleigh. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 120.) 

Timothy Worth Challis. First Sergeant. (See Page 117.) 

Adoniram Judson Jones. Sergeant. Born 1839; promoted to 1 
Sergt. and died of disease on Morris Island, S. C., Sept. 16, 1863. 
The same day Sergt. Walter G. Brown of Co. I died and Sergt. 
Thomas Mack of Co. A was killed. (See reference to Sergeant 
Mack in Co. A roster.) 

Albert Henry Clay Jewett. Sergeant. Born Dec. 22, 1841; served 
three years in Cos. D, A, and E. He was a splendid officer, 
loved and respected by all who served under him, who re- 
gretted his early death just eight days before his fifty-seventh 
birthday. (See Page 124.) 

Francis H. Davis. Sergeant. Born May 15, 1841; served a little 
over three years in Co. D and I; was severely wounded at 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.. May 16, 1864; served as Sergt., 1 Sergt., 
2 Lieut., and commissioned 1 Lieut., but declined it. He and 
Jewett were nearly of an age. A good soldier and officer. 
Died before fifty-four years old. 

Darius A. Drake. Born 1840; died of wounds received at Morris 
Island, S. C., Aug. 22, 1863. 

The five original sergeants of Company D have a record which 
deserves more than passing notice. Rarely has it happened that 
five soldiers leave such an enduring monument—four promoted for 
brave ard gallant service in the field. two die in the service at the 
front. The citizens of Laconia should always feel proud of Challis, 





155 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Jones, Jewett, Davis, and Drake as among their heroes of the Civil 
War; also of many others of Company D, who gave their lives and 
rendered gallant and meritorious service from 1861 to 1865. 


Alonzo J. Sargent. Corporal. Born 1836; served as Corp. and 
Sergt.; reénlisted in the field. After a service of three years 


ue was killed in battle Sept. 29, 1864, at New Market Heights, 
a. 


Abner Lucius Knowlton. Corporal. Born Sept. 1, 1832, in the lit- 
tle town of Windsor; served through the four years; often 
promoted; was Corp., Sergt., 1 Lieut., and Capt., succeeding 
Capt. Clough of Co. H. (See Page 121.) 


Jackson Hubbard Lawrence. Corporal. Born June 7, 1826; served 
every day the regiment was in the service; reénlisted in the 
field; promoted to Sergt.; wounded three times; always at the 
front, only when a bullet sent him back for treatment. He 
lived to good old age; four score and four when he died at 
his home in Laconia, where, surrounded by his comrades, he 
was tenderly laid at rest in Union cemetery. A committal 
service was performed at the grave by the comrade who is 
preparing this record. 


Charles C. Cofran. Corporal. Born 1841. Early in the service, 
at St. Augustine, June 13, 1862, he was drowned, with two of 
his comrades, John Lemay and Luther Libby. Nine members 
of Co. D were taking a sail in the harbor, when suddenly the 
boat capsized and with great difficulty the other six were 
saved, among them Lieut. Jewett, then Sergt. of Co. D. 


Samuel Hoyt Prescott. Corporal. Born Oct. 11, 1840; served four 
years; was Corp., Sergt., 1 Sergt., and 1 Lieut.; commanded 
the company at Ft. Fisher. Lieut. Prescott has a part in this 
volume which is acknowledged in another place. He is one 
of only nineteen that survive of the one hundred and one 
original men. Went out a Corp.; came home 1 Lieut., in com- 
mand of Co. D. Resident, 1911, Concord. (See Page 126.) 


Augustus M. Smith. Corporal. Born May 27, 1840; served four 
years in Co. D with his brother, Sergt. William E.; reénlisted 
in the field; wounded twice. (See Page 92.) 


Henry H. Jackson. Corporal. Born 1836; discharged early at An- 
napolis, Md., and died soon after at his home in Laconia. (See 
Page 53.) 

Charles C. Clark. Corporal. Born 1826. He was discharged early 
at Hilton Head; afterwards served in 15 N. H. (See Page 18.) 


Thomas Hale. Drummer of Co. D; was fifty-four when he en- 
listed; from May 4 to July 12, 1861, in state service at Ft. Con- 
stitution, Portsmouth, then from July 25, 1861, to Jan. 12, 1862, 


in Co. D, 4 N. H.; from Aug. 6 to Oct. 22, 1862, in unattached © 


company at Ft. Constitution; and from Feb. 16, 1864, to July 
15, 1865, in Co. A, 31 Maine. Died at Laconia Dec. 6, 1880. 
Joseph Appleyard. Born 1836; an Englishman; wounded July 30, 
1864; killed Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 5.) 
Moses Ash. Born 1832; reénlisted in the field; died of wounds 
Nov. 14, 1864. (See Page 5.) 


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fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 159 


Sylvester George Atwood. Born July 4, 1845; fifteen months in Co. 
D, then in U. S. Battery, where he reénlisted and served till 
Feb. 1, 1867. 

Walter R. Billings went through four years’ service safely; came 
home to be killed by a bear. (See Page 9g.) 


Elisha G. Blackey. (See Page to.) 


George F. Boynton. Taken prisoner with Qr. Sergt. Kelley; was 
on the steamer “Union” which was blown ashore Nov. 3, 
1861, off the coast of North Carolina. Dead; date unknown. 


George F. Brown. Born 1844; reénlisted in the field. Killed Aug. 
16, 1864, Deep Bottom, Va. 


_ Charles Kimball Buswell. Born March 19, 1834. (See Page 16.) 
Alexander Carr. Born 1842. Died in the service. (See Page 17.) 


Brackett L. Carr. Born 1835; discharged early, Dec. 5, 1861; 
served after in 2 N. H.; killed at Gettysburg. 


Lewis H. Cheney. Born Feb. 25, 1843; served four years; reén- 
listed in the field; wounded Aug. 16, 1864; discharged as Com. 
Sergt.; was for a long time president of the board of managers 
of Soldiers’ Home at Monte Vista, Col., where he resided 
many years, and was a prominent citizen, dying March 17, 
tort. (See Page 18.) 

John H. Colfoss. Born 1838; served three years, but most of the 
time in regular battery. (See Page 21.) 


Henry S. Corey. (See Page 23.) 

George E. Cotton. Born 1838; was six months a prisoner of war 
in 1862; served in Heavy Art. from Aug. 31, 1863, to Sept. 11, 
1865, as Corp. (See Page 23.) 


Andrew B. Cutler. Born 1838; reénlisted in the field; died of 
; wounds while prisoner of war. (See Page 25.) 


Charles H. Dearborn. Born 1841; died in the service. (See Page 
26.) 


DeWitt D. Dolly. Born 1840; reénlisted in the field; taken pris- 
oner. Died since the war. (Sce Page 28.) 

James Ellis. Born Oct. 12, 1840; reénlisted in the field; served 
four years; wounded on Morris Island, S. C., Sept., 1863, by 
a splinter from a shell. Resident, 1911, at Soldiers’ Home, 
Togus, Me. (See Page 31.) 

Benjamin Fairfield. Born 1832; died early; left at Ft. Monroe hos- 
pital when the regiment left for Port Royal. (See Page 33.) 
Ebenezer Farnum. One of the oldest men of Co. D; served three 

years. Died since the war. (See Page 33.) 

Albert Little Fitzgerald. Born Dec. 28, 1828; was a Corp.; dis- 
charged for disability, of which he soon died. (See Page 34.) 

Phineas Glidden. Did not go to war with 4 N. H. 

Israel Cofran Hall. Born 1843; reénlisted in the field; taken pris- 
oner Aug. 16, 1864; wounded at Ft. Fisher. Resident, 1911, 
San Francisco, Cal. (See Page 44.) 

Ezra Ham. Born 1839; reénlisted in the field; wounded May 20, 
1864; died of wounds. (See Page 44.) 


160 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Joseph E. Ham. Born 1843; served three years, most of the time 
with regular battery; afterwards in N. H. Battery. Dead; date 
unknown. (See Page 44.) 

Benjamin F. Hannaford. Born 1834; reénlisted in the field; died in 
the service. (See Page 45.) 

Charles P. Hobbs. Born 1842; reénlisted in the field; wounded and 
died of wounds. (See Page 49.) 

Charles Edwin Hurd. Born May 1, 1838; served four years; re- 
enlisted in the field; was Corp. Died Jan. 26, 1911, at the home 
of his son at Windsor, Vt.; funeral Jan. 29 at the Free Baptist 
church, Gilmanton Iron Works, with burial in the village 
cemetery. Four of his comrades were at his funeral and had 
a farewell service. He left two sons, his wife having died be- 
fore him. For many years he was a Freewill Baptist minister. 
(See Page 52.) 

John B. Hutchins. Born 1839; died in the service. (See Page 52.) 


Alfred Jackson. Born 1841; killed front of Petersburg, Va. (See 
Page 53.) 

John H. Jackson. Born 1840; reénlisted in the field; wounded and 
taken prisoner Aug. 16, 1864; died of wounds. (See Page 53.) 
There was a John H. Jackson in Co. A; both reénlisted; both 
taken prisoners same place, Aug. 16, 1864; both died as pris- 
oners of war only eight days apart. 


James A. Jones. Born 1843; died in service very early. (See Page 
55.) 

George W. Ladd. Born 1833; served three years. Died at Provi- 
dence, R. I., May 13, 1875. 

John Lamay. Born 1843; drowned with Corp. Cofran and Luther 
L. Libby. ~ Gee Page’ 50!) 

Edward E. Laurence. Born June 8, 1837; served three years in 
Co. D. Died since the war. (See Page 59.) 

Solomon N. Leavitt. Born June 30, 1839; reénlisted in the field; 


taken prisoner; released; very severely wounded in face Sept. 
29, 1864. Resident, 1911, St. Cloud, Fla. (See Page 60.) 


Luther L. Libby. Born 1841; one of the three comrades of Co. 
D who were drowned June 13, 1862, St. Augustine Harbor— 
Cofran, Lamay, Libby. 

John Gilman Lovejoy. Born April 24, 1846; one of the youngest 
boys in Co. D; served four years; was always at the front; re- 
enlisted in the field. Resident, 1911, at 9 Elm street, Man- 
chester. Lost his only son in the Philippines. Has a wife and 
one daughter, a school teacher. 

John H. Lund. One of the oldest in Co. D; wounded in the head 
at Cold Harbor, Va.; served three years and died since the 
war. (See Page 62.) 

Edward K. Marsh. Born 1843. (See Page 64.) 


George M. Marshall. Born 1843; served three years. Dead; date 
unknown. While cleaning his gun, Jan. 1, 1862, in his tent it 
accidentally discharged and entered the tent of Co. F, killing 
instantly John H. Whitehouse. It was a sad New Year’s in- 
cident. 


Fourth Regyment New Hampshire Volunteers. 161 


Robert McKissock. Born 1842; reénlisted in the field; wounded 
July 30, 1864; died of wounds. (See Page 68.) 

Augustus Miller. Born March 11, 1838; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years with Brother James in same company; an- 
other brother, Webster, served in 7 N. H.; all now dead. 
Augustus died at the home of his daughter at Dover Jan. 12, 
1912. 

James Miller. Born 1839; reénlisted in the field; served four years; 
the last part was regimental bugler. Brother of Augustus. 
Died Feb. 5, 1890, Wells, Maine. 

Daniel S. Millet. Born 1835; was a Sergt.; reénlisted in the field: 
promoted to r Sergt.; served four years; wounded front of 
Petersburg, Va. Died since the war. (See Page 70.) 

Horace B. Morrison. Born 1839; served three years; was a Corp. 
and Sergt. Died in the West; date unknown. 


Benjamin F. Morse. One of the old men; was not mustered in till 
Oct. 1, 1861, but went to war with us and could not be called a 
recruit; served three years; was badly wounded. Died several 
years ago; date unknown. 

John H. Moses. Born June 2, 1846; another young soldier boy 
who served four years, reénlisting in the field; wounded. Died 
at the home of his sister in San Francisco, Cal., June 5, 1908. 


Philip Olwell. Born 1839; was a Corp.; served till Nov., 63, then 
in 1 N. H. Cay.; one of the unknown. His wife and children 
have not heard from him for more than forty years. 


Albert Franklin Paige. Born Sept. 4, 1841; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded May 16, 1864; was both Corp. and Sergt., and was 
private orderly for Col. Bell when he was killed. He and his 
brother Asa served in Co. D. Resident, 1911, in the town 
where he was born, at Gilmanton Iron Works; by occupation 
a house-painter. Has been in New Hampshire legislature. 


Asa Furnald Paige. Born Jan. 11, 1844; was a Corp.; served four 
years in Co. D with his brother Albert; wounded Ft. Fisher, 
N. C., Jan. 15, 1865; orderly Col. White May 16, 1864; in regular 
army three years after the war. Served in the legislature, and, 
like his brother Albert, lives in the town where he was born. 
The Paige brothers were good soldiers, have pleasant homes 
near together, are not old, and bid fair to be among the last 
survivors of the old 4 N. H. Regt. 

Addison A. Parker. Born 1839; served four years in Co. D; reén- 
listed in the field; wounded Jacksonville, Fla., March, 1862. 
Died since war. (See Page 78.) 


Frank Pickering. Born 1840; served four years in Co. D with his 
brother Sylvester, both reénlisting in the field; was wounded 
and taken prisoner May 16, 1864; broke his leg while a pris- 
oner of war. Died at Togus Soldiers’ Home Nov. 3, 1883; 
buried in Home cemetery. (See Page 80.) 

Sylvester Pickering. Born 1842; brother of Frank; served four 
years in Co. D; reénlisted in the field; wounded at Cold Har- 
bor, Va. Burned to death in a barn at Meredith; buried at 
Bayside cemetery, Lakeport. (See Page 80.) 

Nathaniel Piper. Born 1832; served three years in Co. D. (See 
Page 81.) 


162 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Josiah S. Place. Born 1843; enlisted Sept. 12, 1861, and died in 
three months. (See Page 81.) 

Frank L. Potter. Born 1843; killed front of Petersburg, Va. (See 
Page 82.) 

Samuel Abbott Putnam, Jr. Born July 23, 1840; served one year 
in Co, D. Is now a photographer and resides, 1911, at Hy- 
annis, Mass. (See Page 83.) 

Albert S. Randall. Born 1842; served four years; was Corp. and 
Sergt.; reénlisted in the field. Has a fine residence at Frank- 
lin Falls, where he resides, 1911. (See Page 84.) 

Richard Reed. Unknown. (See Page 85.) 

William B. Reynolds. Born 1827; served a year in Co. D and after- 
ward served sixteen months in 32 Mass. Vols. (See Page 85.) 

Alphonso Rollins. Born Oct. 12, 1844; served four years in Co. D; 
was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field. Has been a railroad man 
for over thirty years; now a locomotive engineer, running the 
Bangor express from Portland to Boston. Resident, t1o911, 
Portland, Me. Has never met with an accident; is healthy, 
fat, and good-natured; ought to live to be a hundred or as near 
to it as good health will allow. (See Page 87.) 

Patrick Henry Rowen. Born March 5, 1840; served in Co. D four 
years; reenlisted in the field. (See Page 88.) 

George Rumsey. Born 1843; reénlisted in the field; killed front of 
Petersburg, Va. (See Page 88.) 

William B. Runnels. Born 1830; served in Co. D over two years, 
and died of disease at St. Augustine, Fla. (See Page 88.) 
John Wells Sanborn. Born May 7, 1843; served three years; was 
wounded; was a Corp. Resident, 1911, Greeley, Col. (See 

Page 89.) 

Orrin Gilman Seward. Born Oct. 11, 1842. He and Lieut. Pres- 
cott both born same day and month, two years apart. Served 
four years in Co. D; was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded. Died March 18, 1909. (See Page 90.) 

James W. Shattuck. An old man; discharged early; served after 
in Heavy Art. Dead; date unknown. (See Page QI.) 

Daniel Silver. (See Page 92.) 

Caleb M. Smith. Born 1842; served three years, most of the time 
in regular battery. (See Page 93.) 

Lucien Smith. Born 1839; reénlisted. Killed July 30, 1864. (See 
Page 93.) 

William Edwin Smith. Born June 7, 1844. He and a brother, 
Augustus, served four years in Co. D, reénlisting in the field; 
was both Corp. and Sergt.; was awarded a Gilmore medal of 
honor. Sergt. Smith was one of the best men in Co. D; has 
a splendid war record, and a memory as to dates and incidents 
that has been useful in the preparation of this book. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Meredith. (See Page 94.) 

Winthrop Hilton Smith. Born Feb. 3, 1832; was one of the first 
men discharged in Co. D, but served afterward in the 15 N. H. 
and Heavy Ari. (See Page 94.) 

Charles Stuart. Born 1842; discharged early. (See Page 97.) 

Gust Smith. Prisoner. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 168 


Daniel Sullivan. Born 1840; served four years in Co. D; was a 
Corp.; reénlisted in the field; wounded July 30, 1864. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Orting, Wash. There was an- 
other Daniel Sullivan in Co. G; both reénlisted and served four 
years, and both alive fifty years after we went to war. (See 
Page 97.) 

Rerig A. Swain. Born 1836; from May 3 to June 17, 1861, in La- 
conia Vols. at Portsmouth in state service; from July 30, 1861, 
foMMiay 3, 1602, in Co, D;, 4 N. H., and from Aug. 15, 1862, to 
June 22, 1865, in Co. H, 12 N. H., where he was a Corp., and 
wounded severely at Cold Harbor. Died July 11, 1868,. La- 
conia. 

Henry F. Swift. Another old man; served three years. Dead; 
date unknown. 


Charles H. Thompson. Born 1831; from Aug. 19, 1861,-to June 17, 
1862, in Co. D; taken prisoner with the teamster Nov. 3, 1861; 
was on steamer “Union” that was blown ashore in the great 
storm off Hatteras. Dead; date unknown. 


James Smith Thompson. Born ; served three years in Co. 
D; taken prisoner at Jacksonville, Fla. (See Page too.) 


Frank Josiah Thurston. Born May 11, 1836; discharged early; in- 
jured by fall when at work on wharf at Hilton Head, S. C.; 
served after in 18 N. H. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, 
Tilton. 


George Henry Tilton. Born May 13, 1845, in the small town of 
Dorchester; one of the young boys of Co. D; enlisted early 
in 12 Mass., under Col. Fletcher Webster, son of Daniel Web- 
ster, but was sent home by request of his father; enlisted in 
Co. D and served faithfully three yéars. His father 1 Lieut. 
Joseph S. Tilton, was in the 12 N. H.; now deceased. The 
surviving members of the 4 N. H. owe a great debt of grati- 
tude to Comrade Tilton for his efforts toward the publication 
of this history. His large contribution of five hundred dollars 
prompted Comrade Aaron P. Ordway of Co. H, now of New 
York City, to give five hundred dollars. Comrade Tilton has 
been treasurer and business manager of the historical commit- 
tee and has given much time and additional expense during 
three years and more that the work has been in progress. 
Resident, r911, Laconia. A further notice of him will appear 
iBank A. 

Lyman M. Wade. Born 1835; served nearly four years in Co. D; 
reénlisted in the field; wounded Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 103.) 


Charles D. Wentworth. Did not go with Co. D. (See Page 106.) 
Lyman Hodsdon White. Born April 9, 1835. (See Page 107.) 


George W. Wiggin. Born April 25, 1840: discharged in three 
months; served after in 6 N. H. (See Page 108.) 





RECRUITS CO. D, 4 N. H. V. 


From 1861 to 1865 Company D received eighty-three recruits. 
Many of them were good soldiers, and a less number deserted than 
many companies that had a much smaller number of additions. 


164 Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Nine deserted from the company—Breniken, John Brown, Dillon, 
Fisher, Flood, Martin, McCluskey, Murphy, and Oliver. Five were 
transferred to navy; three of them deserted—Remunsen, W. H. 
Thomas, and William Johnson. Daniel Kinsella and Peter Wil- 
liamson deserted, but returned in time to be mustered out Aug. 
23, 1865. George L. Fisher and Henry Oakley, transferred to navy, 
served honorably. All the above sixteen will be found in the 
alphabetical roster. 

Jos. Belfeaur, Louis Black, John Brenan, Louis Bronson, John 
Burns, Robert Callahan, James Dempsey, Wm. H. Ellis, Jos. M. 
Elmer, Chas. Frank, Chas. Frazer, Michael Gero, Martin Haver- 
mass, Geo. Kenny, Gabriel Lamar, Wm. McEwen, John Palmer, 
John Reed, Wm. Roberts, John-Smith, Frederick Simmons, Geo. 
Thompson, Henry Williams. The above twenty-three joined Co. 
D and served a few months after the fighting was over, and nothing 
is known of them since. (See alphabetical roster.) 

Chas. W. Barton, Daniel Brierly, Albert Clough, Jesse E. John- 
ston, Thos. J. Moore, Augustine Patnode enlisted in 1863 and had 
a long service, but are on the unknown list. (See Alphabetical 
roster.) 


Henry S. Hamlett. Corporal. In 1862 recruit, taken prisoner, and 
died prisoner of war. (See Page 45.) A brother, Warren, 
served in Co. F. 

Albert R. Hull.” Corporal. In 1862 recruit; wounded Aug. 16, 
1864, and died of wounds. (See Page 51.) 

John H. Powers. Corporal. In 1862 a recruit; wounded; mustered 
out with the company. Resident, 1911, Baraboo, Wis. (See 
Page 82.) 

Oscar F. Washburn. Corporal. Born 1840; joined Co. D early in 
1862; was Color Corp. at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864, 
when nearly all the color guard were killed and wounded, and 
he carried the flag off the field; was afterwards wounded and 
died of his wounds at Fortress Monroe hospital. He was not 
an original member of the regiment, but the equal of any and 
the superior of a great many; one of New Hampshire’s dead 
heroes. (See Page 104.) 

William F. Harmon. Born March 15, 1845; served more than three 
years in Co. D, joining Co. D early in 1862 as drummer; as 
such, served in the 2 Band; reénlisted in the field. Resided 
after the war at Somersworth; had been postmaster and a 
prominent citizen, and died there, aged fifty-four years. (See 
Page 45.) 

David G. Allen. Joined Co. D early in 1864; wounded twice and 
discharged on account of wounds. (See Page 4.) 

‘George Bailey. Joined Co. D in the fall of 1862; died of disease 
in the service. (See Page 6.) 

‘Charles M. Borman. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862; served till after the 
war. Dead; date unknown. (See Page Io.) 

Franklin Crawford. Drafted Sept. 16, 1863. Died Aug. 22, IgItI. 
(See Page 24.) 

(harles B. Dascomb. Born 1843; served three years in Co. D. 
(See Page 25.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 165 


Darius O. Davis. Born Jan. 22, 1832; served three years. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Osakis, Minn. (See Page 26.) 

Richard Dearborn. Born 1838; 1862 recruit; served three years; 
taken prisoner. (See Page 27.) 

Edwin A. Fessenden. Born June 4, 1827; 1862 recruit; wounded 
at Pocotaligo; transferred to V. R. C. (See Page 33.) 

Albert S. Flint. Born 1841; 1862 recruit; died in the service. (See 
Page 35.) 

Edward L. Garvis. Resident, 1911, Stockton, California, Insane 
Asylum. (See Page 309.) 

George H. Harper. (See Page 45.) 

James Hindle. Recruit 1865. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, 
Bath, N. Y. (See Page 49.) 

Paul Herrick. Recruit 1862; died in service. (See Page 48.) 

Asa E. Howe. Recruit 1862; served two years; killed in the 
service. Brother of Asbrah P. (See Page 50.) 

Asbrah P. Howe. Served three years in Co. D; was recruit in 
1862. Brother of Asa E. A fine scholar. (See Page 50.) 

David M. Moody. (See Page 71.) 

James Munroe. Recruit 1863. Resident, 1911, U. S. Soldiers’ 
Home, Johnson City, Tenn. 

William L. Pearson. Served one year. Dead; date unknown. 
(See Page 709.) 

Russell W. Powell. (See Page 82.) 

Washington N. G. Place. Recruit 1865. (See Page 81.) 

Winthrop L. Presby. Recruit 1862; killed front of Petersburg, Va. 
(See Page 8&2.) 

Frank Pullen. Recruit 1865. (See Page 83.) 

Abiel E. Putnam. Recruit 1862. Died in service. (See Page 83.) 

Charles H. Russell. Recruit 1862. (See Page 88.) 

Samuel Sleeper. Served three years. (See Page 92.) 

Alfred Taylor. (See Page 08.) 

James S. Tilton. Recruit 1862. Dead; date unknown. (See Page 
101.) 

George Twitchell. Name now Thomas W. Westwood. Recruit 
1865. Resident, 1911, Newton, Mass. 

Aaron Veasey. Born June 28, 1821; recruit 1862; served nearly 
three years. (See Page 103.) 

Edward A. Wetherbee. Recruit 1862; discharged, but died before 
starting for home. 

Curtice C. Whittier. Recruit 1862; served nearly three years; was 
a member of the 2 Band. (See Page 108.) 

Joseph Wolff. Escaped from a Confederate battery before enlist- 
ing in 4 Regt.; wounded and taken prisoner. 

John Wonsor. Recruit 1863; prisoner of war; was a witness 
against Capt. Wirz at his trial in Washington, D. C.; wounded 
front of Fort Sumter. (See Page 112.) 


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166 — Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


ORIGINAL MEN COMPANY E, 4 N. H. VOLS. 


Thompson Lafayette Newell. Captain. (See Page 119.) 

Francis Wayland Parker. First Lieutenant. (See Page 116.) 

Andrew Jackson Edgerly. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 123.) 

Frank Benjamin Hutchinson. First Sergeant. (See Page 128.) 

Cyrus H. Hubbard. Second Sergeant. (See Page 51.) 

Charles Henry Reed. Third Sergeant. Born Sept. 17, 1842; en- 
listed in Co. K, 1 N. H., but did not go to war with them. He 
was a well drilled man and as such drilled the company the 
first part of the service. After the war for a long time served 
on the Manchester police. (See Page 84.) 

Addison W. Tobie. Fourth Sergeant. Born 1844; served three 
months in i N. H.; one year in 4 N. H.; discharged as 1 Sergt.; 
enlisted in the 17 N. H., and as only two companies were 
raised, they were transferred to the 2 N. H., so he served in 
four different organizations. (See Page 101.) 

Stephen Kenrick. Fifth Sergeant. Born July 29, 1841; served 
three years, but nearly all the time on detached service; was 
in 1 N. H. three months. (See Page 57.) 

Charles Milton Whiting. First Corporal. (See Page 125.) 

Edward O. Hill. Second Corporal. Born Jan. 6, 1843; reénlisted 
in the field; served four years; a prisoner of war nearly a year. 
Resident, 1911, Ansonia, Conn. (See Page 49.) 

Henry Clay Osgood. .Third Corporal. Born Oct. 18, 1844; reén- 
listed in the field; one of the color guard May 16, 1864, at 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; was severely wounded, large toe am- 
putated; transferred to V. R. C.; discharged on account of 
wounds. (See Page 77.) 

Edwin Whitford. Fourth Corporal. (See Page 122.) 

Volney Piper. Fifth Corporal. (See Page 130.) 

John P. Smith. Sixth Corporal. First death in Co. E. (See Page 
93.) 

Charles H. Plumer. Seventh Corporal. Reénlisted in the field; 
Color Sergt. at Fort Fisher, N. C., where he was severely 
wounded. (See Page 81.) 

Joseph C. Dennett. Eighth Corporal. Wounded, and afterward 
died of disease. (See Page 27.) 

Charles Augustus Newton. Drummer. Born March 27, 1846; 
served four years; reénlisted in the field. Resident, 1911, 
Soldiers’ Home, Lisbon, N. Dak. Served in band, 5 U 
Inf., since the war. (See Page 74.) 

John Gould Hutchinson. Enlisted as a musician, but entered the 
ranks as a private; served four years; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded severely in the left knee at Drewry’s Bluff, Va.; 
served as Corp., 1 Sergt.; commissioned 2 and 1 Lieut. (See 
Page 52.) Brother of Lt. Frank B. Hutchinson, killed May 
16, 1864. Is in a feeble way producing this story as regimental 
historian. Has held every office in the Fourth Regiment Vet- 
eran association, and is now secretary and historian. The mis- 
takes, omissions, and limitations of this book may be charged 
to him. If any have done nothing to secure a history of the 
regiment, be very modest in your criticisms, is the request of 
your historian. 


Lourth Regiment New Ilampshire Volunteers. 167 


Charles Henry Allen. (See Page 4.) Co. E went into camp at 
Manchester Sept. 16, 1861, which was the anniversary of 
Comrade Allen’s birth. He was born Sept. 16, 1842; served 
three months in Co. C, 1 N. H.; three years in Co. E, 4 N. H. 
Buried Co. E lot, Manchester. 


Francis A. Allen. Born Oct. 19, 1834; served thirty-eight months 
in Co. E; reénlisted in the field; severely wounded in the hand; 
discharged on account of wounds. Buried Co. E lot, Man- 
chester. (See Page 4.) 


William Henry Harrison Austin. Born Nov. 28, 1841; wounded 
at Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862. Buried Co. E lot, Man- 
chester, (See Page 5.) 


Rufus Bailey. One of the oldest men of Company E; served three 
years. Died early after the war. (See Page 6.) 


Robert Bradford Baker. Born April 18, 1836; served nearly three 
years. Resident, i911, Pepperell, Mass. (See Page 6.) 


Charles T. Batchelder. Born 1843. (See Page 7.) 
Horatio Nelson Bickford. Born Dec. 15, 1817. Buried Co. E lot, 
Manchester. (See Page 9.) 


Charles J. Brackett. Correct name George W. Fargo. Born June 
23, 1838; wounded Ft. Fisher; taken prisoner three months 
after; reénlisted in the field. Died of cancer, South Boston. 
(See Page 11.) 


Alexander Brown. (See Page 12.) 


Thomas Savage Burns. Born April 19, 1842; served four years; 
reénlisted in the field; promoted to Sergt. Resident, 1911, on 
his farm, Bedford. (See Page 15.) 3 


Harvey E. Buxton. Born July 31, 1839; taken prisoner on board 

steamer “Union” off the coast of North Carolina, where the 
vessel was driven ashore in the great storm off Hatteras as 
the expedition was proceeding to Port Royal; released and 
was wounded front of Petersburg, Va.; served three years. 
(See Page 16.) 


John T. Buzzell. Born 1839; served four years, reénlisting in the 
field. (See Page 16.) 
Patrick Castles. Born Aug. 15, 1837. (See Page 17.) 

Walter Clark. Born 1830; served three years; was Corp. and 
Sergt.; wounded severely Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 1g.) 
Willard Knight Cobb. Born Dec. 26, 1843; reénlisted in the field; 

promoted to Corp. and Sergt.; wounded in the head at 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864; killed Sept. 29, 1864, New 
Market Heights, Va. A splendid young man, brave soldier, 
one of the many heroes of the Civl war whose bodies are 
in unknown graves. (See Page 20.) 
Isaac K. Colby. Born 1838; reénlisted in the field; killed at 
'  Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864. (See Page 21.) 


Horatio Jesse Collins. Born Feb. 19, 1837; served three years; one 
third of the service in regular battery. (See Page 22.) 

Owen Corrigan. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. (See 
Page 23.) 


165 — Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Amos Cressy. Born Oct. 5, 1822; wounded severely and taken 
prisoner May 16, 1864; died of wounds; prisoner of war at 
Richmond, Va., June 6, 1864. His widow now resides in Man- 
chester. His nephew, Charles A., served in same company 
and was wounded in the same battle. (See Page 24.) 


Charles Amos Cressy. Born Jan. 10, 1843; served three months in 
Co. C, 1 N. H., and three years *~ Co. E, 4 N. Eesyseverely 
wounded at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., uy 15, 1864; was chaplain of 
a Minn. Regt. in the Spanish war; served in the Philippine 
Islands. Now a retired Methodist minister, residing at New- 
port, Minn. Further notice in Part 4. 

Michael Cuddy. Reénlisted in the field; a prisoner of war one 
year. (See Page 24.) 

James M. Cummings. Born May 20, 1841; served two years in Co, 
E; then in Vet. Reserve Corps. (See Page 25.) 

John L. Dame. Born 1834; discharged early afterwards; served in 
Co. I, 10 N. H., from Aug. 8, 1862, to Feb. 13, 1865, when he 
died while prisoner of war. (See Page 25.) 

George F. Davis. Born 1838; reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner 
May 16, 1864; paroled and died in parole camp, Annapolis, 
Md., Dec. 30, 1864. (See Page 26.) 


James Madison Dickey, Jr. Born Jan. 6, 1845; one of the young 
boys of Co. E; reénlisted in the field; wounded three times; 
drowned once and resuscitated by his comrades rolling him in 
a barrel; had a severe fever and yet lived to come home as 
Corp. after four years’ service. Has been in the government 
service many years; has charge of thousands of soldiers, but 
they are quiet, and he has no trouble in keeping everything in 
good order. His address is Corinth, Miss., where he is 
superintendent at the government cemetery. 

Joseph Douglass. (See Page 28.) 

Daniel Emery. Born March 20, 1831. (See Page 32.) 

Ebenezer S. Emery. Born Nov. 23, 1823. (See Page 32.) 

John Fallon. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; was 
wounded. (See Page 33.) 

Patrick H. Feally. Born 1841; was inmate of R. I. State hospital 
about forty years. (See Page 33.) 


Warren Theodore Fisher. Born Oct. 26, 1846; youngest boy in Co. 
E; served three years: one year in Co. E, two years in reg- 
ular battery. For most of time since the war has been in the 
employ of the Penn. R. R.; is now a passenger conductor, run- 
ning between Philadelphia and Washington, and has seen the 
city of Washington more times than any member of the regi- 
ment. He has a beautiful home near Philadelphia, at Ridley 
Park. (See Page 34.) 

Alpheus Dexter Flagg. Born March 20, 1835; served three years 
in Co. E. Had been both a doctor and minister since the war. 
Died at a Boston hospital; buried in Co. E burial lot, Pine 
Grove cemetery, Manchester. (See Page 34.) 

William Chapin Flanders. Born 1843; served but a few months in 
Co. E, 4 N. H., but was im Co E,o N. H., three years. (See 
Page 35.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 169 


Charles H. Fullerton. Born Sept. 12, 1835; was a Corp.; reénlisted 
in the field; wounded July 30, 1864; served four years in Co. E. 
(See Page 38.) 

William Gemmell. Born 1836; served three years; wounded at 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. (See Page 39.) 


Herman Greager. Born March 14, 1843; served three months in 
Co. H, 1 N. H., and four years in Co. E, 4 N. H.; was Regt. 
Bugler part of the time and also a member of the second band: 
reénlisted in the field; was always on duty at the front. His 
war record is A No. 1. Still survives; had a son in the Philip- 
pine service. He was a good representative of our German 


citizens, who did so much to help the Union cause in the Civil 
war. 


James F. Griffin. Said to have been the same one who served in 
Co. C, 11 N. H., as Lyman Griffin. (See Page 43.) 

Aaron Young Hackett. Born Feb., 1837; served four years; re- 
enlisted in the field. Buried Co. E lot, Manchester. (See 
Page 43.) 

John Hackett. Served three years; terribly wounded May 16, 1864, 
through the mouth, destroying most of his teeth and cutting 
off a piece of his tongue. (See Page 44.) 

George Henry Harris. Born Dec. 23, 1840; died in Nashua April 
23, 1885; served three years. A comical, jovial, good-hearted 
comrade that everyone loved. It was all sunshine where the 
“Col.” was, as he was called. (See Page 46.) 

William Batchelder Hart. Born Dec. 21, 1844; served three years; 
was on detached service all the time. Lived but a ‘short time 
after the war. (See Page 46.) 

George W. Heath. Born April 12, 1837; reénlisted in the field; al- 
ways called “Chaplain”; terribly wounded through both hips 
May 16, 1864, and taken prisoner; lived to be paroled, but has 
always been a cripple. Resident, 1911, on his farm, Plaistow. 
(See Page 48.) 

Horace G. Heath. Born 1830; served four years; reénlisted in the 
field. (See Page 48.) 

Robert Hume. Born 1831; was Corp. and Sergt.; wounded and 
taken prisoner; served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 51.) 

John M. Jenness. Born 1840; served nearly four years; reénlisted 
in the field; taken prisoner. (See Page 53.) 

Thomas Law. Born July 31, 1822; was a Corp.; served three 
years; wounded Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 59.) 
Lucius Leavitt. Born 1842; wounded twice; died of wounds. (See 

Page 60.) 

Charles Henry Lee. Served three years. Brother, George W., in 
3 N. H., killed. (See Page 60.) 

David Gibson Lillis. Born May 2, 1843; went into the battle of 
Pocotaligo when he was sick and it was the cause of his death; 
was carried back to hospital and died. (See Page 61.) 

Charles C. Livingston. Born 1839; served three years. Lost a 
finger by accident. Killed accidentally while out gunning in 
Towa soon after the war. (See Page 61.) 


170 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


John Lynch. Served four years; reénlisted in the field; was a 
Corp.; wounded Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 62.) 

John L. Mack. Born Oct. 29, 1841; served four years, the last five 
months in the Vet. Reserve Corp; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded May 16, 1864. (See Page 63.) 

John Malone. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and taken prisoner 
May 16; died of wounds. (See Page 63.) 

Frederick Martin. Born Nov. 27, 1827; served three years. (See 
Page 65.) 

Frank Matthews. Born Dec. 5, 1840; served four years; reénlisted 
He the field; was a Corp. Resident, 1911, Andover. (See Page 
5.) 

Lewis S. Merrill. Born May 7, 1840; served three years; wounded 
May 16, 1864, and July 9, 1864. Dead; date unknown. (See 
Page 69.) 

James Mokler. Born July, 1843; served three years; wounded May 
15, 1864; awarded Gilmore medal. It is only recently he was 
known to be dead. Was a very eccentric man; wandered 
around the western country for over forty years; nearest rela- 
tives never knew where he was. A good soldier. (See Page 
71.) Died July 10, 1910, Soldiers’ Home, Roseburg, Oregon. 

Rollins David Moore. Born Feb. 4, 1843, at Bedford. He was 
named David R., but he chose to reverse it. Served four years 
but the last few months in the 204 Penn. Vols.; severely 
wounded; reenlisted in the field. (See Page 72.) 

Harlan Ethan Paige. Born 1837; served three years. Two broth- 
ers, David A. and Henry C., served in Co. H, 3 N. H.; another 
brother, John F., in Co. H, Heavy Art. (See Page 78.) 

Oscar Perkins. Born Sept. 19, 1840; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded May 16, 1864; taken prisoner April 9, 1865. Resident, 
1911, Manchester. (See Page 79.) 

Charles Everett Philbrick. Born March 18, 1843; served three 
years; wounded July 30, 1864; enlisted 1 N. H. Cav. last part 
of the war; only got as far as Boston when discharged. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Haverhill, Mass. (See Page 80.) 

Thomas P. Philbrook. Born 1835; served three years; on de- 
tached service part of the time as blacksmith. (See Page 80.) 

Moses W. Pillsbury. Born 1841; health gave way after two years’ 
service; discharged but died at Concord before reaching home. 
(See Page 81.) 

Levi Putnam. Born Nov. 19, 1841. Brother Byron in Co. C; was 
on detached service with Quartermaster Kelley; served two 
years. Died Oct. 24, 1911, Milford. (See Page 83.) 

Benjamin F. Quinley. Born 1834; died of disease contracted on 
Morris Island, S. C. (See Page 83.) 

Carlton Cass Richardson. Born Aug. 31, 1834; reénlisted in the 
field; appointed Corp.; taken prisoner; awarded Gilmore medal. 
(See Page 85.) 

Henry K. Richardson. Born 1824; killed May 16, 1864. (See Page 
86.) 


George W. Robinson. Born March 24, 1843; served one year. 
(See Page 86.) 


Fourth Reqiment New H ampskire Volunteers. Tye l 


Daniel Savory Russell. Born April 2, 1830; served four months. 
Resident, 1911, Fall River, Mass. (See Page 88.) 

Henry W. Sargent. Born March 4, 1836; served three years. 
Died at the age of thirty-three. (See Page 8g.) 


Larkin Sargent. Born Jan. 28, 1818; one of the oldest men of Co. 
E; injured by a fall at Pocotaligo, S.C. (See Page 89.) 
Joseph T. Snow. Born Novy. 21, 1819; another old man; with the 
company but four months. (See Page 94.) 

Benjamin Spalding. A young boy who appeared to have no home 
or relatives; served three years. (See Page 95.) 

John Stewart. Born 1836; an old English soldier; taken prisoner 
and died. (See Page 96.) 

Jonas Trowbridge Thompson. Born April 23, 1831; was a Corp.; 
served three months over his time, as he was a prisoner of 
war. (See Page 100.) 


William Henry Webster. Born Feb. 28, 1833; reénlisted in the 
field; was a Corp.; wounded. (See Page 10s.) 


Alvin Eugene Willand. Born Dec. 22, 1845; one of the young 
boys; served three years. Resident, 1911, Elgin; watchmaker. 
(See Page 109.) 

Charles Henry Williams. Born Nov. 23, 1842; was a Corp. and 
Sergt.; reénlisted in the field; wounded Aug. 16, 1864; served 
four years. Brother George W. in Co. E. (See Page 109.) 

George W. Williams. Born July 23, 1844; served four years; re- 
enlisted in the field; was a Corp.; had smallpox in the army. 
Brother of Charles H. (See Page 110.) 


Edson Wyman. Born Sept. 24, 1836; served nearly four years; 
was Corp.; reénlisted in the field; wounded in the hand se- 
verely. Was one of five brothers in same company, Edson, 
Woodbury, Lyman, Emery, and William D.; another brother, 
twin to Lyman, was in 10 N. H. His correct name was Am- 
brose Addison Wyman, but, like two of his brothers, he liked 
a short name. (See Page 113.) 


Emery Wyman. Born Aug. 28, 1843; served four years; was a 
Corp.; reénlisted in the field; wounded twice, May 16, 1864, 
and Aug. 16, 1864. Only son is a missionary in India. Was a 
brother of Edson, Woodbury, Lyman, and William D. The 
only survivor of the Wyman brothers. (See Page 113.) 

Lyman Wyman. Correct name John Lyman. Born Feb. 3, 1839; 
twin of George H., who served in 10 N. H., and died a pris- 
oner of war; served four years in Co. E; reénlisted in the field. 
Brother of Edson, Woodbury, Emery, and William D. (See 
Page 113.) 

Woodbury Wyman. Born Jan. 3, 1832; served four years; reen- 
listed in the field. Brother of Edson, Lyman, Emery, and Wil- 
liam D., who was a recruit in Co. E. (See Page 113.) 


RECRUITS CO. E, 4 N. H. VOLS. 
In 1863. 1864, and 1865, sixty-two men joined Company E. Sev- 


eral of them were good soldiers; some_were no good, and thirty- 
seven very short-service after all the fighting was over; fourteen 


172 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


of them deserted from the company—Armstrong, Emerson, Har- 
rington, Jackson, Mehan, Nichols, Noyes, Rogers, Ryan, Shanley, 
St. Clair, Sweetman, Thomas, and Whitehead; four were trans- 
ferred to navy. Robert Burrell and Peter Thompson served faith- 
fully; William McCarty and John Wiley deserted. Nothing has 
been oe of these eighteen men since the war. (See alphabetical 
roster. 


George Behm (correct name George Bertram) deserted from com- 
pany ten days before our muster-out, but in some way con- 
vinced congress it was a mistake. (See Page 8.) 


Charles Smith, an 1865 recruit, deserted, but returned and received 
honorable discharge. (See Page 93.) 


Alonzo Steele joined company in 1863 at Morris Island; was a good 
soldier; was wounded May 16, 1864; went to hospital and de- 
serted. (See Page 95.) 

Charles H. Smithford joined company after all the trouble was 
over. Being educated and a good penman, was made Sergt.- 
Major two months before we came home. (See Page 130.) 

The following served honorably but are on the unknown list; 
no word from them since 1865 (see alphabetical roster): George 

Hazard, John Hughes, William Johnson, James Kelley, John Lov- 

ett, Charles A. Maude, Charles Murray, John G. Oatis, William 

Pedden, John Roxborough, Andrew Sanders, William Smith, John 

Spillane, John Stewart, William S. Stone, James E. Sullivan, James 

Thompson. 

John H. Baker was a drafted man, but a good soldier; promoted to 
Sergt.; served till muster-out, Aug. 23, 1865. (See Page 6.) 

Eli Sturgeon. Corporal. Joined company in 1863; wounded at 
Ft. Fisher. Resident, 1911, Canaan. (See Page 97.) 

Benjamin F. Allen. A young boy; joined company 1863; wounded 
twice and taken prisoner; died of wounds. (See Page 4.) 

George W. Bean. Recruit 1863; severely wounded May 16, 1864. 
Resident, 1911, Wheelock, Vt. (See Page 8.) 

William Cash joined company on Morris Island early in 1864; 
killed while on duty at the front, Feb. 11, 1864. This was the 
last day the regiment was on Morris Island. (See Page 17.) 

Dennis Clark. Recruit 1865. (See Page 19.) 

Charles A. Cole. Recruit 1863. Resident, 1911, Appleton, Wis. 
(See Page 21.) 

John Collins joined company late in 1864; wounded at Ft. Fisher. 
(See Page 22.) 

George Gerry. Recruit 1863. Resident, 1911, Rutland, Vt. (See 
Page 39.) 

Henry Gray. Better known as Harry Gray; correct name Henry 
Sells. Recruit 1863; wounded and taken prisoner; died of 
wounds while prisoner of war. Since the war his body was re- 
moved by a brother to Columbus, Ohio, for burial. (See Page 
42.) 

Hugh Higgins. Correct name Henry G. Hichborn. Recruit 1865. 
Resident, 1911, Revere, Mass. (See Page 48.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 173 


Richard Mayo. Last man to join Company E during the war, 
which closed two months before he reported for duty. He 
came at the eleventh hour, like the toilers referred to in the 
Bible. He received his penny just the same as the men did 
who gave all their time and bore the burdens of four years’ 
hard service. He enlisted at Concord December 28, 1864; was 
more than four months reaching the regiment; was assigned 
to Co. E May 3, 1865; left for the hospital June 25, 1865; dis- 
charged at Fort Schuyler, New York harbor, July 26, 1865. 
Resident, 1911, East Grand Forks, Minn. 

Thomas McGloughlin. Recruit 1865. Health gave way early, 
which caused his death. (See Page 67.) 

Frederick Oscar McPhersons. Born Jan. 23, 1847; a young boy; 
joined company early in 1864. Resident, 1911, Manchester. 
(See Page 68.) 

Charles Moore. Correct name Charles M. Rome. Recruit 1865. 
Resident, 1911, Cleveland, Ohio. (See Page 71.) 

Frank Mosier. Recruit 1863; died while prisoner of war. (See 
Page 73.) 

Michael Pocquet. Recruit 1863; taken prisoner. (See Page 82.) 

James Shore. Born March 9, 1842; recruit 1865. Resident, 1911, 
Soldiers’ Home, Yountville, Cal. (See Page or.) 

Frank P. Stanley. Recruit 1865; died in the service; last man of 
company to die before muster-out. (See Page 95.) 

Thomas Tayor. Recruit 1865. Resident, 1911, Florence, Wis. (See 
Page 99.) 

Alvah Darius Wilson. Born May 26, 1838; joined company on 
Morris Island; was a drafted man. Co. E had but two who 
were drafted, Sergt. Baker and A. D. Wilson, and both proved 
to a first-class soldiers. Resident, 1911, Henniker. (See Page 
110. 

Henry Wilson. Correct name William H. Moffatt. Recruit 1865; 
had previously served in Co. B, 10 R. I. Vols. Died June 1, 
191, Fall River, Mass. 

William Darrah Wyman. Born July 1, 1845; youngest of five Wy- 
man brothers in Co. E; the other four were original men; 
William joined in 1864. (See Page 113.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, CO. F, 4 N. H. VOLS. 


Orrin Brown. Captain. (See Page 119.) 

Isaac Wallingford Hobbs. First Lieutenant. A graduate of Dart- 

mouth college. The only survivor of the first four officers of 
Co. F. Going from Manchester to Concord on the electric 
cars, you pass Hobbs’ Corner, where the captain lives with his 
two sons and a daughter, and it is a pleasure to call on him 
and receive their hospitality and royal welcome. (See Page 
120.) Sept. 27, 191I. 

Charles Henry Drummer. Second Lieutenant. Served three 
months in 1 N. H.; six months in 4 N. H.; one year in U. S. 
Navy. (See Page 126.) 

Mark Hanson Cowell. First Sergeant. Served a year in 4 N. H.; 
discharged and went home to die. (See Page 23.) 


174 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Samuel L, Willey. Second Sergeant. Died of wounds received at 
Ft. Fisher. (See Page 1009.) 

James M. Goodwin. Third Sergeant. Promoted 1 Sergt.; wounded 
front of Petersburg, Va. Killed July 30, 1864. (See Page 41.) 

Howard Franklin Parsons. Fourth Sergeant. Born April 30, 1836; 
served three years. Brother of Solomon, same company. (See 
Page 78.) 

George A. Drew. Fifth Sergeant. A retired New York policeman. 
Lt.-Col. Drew was his uncle; also Lt. Drew of Co. H. (See 
Page 20.) 

William Hussey Clement. First Corporal. Born Feb. 16, 1828. 
Died Nov. 23, 1911, Rollinsford; funeral and burial at Rollins- 
ford Nov. 26. (See Page 19.) 

George A. Miner. Second Corporal. Died three months before 
company came home. (See Page 70.) 


Clarence Linden Chapman. Third Corporal. Born Dec. 1, 1843. 
The third Capt. of Co. F; served as Corp., Sergt., 1 Lieut., and 
Capt. For several years was postmaster of Somersworth. 
(See Page 122.) 

Charles P. Stevens. Fourth Corporal. An error on Page 96 gives 
date and place of death, which is unknown. 


Thomas Jefferson Burns. Fifth Corporal. Born March 25, 1820; 
served three years; wounded. Resident, 1911, Denver, Col. 
(See Page 15.) 


Daniel Davis. Sixth Corporal. One of the oldest men in Co. F. 
Born July 1, 1814; was Corp. and Sergt.; wounded; served 
three years. (See Page 26.) 

Hiram Hurd. Seventh Corporal. Born June 23, 1842; served four 
years; discharged as 1 Sergt., with commission as 2 Lieut., too 
late for muster-in. Always at the front and ready for duty. 
Still lives, 1911, on his farm at Berwick, Me. (See Page 52.) 


Andrew Morrison. Eighth Corporal. Born May 10, 1842; enlisted 
April 18, 1861, for three months in 2 N. H.; reénlisted for three 
years; discharged July 30, 1861. When he found a first-class 
company being recruited at old Great Falls, he jumped into it 
with both feet, and made himself useful till put out of com- 
mission at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., where he was dreadfully 
wounded. A piece of shell crashed through his skull while 
serving as Color Corp. He is still living and a prominent citi- 
zen of Dover; has had something to do in the manufacturing 
of shoes ever since the war. Knows the political game from 
A to Z. (See Page 72.) 


Noah S. Brown. Musician. Served nearly four years; taken pris- 
oner April 9, 1865. Dropped dead at Somersworth. (See 
Page 14.) 

Albert Franklin Kent. Born July 24, 1839; was in the 6 Mass. 
April 19, 1861, in its march through Baltimore, when assaulted 
by a mob, and lost his drum, afterwards recovered. The drum 
belonged to Aaron P. Ordway of Co. H, who loaned his 
drum to Kent the night before he started. Kent served four 
years in 4 N. H.; was principal musician and a member of 2 
Band. (See Pages 57 and 132.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 175 


ee Abbott. Died after fifteen months’ service. (See Page 

ee 

William Adams. One of the oldest men; served fourteen months. 
(See Page 4.) 

Charles William Ayer. Born June 26, 1841; served three years. 
(See Page 5.) 

‘Michael Ball. Reénlisted and deserted. (See Page 6.) 

William Bonner. Short service in both 2 N. H. and 4 N. H. (See 
Page Io.) 

Charles Alonzo Brown. Born Sept. 16, 1842; served nearly four 
years; went back after the war and recovered the body of 
Lieut. Wentworth. (See Page 12.) 

George B. Brown. No good. (See Page 13.) 

Alvah Buzzell. Born April 11, 1807; not more than one older than 
he in the regiment; had been a preacher several years; served 
fifteen months; performed the marriage ceremony for Jim Til- 
ton of Co. I at St. Augustine, Fla. His son Frank was in Co. 
I. (See Page 16.) 

William H. Colomy served four years. Brother James in Co. H; 
reenlisted; was a Corp. Now, as always, resides in a pleasant 
home the owns in Farmington, with a summer residence at Al- 
ton Bay. (See Page 22.) 

David Plummer Dearborn was assigned to Co. F when the regi- 
ment was organized, but was on duty in the hospital and re- 
turned after four years; surgeon of the 4 N. H. (See Page 118.) 

Orrin Q. Dore. Error on Page 28 spells his name Dorr. Served 
three years; was company clerk part of the time. 

Loren H. Dorr. Born 1843; died in the service. (See Page 28.) 

Hezekiah Dow. Born Jan. 20, 1838. (See Page 28.) 

Samuel Dryfuss. Went to his native Germany after the war, where 
he died; date unknown. (See Page 29.) 

James L. French. (See Page 37.) 

Orrin Gerald. Served three and a half years, last part in regular 
battery. Died at Stacyville, Me., May 10, 1903. (See Page 29.) 

Ezra B. Gordon. Born Dec. 25, 1840; long service; reénlisted in 

_ the field. (See Page 41.) 

Josiah C. Griffin. One of the old men; served three years. (See 
Page 43.) 

Anson E. Hall. Born Feb., 1842; served four years; reénlisted in 
the field. Resident, 1911, Danville. (See Page 44.) 

Nathaniel Hanscom. (See Page 45.): 

Franklin O. Hanson. (See Page 45.) 

John Hanson. Born 1842; served four years; reénlisted in the field. 
(See Page 45.) 

Samuel Hilliard. Born 1842; reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; 
wounded May 16, 1864; served four years. (See Page 49.) 
Augustus E. Hodges. Born Dec. 28, 1837; reénlisted in the field; 
was a Corp.; wounded Aug. 16, 1864; served four years. Be- 
fore his death suffered a long time with locomotor ataxia. 

(See Page 49.) 


176 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Benager Horn. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864, and died a prisoner 
of war. (See Page 50.) 

Sylvester D. Howe. Served three months 1 N. H.; five months 4 
N. H., fifteen months in 12 N. H., and fifteen months in Vet. 
Reserve Corps. (See Page 50.) 

Lorenzo Dow Huntress. Born Jan. 16, 1843; served four years; re-. 
enlisted in the field; was 1 Sergt. Co. F and came home 1 
Lieut. of Co. I; received Gilmore medal of honor; wounded 
front of Petersburg, Va. (See Page 51.) 


Newcomb J. Jennings. Was a Corp.; killed at Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va. (See Page 53.) 


Alonzo C. Johnson. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. 
Came home to be killed on railroad. (See Page 55.) 

Samuel F. Jones. Reénlisted in the field; killed May 16, 1864. 
(See Page 55.) 

Alonzo Knox. Born May Io, 1837; served four years; reénlisted 
in the field. Resident, 1911, Manchester. (See Page 58.) 


Nathaniel B. Libbey. One of the oldest men. Died Albion, Me. 
Oct. 5, 1898. (See Page 61.) 


George Janvrin Lord. Born May 16, 1840; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years, last two years in 2 Regt. Band. Resident, 
1911, Washington, D. C. (See Page 61.) 


Lewis Lovejoy. Reénlisted; taken prisoner; died prisoner of war. 
(See Page 62.) 


Ambrose Madden. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. Not 
heard from since the war; must be dead. 


John W. Martin. Served a year and eight months. . Dead; date 
unknown. (See Page 65.) 


Eustis Mellen. Served four years; reénlisted in the field; was a 
Corp. and Sergt. For many years before death had to move 


about with a wheel chair, suffering from locomotor ataxia. 
(See Page 69.) 


Francis Russell Merrill. Born July 5, 1843; served all through the 
war, most of time in a regular battery. Suffered terribly with 
cancer, and died Sept. 15, 1911, at Haverhill, Mass. 


Charles E. Miller. Born June 16, 1844; reénlisted in the field; pro- 
moted to Corp. and Sergt.; wounded severely May 16, 1864; 
carried a Testament in the war and lost it at Drewry’s Bluff; 
it was found by a South Carolina confederate soldier, who 
kept it, and his daughter, many years after the war, through 
repeated correspondence, found the address of Comrade Mil- 
ler and returned it. Mr. Miller has always taken great inter- 
est in our reunions; has for years represented Co. F as com- 
mittee for his company in the Veteran association, and is now 
a member of the history committee. Resident, ro11, Dor- 
chester, Mass.; is captain of the night inspectors at the Bos- 
ton custom house. (See Page 70.) 


Jonathan Morey. Served three years. (See Page 72.) 


Samuel Noble. Served twenty-seven months in Co. F. (See Page 
75-) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers.. 177 


Solomon Barnes Gilbert Parsons had a long name and a long 
service; was Sergt.; reénlisted; served four years. Resident, 
1911, Orange, Mass.; works, making sewing machines. His 
brother, Howard F., served in same company. (See Page 78.) 

James S. Perkins. Served four years; was Corp.; reénlisted in the 
field. (See Page 79.) 

Amasa J. Pervier. Served five months in 4 N. H., one year in 3 
N. H., and was wounded; five months in 18 N. H. at the close 
of the war. (See Page 80.) 

George W. Pierce. Deserter. (See Page 80.) 


Amasa Pray. Served three years in 4 N. H. At his funeral in 
Rochester the Bible used was one he found in the war. (See 
Page 82.) 

Aaron Randall. After sixteen months in Co. F was transferred to 
a regular battery. Died at Milton Mills Oct. 3, 1896. (See 
Page 84.) 

Horace Randall. Served three months in 2 N. H., five months in 4 
N. H., and three years in 9 N. H., where he was a Sergt. (See 
Page 84.) 

Charles Orrin Rankin. Born May 15, 1845; reénlisted in the field; 
severely wounded July 30, 1864; discharged Jan. 30, 1865, on 
account of disability from wounds. In every publication which 
New Hampshire has issued since the war he is reported to 
have died in the war, but he lived forty-four years after the 
war. Died at his home in Somersworth, where he had lived 
since the war, Feb. 19, 1909. 

John Brackett Remick. Born Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12, 1825; 
served four years; reénlisted in the field. He is the oldest sur- 
vivor of the 4 Regt., and now, IgiI, resides at Somersworth. 
(See Page 85.) 

William Rich. Born June 28, 1844; one of the many young boys in 
Co. F; was a Corp.; was blown up by a torpedo on Morris 
Island, S. C., and lost a leg; had received Gilmore medal of 
honor. Resident, 1911, Berwick, Me., where he has served 
several times in town office; has been postmaster; is now on 
duty in the capitol at Washington. He was a trusty friend 
of the late Speaker Thomas B. Reed, and is worthy of all the 
good things that reach his way. (See Page 85.) 

Charles F. Richards. Served four years, reénlisting in the field. 
Died Aug. 28, 1910, Providence, R. I. (See Page 85.) 

Joseph Baker Richards. Born June 7, 1844; served four years; re- 
enlisted in the field; taken prisoner May 16, 1864. Died Jan. 
6, 1911, Biddeford, Me. (See Page 85.) 

Charles E. Robinson. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. 
Brother of George H, same company. (See Page 86.) 

George Henry Robinson. Born Jan. 6, 1840; served four years; re- 
enlisted in the field; was a Corp. and brother of Charles E. 
(See Page 86.) 

George W. Rowe. Born Dec. 6, 1843; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded July 28, 1864. (See Page 87.) 

William G. Short. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 91.) 

Lowell Simons. Deserted. (See Page 92.) 


178 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Byron Smith. Resident, 1911, Wentworth. (See Page 93.) 


Henry Augustus Spencer. Born Nov. 22, 1844; served four years; 
was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field. Resident, 1911, at Soldiers’ 
Home, Togus, Me. (See Page 95.) = 

John Peacock Thurston. Born Oct. 25, 1843; served three years; 
wounded severely Oct. 22, 1862. Resident, 1911, Derry. (See 
Page 100.) : 


George Washington Tibbetts. Born Jan. 22, 1845; one of the very 
youngest boys in Co. F. There was a comrade in Co. A by the 
same name, but he was older, discharged early in 1863, and 
died in 1869. Comrade Tibbetts of Co. F was a Corp.; taken 
prisoner at Deep Bottom, Va. Is now commandant of Oregon 
State Soldiers’ Home, which is situated at Orting. He has 
been department commander, G. A. R. (See Page 100.) 

Thomas W. Torrey. Served four years; reénlisted in the field; was 
a Sergt.; served three months int N. H. (See Page trot.) 

Hylon Walker. One of the old men of Co. F; served one and a 
half years. (See Page 103.) 

George D. Watson. Served three years. Died of injuries received 
in a railroad accident at Concord Sept. 8, 1896. (See Page 104.) 

Milo Elias Wells. Born 1839; discharged early; served ing N. H.: 
was wounded at Antietam; afterward in Vet. Reserve Corps. 
(See Page 105.) 

Daniel Arthur Wendell. Born Aug. 26, 1839; served three years; 
was assigned to Co. F, but served in hospital department. 
After the war became a doctor. (See Page 105.) 

Charles H. Wentworth. Discharged for disability while the re- 
enlisted men were on their furlough. Resident, 1911, North 
Berwick, Me. (See Page 106.) 

Jacob Wentworth. Born Aug. 28, 1842; served four years; was a 
Sergt.; reénlisted in the field. One of the young, hustling 
boys of Co. F that kept things busy and drove away the blues; 
always at the front on duty. Has been a busy business man 
since the war. For years has held a responible position for 
Jordan, Marsh & Co. of Boston, which often took him across 
the ocean, buying goods. With the exception of Aaron P. 
Ordway, of Co. H, he has crossed the Atlantic more times than 
any comrade of the 4 N. H. and is now there. He is in business 
for himself now as commission merchant for dress goods. 
It is a pleasure to meet him, for it’s always sunshine where 
Jake Wentworth is. (See Page 106.) 

Stephen J. Wentworth. He was one of the officers killed in the 
war—Bell, Sawyer, Hutchinson, and Wentworth; enlisted as a 
private; promoted to Sergt. and 2 Lieut.; wounded June 6, 
1864; killed Aug. 15, 1864. (See Page 129, also Page 179, 
Part a) 

Edmund H. Whitehouse. Discharged New Year’s Day, 1862; died 
Oct. following at his home in Somersworth. (See Page 107.) 

John H. Whitehouse. Accidentally killed New Year’s Day, 1862, 
by George M. Marshall of Co. D, who was in an adjoining tent, 
and while cleaning his gun it was discharged anc kille¢ White 
house, who was in his own tent. His comrades raised the 
money to send his body home to Somersworth for burial. 
(See Page 107.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 179 


John H. Whitehouse 2d. Discharged early; served after in 9 N. H. 
(See Page 107.) 


Samuel Wilkinson. Served three years. (See Page 109.) 
William F. Wingate. Killed at Pocotaligo Oct. 22, 1862. 


RECRUITS CO. F, 4 N. H. VOLS. 


Seventy-eight men were received in Co. F from 1862 to 1865;, 
one other, W. A. Levi, was early transferred to Co. C. Fifteen 
deserted—Atwater, Francis, Kehoe, Henry Jones, Mitchell, Murphy, 
O’Neal, Schofield, Sheehan, William Smith, William Stevens, Jere 
Sullivan, John Sullivan, True, and Watson. One other, Louis 
P. Engel, served some time and was wounded, then deserted from 
hospital. Three were transferred to navy and deserted—Brooks, 
Crooks, and George Thompson. One was transferred to regular 
battery and deserted—Abram Freed. Three were transferred to 
_mavy and served honorably—William Sullivan, James Woods, and 
Charles Warfield. William H. Whitehouse was transferred to teg- 
ular battery and was killed at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1862. 

Henry C. Bauer, Frank Jones Ist, Frank Jones 2d, Charles Jo- 
sephi, William Koch, Thomas Martin, William McCarty, William 
McDonald, Philip McDonald, Michael McGuire, William Miller, 
William Mokler, John Monahan, George Mullen, Patrick Murphy, 
Dermott, Neary, Charles Nelson, John Nichols, Thomas O’Shaugh- 
nessy, Walter Parks, William T. Read, Terrance Reath, Daniel 
Sayers, William Scott, Charles Simpson, John Smith, William 
Smith, Edward Speight. The last twenty-seven names served hon- 
orably, but short service. (See alphabetical roster.) 


Joseph E. Adams. Died in the service. (See Page 3.) 


George F. Beard. Very short service. Resident, 1911, near New 
Orleans. (See Page 8.) 


Samuel Chapman. Died in the service. (See Page 18.) 
William H. Coffin. Died since the war. (See Page 20.) 


Henry N. Colston. Born 1821; a N. H. recruit. Thrown from a 
team at home in Amherst and killed. (See Page 22.) 


Richard O. Davis. Killed near Petersburg, Va. (See Page 26.) 

Daniel Day, Jr. Drafted; a N. H. man. (See Page 26.) 

Alonzo S. Elkins. Died in the service. (See Page 31.) 

Michael Foley. Correct name Nathan D. Bracken. Resident, 1911, 
Springfield, Mass. 

James H. German. Taken prisoner May 16, 1864; died June 1, 
1864. (See Page 39.) 

Warren W. Hamlett. Brother Henry, Co. D. Wounded Aug. 16, 
1864. (See Page 45.) 

Orra H. Hardy. Died in the service. (See Page 45 ) 

William Haskell. (See Page 47.) 

Patrick Lee. Alias Patrick McIntire. (See Page 68.) 

John McDonald. (See Page 67.) 

James McDonough. Died in the service. (See Page 67.) 

Barney S. Merwin. Taken prisoner Aug. 16, 1864, and died.. (See 
Page 609.) 


180 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


August Muller. Died 1867; the third man to die at Togus, Me, 
Soldiers’ Home. (See Page 73.) 


George Randall. Wounded at Ft. Fisher. Died at U. S. Insane 
hospital, Washington, D. C. (See Page 8&4.) 

William Scarlett. (See Page 90.) 

Joseph Shannon. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Orting, Wash. 

Charles H. Smith. Wounded and died of wounds. (See Page 93.) 

Charles Stevens. Correct name Francis B. Bentley; served two 
years. Died since the war. (See Page 9g.) 

Nelson J. Wallace. Brother of Capt. Wallace. (See Page 103.) 

Joseph R. Welch. (See Page 105.) 

William Wilson. Taken prisoner and died. (See Page III.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, COMPANY G, 4 N. H. VOLS. 


Michael O’Flynn. Captain. (See Page 119.) 

Charles W. Hurd. First Lieutenant. (See Page 123.) 

William W. Mayne. Second Lieutenant. Served three months in 
1 N. H.; three years in 4 N. H. Resident, 1911, Claremore, 
Okla. (See Page 120.) j 

Daniel Gile. First Sergeant. (See Page 124.) 

Zebina Nason Annis. Second Sergeant. Born Aug. 19, 1838; 
served three months in the 1 Maine Vols.; served four years in 
Co. G, 4 N. H.; wounded twice; went out 2 Sergt.; reénlisted 
in the field. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Tilton. (See 
Page 5.) 

John Smith. Third Sergeant. Second Color Sergeant; deserted 
the regiment and colors after two and one half years’ faithful 
service. (See Page 93.) 

Stephen C. Chapman. Fourth Sergeant. Served three months in 
1 N. H.; three years in 4 N. H. (See Page 18.) 
Frank Burr. Fifth Sergeant. Correct name Frank Logan. Served 
three months in 1 N. H.; three years in 4 N. H. Dead; date 

unknown. (See Page 15.) 

Elbridge Gerry. First Corporal. Short service. Brother of John 
E., same company. (See Page 40.) 

Patrick-Dowd. Second Corporal. (See Page 129.) 

Richard Smith. Third Corporal. Served four years; reénlsted in 
the field. Brother of Sergt. John Smith. (See Page 94.) 
Charles P. Gleason. Fourth Corporal. Served four years; reén- 

listed in the field. (See Page 40.) 

Peter O’Brien. Fifth Corporal. Served three months in 1 N. H.; 
promoted Sergt.; taken prisoner. (See Page 76.) 

Jerome Blaisdell. Fifth Corporal. Served three months 1 N. H.; 
three years 4 N. H. (See Page Jo.) 

Francis Cahill. Seventh Corporal. Served three months, 1 N. H. 
(See Page 16.) tee ses “ 

‘ nnals. Eighth Corporal. erved three years, 4 N. 
ae ie aCe Sune 1 Sergt.; wounded July 30, 1864; 3 Color 
Bearer. Brother Dana in same company. (See Page 88.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 181 


Thomas James Galvin. Musician. Born Feb. 1, 1844; reénlisted 
in the field; served four years in 2 Band. Brother Michael in 
BeNe, El: (See Page 38.) 

James M. Allen. First death in Co. G. (See Page 4.) 

Richard W. Bateman. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and died 
of wounds. (See Page 7.) 

David Beede. One of the old men. Charles and William, same 
company, were his sons. (See Page 8.) 

William Beede. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and taken pris- 
oner; died of wounds. David Beede was his father and 
Charles, a recruit, was his brother. (See Page 8.) 

Jonathan Boyce. Killed May 16, 1864. (See Page Io.) 

Michael Bresnahan. Was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field. Killed 
by accident, falling down stone steps. (See Page 11.) 

Patrick Broderick. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 12.) 

Michael Broderick. No good. (See Page 12.) 

William H. Brooks. Reénlisted in the field; wounded; taken pris- 
oner; died in prison. (See Page 12.) 

Amos W. Brown. Reénlisted in the field; three months in 1 N. H.; 
fomusyears in 4 N. H. (See Page 12.) 

Patrick Conway. Was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field; wounded 
July 30, 1864. Resident, 1911, West Concord. (See Page 22.) 

Almus Cushing. Discharged early; was in Qr. Dept. through the 
war; a teamster. Resident, 1911, Nashua. (See Page 25.) 

Edward James Dillon. Served sixteen months in 2 IN], JBL ie now 
blind. Resident, 1911, Marlborough, Mass. (See Page 27.) 

Patrick Donnolly. Deserter. (See Page 28.) 

James Donovan. (See Page 28.) 

James Ferry. Served three years. (See Page 33.) 

Edward Field. Was Corp. and Sergt. and Color Bearer; wounded 

Aug. 16, 1864; reénlisted in the field. (See Page 34.) 

George E. Fitch. Reénlisted; taken prisoner. Died Fayette, Me., 
Sept. 15, 1908. (See Page 34.) 

Benj. Franklin Fogg. (See Page 129.) 

James Munroe Fogg. Brother B. F. Fogg; reénlisted in the field; 
taken prisoner. (See Page 36.) 

Maurice Foley. Reénlisted in the field; wounded. (See Page 36.) 

Thomas Follen. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner Aug. 16, 
1864. (See Page 36.) 

Terrance Frawley. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 37.) 

Hiram B. Frost. One of the old men; served three years; was in 
the 7 N. H. (See Page 38.) 

John Gardner. Reénlisted in the field; wounded June 30, 1864; 
killed at Ft. Fisher. (See Page 38.) 

John E. Gerry. Reénlisted in the field; killed at Ft. Fisher. (See 
Page 40.) 

Louis J. Gillis. (See Page 40.) 


182 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


James Gorman. One of the old men. (See Page 4r1.) 

William Gunston. Reénlisted in the field; killed May 16, 1864. 
(See Page 43.) 

Lawrence Hern. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 48.) 

John Howard. The oldest man-in 4 N. H.; short service. Said to 
have been born Sept. 16, 1800. (See Page 50.) 

Lyford Hunt. Born Sept. 16, 1832; served four years; was Sergt.; 
reenlisted in the field. (See Page 51.) 

Dennis Hynes. Served three years in 1 N. H.; reénlisted in the 


field; was Corp.; wounded May 16, 1864. Died Oct. 12, 1911, 
Soldiers’ Home, Milwaukee, Wis. 


Dennis Keefe. (See Page 56.) 

Jeremiah Kelliher. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner and died. 
(See Page 56.) 

Cornelius Kennedy. (See Page 56.) 

James Larkin. Was a Corp.; served three years. (See Page 59.) 

Lucien B. Legg, Jr. Served four years; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded Aug. 16, 1864; one of the best known men in the 
regiment on account of his peculiar ways. (See Page 60.) 

Michael Madden. Reénlisted in the field; wounded twice; served 
four years. (See Page 63.) 

Charles T. Marden. Served four years; was a Corp.; promoted 1 
Sergt; reénlisted in the field. Resident, 1911, Worcester, Mass. 
(See Page 64.) 

Charles C. Marsh. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 64.) : 

John A. Mason. Discharged early; afterwards in 10 N. H. Died; 
date unknown. (See Page 65.) 


Joseph McDaid. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and died of 
wounds. (See Page 67.) 


Patrick McDonough. Served three years. (See Page 67.) 

Michael McGough. Served three years. (See Page 68.) 

John McGuinness. Dead; date unknown. (See Page 68.) 

Michael McHugh. Deserter. Resident, 1911, Denver, Col. 

James ee: Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner. (See Page 
Q. 

Frederick D. Moore. Reénlisted in the field; killed May 16, 1864. 
(See Page 72.) 

Thaddeus K. Morrison. (See Page 72.) 

James Mularkey. Served three years; wounded May 16, 1864. 
(See Page 73.) 

John ee Reénlisted in the field; died of wounds. (See Page 
73: 

John Murphy. Served three years. (See Page 73.) 

John Nolan. Taken prisoner and died. (See Page 75.) 


Thomas Nolan. Brother of John. Served three years; wounded. 
Resident, 1911, Nashua. (See Page 75.) 


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Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 183 


John Pickett. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. (See 
Page 8o.) 

John Quinn. No good. (See Page 83.) 

Patrick Quinn. No good. (See Page 83.) 

Frank Quinn, An old man. (See Page 83.) 

James Quinn. Another old man. (See Page 83.) 

Michael Reardon. No good. (See Page 84.) 

Timothy Reardon. Taken prisoner and died. (See Page 8&4.) 

William H. Reynolds. Served to Jan. 17, 1863, then transferred to 
regular battery, where he served forty years. (See Page 85.) 

Nelson Richards. Born Jan. 6, 1839; served four years; was Sergt.; 
reénlisted in the field. (See Page 8s.) 

Robert Richards. Served three months in 1 N. H.; then eight 
months in 4 N. H.; then ten months in 15 N. H.; then enlisted 
again in Co. G, 4 N. H., and served nineteen months, and lost 
his arm. A cousin of Nelson Richards. (See Page 85.) 

Dana Runnals. Brother of Sergt. George A. Runnals; served four 
years; reénlisted in the field. (See Page 88.) 

Abram §S. Sanborn. One of the old men; served one year and 
died. (See Page 80.) 

Michael Shaughnessy. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; taken 
prisoner. (See Page QI.) 

John Shea. Wounded Oct. 22, 1862; transferred to regular bat- 
tery; died of wounds received at Olustee, Fla. (See Page 91.) 

Jeremiah Spelan. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner and died. 
- (See Page 95.) 

Martin J. Stanton. Accidentally killed by provost guard. (See 
Page 95.) 

Ashael Stoddard. Lost a leg at Morris Island. (See Page 96.) 

George H. Stuart. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner; wounded 
and died of wounds. (See Page 97.) 

Cornelius C. Sullivan. In Mexican war. Deserted from Co. G. 
(See Page 97.) 

Daniel Sullivan. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Manchester, at Old Men’s Home. 

William Sullivan. Reénlisted in the field; killed May 16, 1864. 
Cousin of Daniel. (See Page 98.) 

Dennis Tehan. Served three years, last part in regular battery. 
Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Cal. (See Page 99.) 

Owen Tulley. Reénlisted in the field; wounded Oct. 22, 1862; 
taken prisoner Sept. 29, 1864. Dead; date unknown. (See 
Page 102.) 

Dennis Welch. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner. Resident, 
191t, Oakland, Cal. (See Page 103.) 

James Welch. Reénlisted in the field; wounded; taken prisoner. 
(See Page 105.) 

John Welch. (See Page 104.) 

John A. Wentworth. Reénlisted; taken prisoner. (See Page 106.) 

George W. Whitehouse. Served four years; reénlisted in the field. 
Dead; date unknown. (See Page 107.) 

Clark E. Wilson. Discharged early. (See Page 110.) 


184 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Francis B. Willey 


Born in Manchester, 1842; enlisted Aug. 23, 1861, in Co. G, 
4 N. H.; while temporarily with a regular battery was killed 
in battle at Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864. In every publica- 
tion printed by the State of New Hampshire as a record of 
New Hampshire in the Civil War he has been branded as a 
deserter, which is an inexcusable error. This dead hero is 
charged with having deserted four months after he was 
killed in battle, and no steps have been taken by the Adju- 
tant-General’s Department of New Hampshire to rectify 
this wicked charge. "This case was carefully investigated 
by the historian of this volume and is the record in the war 
department at -Washington. 

Francis B. Willey killed in Battle Olustee, Florida, Feb. 
20, 1864. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 185 


RECRUITS CO. G, 4 N. H. VOLS. 


Company G had but thirty-five recruits. One other, William 
Dignam, came out in 1863; was assigned as a recruit to Company 
G, but he was in the original band and served in the second band: 
never served in Company G. Robert Richards was both an original 
man and a recruit in Company G, and can be counted but once. 

John Wilson was an unassigned recruit of the Third New Hamp- 
shire; is reported in the Third Regiment as transferred to Fourth 
New Hampshire May 1, 1865, and deserted June 18, 1865. It is not 
probable that he ever served a day in the Fourth New Hampshire, 
and so his name is dropped from our roster. He was more than no 
good, for he has been counted as one of the company and was not. 

The true number of recruits who served in Company G was 
thirty-four. Nine of them deserted. One, Samuel Henderson, had 
been transferred to navy and deserted. 

John McCarthy was a corporal and deserted. 

James Eastman, James Fagen, Thomas Fox, John Smith were 
no good. Deserted after a few days in camp. Thomas Grimes, 
Patrick Quinlan, and James Thompson served several months and 
deserted. 

John Blair, John A. Haskins, John Jones, Robert Littlefield, 
Archibald Sims were transferred to the navy. Sims was drowned 
while in the navy. (See alphabetical roster.) 

James Riley. Recruit 1863; was a Corp. and Sergt. Now un- 
known. (See Page 86.) 


Peter Goble. Was a Corp.; recruit 1863. Resident, ror1, Salt 
Lake City. 

Dennis Mahoney. Was a Corp.; joined company in 1862; wounded; 
served nearly three years. (See Page 63.) 

John McCarthy. Recruit 1863; was a Corp. Now unknown. (See 
Page 66.) 

James D. Paul. A Corp.; enlisted early ’in 1862; transferred to 
regular battery; killed in the service. (See Page 79.) 

Samuel Barney. Very short service. (See Page 7.) 

Charles Beede. Father, David, and brother William were in same 
company. He died just as the war closed. (See Page 8.) 
John Ducy. The first recruit; enlisted the day after the 4 N. H. 

left the state. (See Page 20.) 

George Dumore. Recruit 1863; wounded. (See Page 30.) 

Thomas J. Flemmings. Recruit 1862; taken prisoner. (See Page 
35.) 

Charles Foster. (See Page 36.) 

Charles H. Fuller. (See Page 38.) 

Louis Grapo. Short service. (See Page 42.) 

John King. Recruit 1863; severely wounded and died of wounds. 
(See Page 57.) 

Daniel W. May. Was drafted; served nine months; saw but little 
service, but one of the most favored soldiers of the regiment. 
For a long time before death he received $72 pension a month, 
as he became blind some time after the war. Five of the regi- 
ment are alive who are blind, and saw longer service, and none 
receive over $40 per month. Rank injustice and inequality. 


186 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


James McIntire. Drafted 1863. Died, Dover, Dec. 14, 1886. (See 
Page 68.) 

Thomas Mooney. Recruit 1863; missing at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., 
May 16, 1864; probably killed. (See Page 71.) 

ace Muldoon. Alias McDowell. Recruit 1863. (See Page 
73. 

August Schuyler. One of the last recruits put into the service by 
bounty brokers, who robbed him of a large bounty due then. 
He had just landed from Belgium and served to muster-out. 
Settled in Dover, where he now, 1911, resides on his little farm. 
A respected citizen and good_comrade. 

John Smith. Co. G had three who had the same name. plain John 
Smith. This was the only true one; the other two, Sergt. 
John, an original, deserted, as did the other, a recruit. Noth- 
ing is known of the two who were recruits. (See Page 93.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, COMPANY H, FOURTH N. H. VOLS. 


Joseph Messer Clough. Captain. Now living on his village farm 
at New London; is the senior officer now alive of the 4 Regt. 
and the only survivor of the original ten captains; always 
deeply interested in the regiment and always present at the 
reunions; has served as president of the Veterans’ association; 
has been prominent in the state militia and has been its com- 
mander, with rank of Brig. Gen. He has served in both 
branches of the legislature and been commander of the local 
G. A. R. post. He was a popular officer, always looking out 
for his men. He commanded the regiment when he was 
wounded at the Battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864. (See Page 
119.) 

Israel L. Drew. First Lieutenant. A brother of Major Drew. 
(See Page 123.) 

Hiram C. Tuttle. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 123.) 

James F. Gilpatrick. First Sergeant. (See Page 128.) 

Matthew Adams. Second Sergeant. (See Page 121.) 


Edward F. McNeil. Third Sergeant. Promoted to r Sergt. Killed 
Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 68.) 

Samuel Burley Mason. Fourth Sergeant. Born March 30, 1832; 
three months in 1 N. H.; three years in 4 N. H. Resident, 
I91I, on his little farm, Atkinson village. Nearly an octo- 
genarian. 

Byron Noyes. Fifth Sergeant. Born Oct. 21, 1840; three months 
in 1 N. H. and three years in 4 N. H: (See Page 75.) 

John E. Austin. First Corporal. Was Corp., Sergt., and 1 Sergt.; 
served four years; reénlisted in the field; wounded May 15, 
1864. (See Page 5.) 

Nelson P. Stinehorn. Second Corporal. Was Corp. and Sergt.; 
réenlisted in the field; died of wounds. (See Page 96.) 

Levi W. Simonds. Third Corporal. Died in the service. (See 
Page 92.) 

John Wesley Witham. Fourth Corporal. Born May 11, 1833; 
short service; afterwards in 10 N. H. (See Page 111.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 187 


Walter B. Rowell. Fifth Corporal. Died at home while in the 
service. (See Page 88.) 


Benjamin Wheeler. Sixth Corporal. In 1 N. H. three months; in 
4 N. H. three years. Went West; not heard from for forty 
years. (See Page 106.) 

Albert A. Woodworth. Seventh Corporal. Born ; three 
months ini N. H.; three years in 4 N. H. (See Page 112.) 


John S. C. Kelley. Eighth Corporal. First death in Co. H; died 
on board “Baltic”; funeral and burial at sea. (See Page 56.) 

Edgar a Drew. Son of Major Drew. Drummer boy. (See Page 
29. 

Aaron Patterson Ordway. Drummer boy. Born Aug. 6, 1846; one 
of the youngest boys in the regiment; son of Doctor Ordway 
of Lawrence, Mass.; discharged in the spring of 1863; served 
afterwards in Co. K, 6 Mass., for one hundred days. His cap- 
tain, Edgar J. Sherman, for many years a judge of the Mas- 
sachusetts courts. Comrade Ordway is now, IgiI, and for sev- 
eral years has been a manufacturing chemist in New York City, 
doing business very largely with the warm countries of south- 
ern Europe; has crossed the ocean over one hundred times 
and counting the months he has remained abroad would 
amount to several years he ‘has lived since the war in dif- 
ferent parts of Europe. He has never met the regiment since 
1863, yet such is his interest that he gladly joined Comrade 
George Henry Tilton of Laconia in providing a sum neces- 
sary to start the building of our history. Both were born in 
adjoining towns in Grafton county: Ordway in Rumney, Tilton 
in Dorchester; and still another adjoining town, Wentworth, 
was the birthplace of dear old Col. Tom Whipple. Great credit 
is due Comrades Tilton and Ordway, for without their large 
financial help this history would not have been accomplished 
so long after the war. (See further notice in Part 4, and Part 
2, Page 77.) 

Jenvin T. Bachelder. Served three years, last half in regular bat- 
tery. (See Page 6.) 

Wayland Ballou. Born Oct. 16, 1844; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded; Lieut. U. S. Colored Troops. His brother Weston 
in same company. (See Page 6.) 

Weston Ballou. Born June 25, 1843; wounded; served three years. 
Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Leavenworth, Kansas. Brother 
of Wayland in same company. 

Charles H. Bartlett. Died in the service after serving one year. 

George Sawyer Bixby. Born Sept. 15, 1842; was Corp. and Sergt.; 

’ taken prisoner. Resident, 1911, Epsom. (See Page 9.) 

Christopher Augustus Bodwell. Born Jan. 22, 1836; twin brother 
of William J. of same company; was a Corp. Both brothers 
reénlisted, but were separated at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., where 
Christopher was killed. (See Page 10.) 

William Justus Bodwell. Born, as his twin brother, Jan. 22, 1836. 

Gov. Bodwell of Maine was their uncle. He served four years 
in Co. H. Is now, tort, living and in fairly good health. 
Resides at Hallowell. A notice of a reunion or any gathering 
of his comrades will bring him to New Hampshire, where he 
always meets a hearty welcome. 





ISS — Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


George W. Boyden. Served three years, last year in Veteran Re- 
serve Corps. Died at Hillsborough Jan. 4, 1912. (See Page 
itt) 

William Brannon. One of the old men of Co. H; reénlisted in the 
field; wounded; served four years. (See Page 11.) 

John Bresnahan. Was Corp- and Sergt.; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded July 30, 1864; served four years. (See Page 11.) 

Charles P. Brigham. Served three years. (See Page 12.) 

Frank Brigham. Born Feb. 20, 1843; served four years; was a 
Sergt.; reénlisted in the field his birthday; wounded front of 
Petersburg. Resident, 1911, Exeter. (See Page 12.) 

Edwin Ss. Brown. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner and 
died in prison. (See Page 13.) 

Solomon C. Bumford. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner 
March 24, 1862, on the picket post at Jacksonville, Fla., the 
night his comrade Goldsmith was killed and Richard E. Davis 
was so terribly wounded; served four years. (See Page 14.) 

Asa Clark. Served three years, half of the time in Invalid Corps. 
(See Page 18.) 

George Walter Clark. Born April 10, 1843; reénlisted in the field. 
Resident, 1911, Derry. (See Page 19.) 

Andrew J. Collins. Served three years; died in a few months. 
(See Page 21.) 

George W. Collins. Was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field; taken 
prisoner and died. (See Page 21.) 

James R. Colomy. A brother of William H. of Co. F. Received a 
medal of honor. (See Page 22.) 

Patrick Conlon. Served three months in 1 N. H.; twenty-six 
months in 4 N. H.; was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field. Dead; 
date unknown. (See Page 22.) 

Daniel Davis, Jr. Wounded twice; served four years; reénlisted 
in the field. (See Page 26.) 

George W. Davis. A brother of Richard E. of same company. 
Died in the service. (See Page 26.) 

Richard Evans Davis. Born July to, 1838; terribly wounded 
through the body at Jacksonville, Fla., March 24, 1862, the 
same night Goldsmith was killed and several taken prisoners on 
the outer picket post. A brother of George W. (See Page 
26.) 

William H. Davis. Served three years, most of the time in a 
regular battery. Died 1866. (See Page 26.) 

Gilbert F. Dow. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner Aug. 16, 
1864. Died at parole camp, Annapolis, Md. (See Page 28.) 

Jacob H. Dow. One of Co. H old men. (See Page 28.) 

Henry J. Downing. Served three years, most of it in regular bat- 
tery. Last known address, Nichols, Iowa. (See Page 29.) 

Jacob R. Durgin. On the unknown list. (See Page 30.) 

William Moses Edmunds. Born June 30, 1841; served three months 
in 1 N. H.; name recorded as Moses W. Edmunds; reénlisted 
in the field; died of wounds. His father, William Edmunds, 
served in the N. H. Sharpshooters. (See Page 31.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 189 


Daniel W. Emerson. Served twenty-two months in 4 N. H. and 
afterwards in Veteran Reserve Corps. (See Page 31.) 

George H. Emerson. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; 
wounded. There was 2 George H. Emerson in Co. B; they 
were both wounded July 30, 1864. (See Page 32.) 


James F. Fletcher. Born Jan. 25, 1832; was a Corp.; served three 


years, part of the time in the Invalid Corps. Resident, 1o1t, 
Salem. (See Page 35.) 


Charles C. Foster. Born Dec. 27, 1838. He was a twin brother of 
Hiram B., same company. Both served four years and both 
were Corps.; both reénlisted in the field. Charles died at 
Salem Jan. 28, 1912. (See Page 36.) 

Hiram Burtis Foster. Born Dec. 27, 1838, twin of Charles; served 
four years; was a Corp. Died June 25, 1910. (See Page 37.) 

George A. Francis. Served three years. Resident, 1911, Green 
Bay, Utah. (See Page 37.) 

George W. A. Goldsmith. Killed on picket post at Jacksonville, 
Fla., March 25, 1862. (See Page 40.) 

John H. Goodhue. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; wounded 

- May 16, 1864; killed Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 4r.) 

Stephen O. Gould. One of the old men of Co. H. (See Page 41.) 

Horace Griswold. Was a Corp.; served nearly two years. (See 
Page 43.) 

Curtis R. Hartley. Served three years. (See Page 46.) 

Joseph Hibbert. Was a Corp.; killed May 16, 1864. 

David B. Hinds. (See Page 49.) 

Byron Howard. Killed on Morris Island. (See Page 50.) 

George H. Hoyt. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and taken 
prisoner Aug. 16, 1864; died in prison. (See Page 51.) 

Marshall Hutchins. Born May 23, 1837; served in 1, 4 and to N. 

. Died of cancer Nov. 17, 1909. (See Page 52.) 

Melvin Freeman Hutchins. Brother of Marshall. Born March 21, 
1833. A brother in 10 N. H. (See Page 52.) 

Joseph James. One of the old men of Co. H. (See Page 53.) 

Andrew J. Johnson. Third man in Co. H to die. (See Page 54.) 

John Kimball. Died in the service; a member of regular battery. 
(See Page 57.) 

Hale Lewis Kinsley. Born April 26, 1828; served but two or three 
days in Manchester and never in the war afterwards. No good. 

James F. Knox. Served three years. (See Page 58.) 

Abraham Libby. Served three years, most of the time in a regular 
battery; was in r N. H. Not heard from since the war. 

Robert Elmer Lowell. Born April 3, 1831. (See Page 62.) 

Samuel Dana Marckres. Served three months in 1 N. H.; four 
years in 4 N. H. Came home safely, to be killed on the rail- 
road in Iowa, where he was a railroad engineer. (See Page 
64.) 

Levi Martin. Died in the service. (See Page 65.) 

Joshua H. McAllister. One of the old men; was in i N. H. Cav. 
after discharge from Co. H. (See Page 66.) 


190 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


James McDermott. Was in 1 N. H. three months and four years 
in 4 N. H.; reénlisted in the field. (See Page 67.) 

Charles A. McQuesten. Served all through the war, but most of 
the time in Invalid Corps. (See Page 69.) 

Michael Mitchell. Reénlisted in the field; wounded. (See Page 
7s) 

Francis M. Monehan. Served three years. Dead; date unknown. 

Charles Henry Moore. Was assigned to Co. H when he enlisted 
but never served in the company. (See Page 125.) 

Thomas A. Noyes. (See Page 76.) 

John H. Nudd. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; killed in bat- 
tle. (See Page 76.) 

Nathaniel C. Parker. Was a doctor; discharged early; was in 4, 
10, 18 N. H. and navy. (See Page 78.) 

Richard N. Pettee. Served a year and died. (See Page 80.) 

George Frederick Quimby. (See Page 122.) 

Isaac H. Roberts. In 1 N. H. three months; discharged for dis- 
ability and died in a few weeks. (See Page 86.) 

Kimball W. Rollins. Served three months in 1 N. H.; reénlisted 
in the field; wounded July 30, 1864; served nearly four years. 
(See Page 87.) 

Moses Duston Rowell. Born July 7, 1829; served three years but 
most of the time in Veteran Reserve Corps. (See Page 88.) 

Daniel B. Sanborn. Served a year and died in the war. (See 
Page 8o.) 

Daniel F. Sanborn. Discharged for disability and died on the way 
to New York City. (See Page 80.) 

Julius Marion Sargent. Born Aug. 6, 1845; served nearly two 
years and afterwards in Veteran Reserve Corps. Resident, 
1911, Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. 

Royal Scales. (See Page 90.) 

Arthur L. Smith. Born Dec. 15, 1844; reénlisted in the field; served 
four years. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Ohio. (See Page 
92.) 

John C. Smith. Born 1840; reénlisted in the field; served four 
years; was Corp. and Sergt. (See Page 93.) , 

Moses E. Southworth. Served three years. (See Page 94.) 

Ralph W. Straw. Did not go to war with 4 N. H., but served in 
a Vermont regiment and died in 1863. 

Blaisdell Sweatt. Brother of Sumner J., same company. Killed 
Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 98.) 

Sumner J. Sweatt. Died of disease. (See Page 98.) 

Elbridge G. Towle. Was a Corp.; died of wounds. (See Page 
101.) 

John W. Twiss. Served three years. Resident, 1911, Seattle, 

ash. ; 

Rodney C. Woodbury. Served three years. (See Page 112.) © 

Wallace E. Woodworth. Born April 22, 1842; taken prisoner at 
Jacksonville, Fla., March 24, 1862; transferred to regular bat- 
tery; served until Jan. 23, 1867; was in 1 N. H. three months. 
Resident, 1911, Lakeport. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 191 


RECRUITS, COMPANY H, FOURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 


Company H had added to it during its four years’ service forty- 
eight recruits. Six of the companies of the regiment had a larger 
number. All but one of them were received prior to the cYose of 
the war. Nine of them deserted—Lapoet Ammond, Louis Dubiton, 
Paul Dupont, Francis Duquette, John Kline, John Messinger, Henry 
Williams, Charles Lampries, James Fowler. Fowler was trans- 
ferred to navy and deserted from navy. Bartholomew Maloney, 
John Short, James White, George Williams were transferred to 
navy; nothing heard from them since the war. 


The following are not known to be alive: John Evans, William 
Howell, Charles Klines, Rufus Knapp, John McCauley, William 
McDonnell, Francis Miller, Henry Newton, Peter Powell, Paul 
Premo, George Thomas, Daniel G. Turner, Charles Wright. For 
all the above men, see alphabetical roster. 


‘William Baker. Recruit 1863; died while prisoner of war. (See 
Page 6.) 

Jay Plummer Bassett. Recruit 1864. (See Page 7.) 

William B. Bell. Born May 21, 1841; joined company in 1864; 
transferred to navy. Resident, 1911, Haverhill, Mass. (See 
Page 8.) 

out, Bowers. Recruit 1863; died prisoner of war. (See Page 
10. 

Orin Bush. Recruit 1863; died prisoner of war. (See Page 16.) 

eeliam Bussius. Recruit 1863; killed Aug. 16, 1864. (See Page 
16.) 

Levi W. Cole. Recruit 1864; transferred to navy. (See Page 21.) 

John Eaton. Born Sept. 17, 1843; served eighteen months in 2 N. 


H.; then from Dec., 1863, to July, 1865, in Co. H, 4 N. H.; was 
a Corp. and badly wounded. (See Page 31.) 


Henry F. Edgerly. Recruit 1864; died of wounds. (See Page 31.) 

ang Fisk. Recruit 1863; killed near Petersburg, Va. (See Page 
34. 

Samuel J. Fulton. Recruit 1863; died in the service. (See Page 38.) 

Edwin Horton. Born April 26, 1831. (See Page 50.) 

Hermon Karnoff. Recruit 1863; wounded twice; died of wounds. 
(See Page 55.) 

Charles F. Libby. Recruit 1862; served three years. Died at Con- 
cord; date unknown. Brother of Andrew G. (See Page 61.) 

Andrew G. Libby. Recruit 1862. Brother of Charles F. Died 
prisoner of war. (See Page 61.) ; 

Joseph H. Miller. Recruit 1864. Last known as living in Con- 
necticut. (See Page 70.) 

Harrison H. Sargent. Born - recruit 1862; served in 2 Band. 
Died at Enfield Nov. 24, 1911. (See Page 89.) 

John H. Smith. Recruit 1862; discharged Oct. 5, 1863; afterwards 
an Co. A, 19 Mass., and died prisoner of war. (See Page 
93. 





192 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


John Snyder. Recruit 1863. Died at Soldiers’ Home, Tilton, Dec. 
15, I911. (See Page 94.) 

Franklin Libby Tandy. Born July 16, 1826; joined Co. H in fall 
of 1862 with his son, Josiah, and two nephews, C. F. and A. G. 
Libby; was killed July 30, 1864, with his son by his side. His 
widow is now, 1911, living in Concord. (See Page 98.) 

Josiah Tandy. Son of Franklin L. Recruit 1862; severely 
wounded Aug. 16, 1864. Resident, 1911, at Concord, where he 
owns a pleasant home on Valley street. (See Page 98.) 

George Webber. Recruit 1863; an old man. (See Page 104.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, COMPANY I, FOURTH N. H. VOLS. 


Nathaniel Hazen Brown. Captain. (See Page 119.) 


William Stoughton Pillsbury. First Lieutenant. Died Oct. 7, 1911, 
at his home, Londonderry. (See Page 123.) 

True Sanborn, Jr. Second Lieutenant. Promoted to 1 Lieut. and 
Capt. of Co. K; served more than three years; one of the 
very best officers in the regiment, kind, considerate, always 
interested in the welfare of his men, who loved him as a 
father. He is still living and interested in the boys; always 
present at our reunions; has been president of the Regimental 
Veteran association. Past eighty-four years, he is still vigor- 
ous and active. That he may be with us a long time is the 
wish of every survivor. (See Page 120.) 

Amos Lincoln Colburn. First Sergeant. Served three months in 
1 N. H.; promoted 2 and 1 Lieut., Co. F; commissioned Capt., 
but declined it, and was mustered out as I Lieut. Is now, IQII, 
alive and active, fast approaching his eightieth birthday. Re- 
sides in a very nice home of his own, nearly opposite the state 
prison in West Concord. He is very near the prison but will 
never get there, only as a visitor. (See Page 125.) 

Henry M. Hicks. Second Sergeant. (See Page 124.) 

Jonathan Clark. Third Sergeant. (See Page 19.) 


Walter G. Brown. Fourth Sergeant. Promoted to 1 Sergt.; died 
Sept. 16, 1864, at Morris Island. (See Pages 14 and 135. Co. ° 
J, at Page 135, is an error; should have been Co. I.) 

Daniel B. Flanders. Fifth Sergeant. (See Page 35.) 

Albert D. W. Emerson. First Corporal. Born Sept. 17, ! ee 
served three months in 1 N. H.; served four years in 4 N. 
reénlisting in the field. (See Page Bite) 

George Washington hate. Second Corporal. Born Feb. 16, 1831; 
short service in 4 N. H., but served all through the history fo) 
10° N. Hs} wast core 2 and 1 Lieut., and Capt. Resident, 
IQII, River Sioux, Towa, where he has been postmaster. (See 
Page 18.) 

Frank A. Buzzell. Third Corporal. Son of Alvah of Co. F; was 
Corp., Sergt., and 1 Sergt.; severely wounded. (See Page 16.) © 

William Smith. Fourth Corporal. (See Pages 94, 120.) 

Franklin Augustus Brown. Fifth Corporal. Born Jan. 29, 1841. 
Brother of William G. of Co. I. Another brother. Capt. War- 
ren E. F. Brown. of 7 N. H., was killed at Ft. Wagner, S. C. 
Resident, 1911, Raymond. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 193 


Eben Weed. Sixth Corporal. (See Page 1209.) 

William R. Knowlton. Seventh Corporal. (See Page 58.) 

David Johnson. Eighth Corporal. One of the old men; born 
April 17, 1818; served three years. (See Page 54.) 

Norris C. Wiggin. Musician. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp. 
and Sergt.; wounded at Fort Fisher. Died at Bridgeport, 
Conn., Nov. 17, 1906. (See Page 108.) 

George W. Stevens. Drummer. Born Aug. 3, 1847; reénlisted in 
the field; served four years. His father, Enoch C., served in 
same company. (See Page 96.) 

John William Beamis. Born Dec. 17, 1844; was Corp.; reénlisted 
in the field; served four years; came home 1 Sergt. (See Page 


8.) 
Cornelius Boyle. (See Page 11.) 
Marquis J. Brewster. Deserter. Dead; date unknown. 
Clarence Laroy Bryer. Born Sept. 20, 1843; was a Corp.; reén- 


listed in the field; was in 2 Band. Brother John A. same com- 
pany; both alive. Resident, 1911, Newark, Vt. 

George W. Carr. Born March 24, 1842. (See Page 17.) 

Alonzo Chase. Reénlisted in the field; Corp.; died of wounds. 
(See Page 18.) 

Charles K. Chew. Served three years. (See Page 18.) 

John Christy. (See Page 18.) 

Theodore Clark. Born Sept. 1, 1844; reénlisted in the field; served 
four years; wounded. Resident, t9o11, Nashua. (See Page 19.) 

George Clayton. Served three years; wounded. Dead; date un- 
known. (See Page 19.) 

Alvin R. Corliss. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; 
wounded. (See Page 23.) 

David Cross. Reénlisted in the field; killed front of Petersburg. 
(See Page 24.) 

George W. Dearborn. Served three years, last part in regular 
battery. (See Page 27.) 

John C. Dickerman. Born July 19, 1843; promoted to Com. Sergt.: 

' died in the service. (See Page 27.) 

Timothy A. Dunham. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
(See Page 30.) 

Marcus Morton Emerson. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.: 
served nearly four years. Resident, 1911, Rumney. (See Page 
32.) 

George Washington Farnum. Born Aug. 18, 1839. (See Page 33.) 

Dana Fifield. Born Sept. 23, 1836; was a Corp.; served in Vt. 
Frontier Cav. after leaving the 4 N. H. Resident, 1911, La- 
conia. 

Alonzo M. Flanders. Served three years; on the unknown list. 
(See Page 35.) 

Jacob M. Flanders. (See Page 35.) 

Albion K. Goodwin. Reénlisted in the field; wounded; lost arm; 
served three years. Dead; date unknown. 

Henry L. Gould. (See Page 41.) 


194 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


George S. Greenough. Served three years; lived in St. Augustine; 
has been mayor. (See Page 43.) 


Charles D. Hall. Reénlisted in the field; killed front of Peters- 
burg. (See Page 44.) 


Edward P. Hall. Reénlisted in the field; was Corp. and Sergt. and 
promoted to Qr. Sergt.; served four years. Resident, 1911, 
Joplin, Mo. 

Alfred T. Hardy. Reénlisted in the field. Died in Haverhill; date 
unknown. 

Leander Harris. Born March 19, 1833; reénlisted; served four 
years. Resident, 1911, Hampton Falls. 

George W. Harvey. Reénlisted in the field; died in the service. 
(See Page 47.) 

John L. Harvey. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Eyota, Minn. 

James E. Haynes. Served three years. (See Page 47.) 

Benjamin F. Heath. Born Jan. 23, 1843; was transferred to regu- 
lar battery. Resident, 1911, Salisbury. 

Joseph Johnson. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; 
wounded. (See Page 54.) 

Walter S. Johnson. Died in the service. (See Page 54.) 

Willis D. Kemp. Served three years. Dead; date unknown. 

Lamson F. Kidder. Born Aug. 28, 1843. Served in a Massachu- 
setts regiment. (See Page 57.) 

Louis Londeau. Short service. (See Page 61.) 

John Sawyer Loverin. Born Oct. 16, 1834; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded twice; served four years. Resident, t9rt1, Salisbury. 

George H. Lyman. Reénlisted in the field; died in the service. 
(See Page 62.) 

Henry Augustus Mann. (See Pages 64, 126.) 

John D. McConnell. Reénlisted in the field; killed July 30, 1864. 
(See Page 67.) : 

Amos H. McGregor. Born Feb. 9, 1829; served in 4 N. H., both 
as an original man and as a recruit; wounded May 16, 1864; 
transferred to V. R. C. (See Page 68.) 

Julian A. Morey. Served three years. Brother, Oren F., in same 
company. (See Page 72.) 

Oren F. Morey. Reénlisted in the field; killed May 16, 1864. 
Brother of Julian A. (See Page 72.) 

Ira W. Morrison. Reénlisted; served four years. Died Wilmot, 
N. H. (See Page 72.) 

Herman Nichols. Served three years. (See Page 74.) 

Jonathan P. Nichols. (See Page 75.) 

John Chauncey Nutting. Born Aug. 5, 1833; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years; was the last Color Sergt. (See Page 76.) 

Charles M. Ordway. Born March 1, 1842; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years. (See Page 77.) 

Peter Perron. Reénlisted in the field; wounded. (See Page 79.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 195 


Stedman White Piper. Born Dec. 22, 1844; reénlisted in the field. 
fter a service of nearly three years he was foolish enough to 
desert and spoil his otherwise good record. (See Page 81.) 

Harlan Pillsbury Prescott. Born Oct. 2, 1839; was a Corp. and 
Sergt.; served three years. A splendid record; received medal 
of honor. (See Page 82.) 

Benjamin K. Quimby. Served three years. (See Page 83.) 

Daniel C. Randall. Fourteen months in 4 N. H., then went with 
the 9 N. H. and died in the service. (See Page 84.) 

Joseph Raney. Served two years and died in the service. (See 
Page 84.) 

James P. Reed. Resident, 1911, Danbury. (See Page 84.) 

James Otis Sanborn. Was captain’s clerk; was a Corp.; died in 

the service. (See Page 89.) 

John B. Shattuck. Died in the service. (See Page ot.) 

Benjamin H. Smith. (See Page 92.) 

Benjamin W. Smith. Served nearly three years. (See Page 93.) 

Charles W. Spaulding. Reénlisted in the field; deserted after over 
three years service. (See Page 95.) 

Enoch C. Stevens. Father of the drummer boy, George W. (See 
Page 96.) 

Alfred Cicero Taggart. Born Jan. 4, 1841, in one of the smallest 
towns in Hillsborough county; served three years. Resident, 
1911, Rutland, Vt. (See Page 08.) 

Elbridge G. Tarbox. One of the old men. (See Page 08.) 

David H. Tewksbury. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; 
was a Corp. (See Page 99.) 

Horace Tilton. Born Aug. 10, 1832; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded twice; served four years; was a Sergt. Resident, 
1911, Hampstead. (See Page tot.) 

James Frank Tilton. Born April 2, 1842; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years; was Corp. and 1 Sergt. Married one of the 
Walton sisters at St. Augustine, Fla.; was first married by El- 
der Buzzell of Co. F, and afterwards by Capt. N. H. Brown 
as Provost Marshal. (See more particulars in Part IV. See 
page IoT.) 

Erastus B. Tucker. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. (See 
Page 102.) 

Moses Grant Tucker. Born Oct. 12, 1842; reénlisted in the field; 

wounded May 16, 64; promoted to Sergt.; served four years. 
He was a good soldier and was always an upright respected 
citizen. Took great interest; never missed a Memorial Day 
service or state encampment G. A. R. or the reunion of the 4 
N. H. Everyone who knew Mose Tucker loved him. 

Hiram Varney. The only original man whose name commenced 
with V; was a Corp.; reénlisted in the field; killed in battle. 
(See Page 103.) 

John Truman Walcott. Born Feb. 6, 1842; was a Corp. and Sergt.; 
reénlisted in the field; was in the 2 N. H. three months in 
1861. Resident, 1911, Haverhill. (See Page 103.) 


196 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Joseph Warren. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; was a 
Corp.; served three months in 1 N. H. Dead; date unknown. 

Aaron D. Webster. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp. and 
Sergt.; wounded at Drewry’s Bluff and Ft. Fisher. Resident, 
1911, Hampton. 

Thomas C. Weeks. Served three months in 1 N. H.; reénlisted in 
the field; died of wounds. (See Page 105.) 

Marshall Wells. Was transferred to regular battery; served four 
years; died two weeks after the 4 N. H. was disbanded. (See 
Page 105.) 

Charles Irving Wheeler. Born Dec. 22, 1844; reénlisted in the 
field; wounded Aug. 16, 1864; taken prisoner April 9, 1865. 
Resident, ro11, Hillsborough Bridge. (See Page 106.) 

Dearborn J. Wheeler. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
(See Page 106.) 


James F. Wheeler. Transferred to regular battery and killed. 
(See Page 107.) 

Ranson R. Wheeler. Born May 4, 1826; served three months in 
1 N. H.; three years in 4 N. H.; five months in 18 N. H. (See 
Page 107.) 

George Wilding. Received medal of honor; killed front of Peters- 
burg. (See Page 108.) 

Caleb G. Wiley. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. (See 
Page 108.) 

James Wilson. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; served four 
years. Resident, 1911, Veloa, N. Dak. 


Thomas Wood. Served three years; not heard from since the war; 
must be dead. 


William H. H. Young. Reénlisted in the field; killed July 30, 1864. 
(See Page 114.) 


RECRUITS CO. I, FOURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 


Company I received during its four years’ service seventy re- 
cruits. Four were assigned to Company I but never reached the 
company. Twenty-five of the seventy deserted—a bad record. 
Most of them were the 1865 recruits—a bad lot. Here are the 
twenty-five: Bantist, Brigham, John W. Brown, Carroll, James 
Clark 1st, James Clark 2d, Clifford, Colenson, Collin, Thomas Col- 
lins, Martin Conner, Lewis Cook, Duchanen, Dunn, Flanagan, 
Harrigan, Hartman deserted twice, Daniel Harvey, Parton, Shoe- 
maker, C. F. Thompson, Vassear, Charles Walter, James Williams, 
Thomas Williams. 

The following were honorably discharged, nothing known of 
them since: James Ahern, Alexander Benar, George Brown, Wil- 
liam Brown, John Bradley, John Burns, James Butler, James H. 
Cliggott, Sylvanus Colby, Patrick Coyle, James Coyne, John Cut- 
ter, George Fader, Patrick Flynn, Thomas Flynn, Joshua A. Fol- 
lansbee, John Grady, Adolphus Grant, Dennis Hamilton, Edward 
Hefferan, John Howe, John W. Hudson, Albert Isaacson, Peter 
Kelley, Joseph Mann, Francis Murphy, Alfred Neugerman, John 
Thompson, William L. Velpman. The above fifty-four men, see 
alphabetical roster. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 197 


Charles S. Annis. Recruit 1864; died in the service. (See Page 4.) 

Lewis Cass Avery. Born July 20, 1847; recruit 1864. (See Page 5.) 

Moses Bohanon. Recruit 1864. (See Page 10.) 

John <4 Bryer. Recruit 1864. Brother Clarence L. (See Page 
14. 

oo Recruit 1863; taken prisoner and died. (See Page 
23. 

James M. Danforth. Recruit 1862; killed Aug. 16, 1864. (See 
Page 25.) 

pons Flood. Recruit 1863; takén prisoner and died. (See Page 
35. 

William Greene. Recruit 1865. (See Page 42.) 

George W. Greenleaf. Recruit 1864; killed. (See Page 42.) 

Matthias Greiser. Recruit 1863; taken prisoner and died. (See 
Page 43.) 

John Hilton. Recruit 1864; killed July 30, 1864. (See Page 49.) 

Daniel Lyons. Recruit 1864. (See Page 63.) 


Thomas Henry Mayo. Born June 28, 1826; drafted March, 1865. 
(See Page 66.) 


Joseph Nichols. Recruit 1864; wounded. (See Page 75.) 
Charles Williams. Recruit 1863; died of wounds. (See Page 1009.) 


Henry W. Winkley. Recruit 1863; killed on board steamer ‘“Ful- 
ton” as that part of the regiment, in command of Major Drew, 
were on their way to Gloucester Point to join the reénlisted 
veterans. (See Page 111.) 


ORIGINAL MEN, CO. K, FOURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 


Jonathan Robinson Bagley. Captain. (See Page 119.) 

Ephraim C. Currier. First Lieutenant. (See Page 120.) 

Charles Wellington Tilton. Second Lieutenant. (See Page 127.) 

George Warren Huckins. First Sergeant. (See Page 121.) 

Wesley Balch Knights. Second Sergeant. Reénlisted in the field; 
taken prisoner and died. (See Page 58.) 

Job Randall Giles. Third Sergeant. Born Aug. 16, 1829; served 
three years. (See Page 40.) 

Harvey M. Weed. Fourth Sergeant. Born Dec., 1810; one of the 
old men of Co. K; discharged early and died. (See Page 105.) 

William Sanford Barker. Fifth Sergeant. (See Page 122.) | 

Henry S. Woods. First Corporal. (See Page 112.) 

George H. McConihe. Second Corporal. Born Sept. 6, 1843; died 
early of disease. Brother James M. in Co. K. (See Page 66.) 

Fernando C. Spaulding. Third Corporal. Taken prisoner and 
died. (See Page 95.) 

Benjamin Louis Hartshorn. Fourth Corporal. Born July 13, 
1839; promoted to Sergt.; served three years. (See Page 46.) 

Stickney S. Gale. Fifth Corporal. Born Nov. 23, 1823; reénlisted 
in the field; taken prisoner in Mexican war. (See Page 38.) 


198 —- Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


John Parker Hodgman. Sixth Corporal. Born Nov. 26, 1840; 
promoted to Sergt.; reénlisted in the field; wounded Aug. 16, 
1864; served four years. (See Page 49.) 

Charles H. Morrison. Seventh Corporal. Served three months in 
1 N. H.; reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner and died. (See 
page 72.) 

John Crowell Estey. Eighth Corporal. Born Feb. 23, 1842; re- 
enlisted in the field; wounded May 16, 1864; promoted Sergt. 
and 1 Sergt.; served four years; one of the best men in Co. 
K. His two brothers, Charles E. and Horace P., served in 
same company and died in the service; three brothers, over 
six feet, an honor to the town of Londonderry and to the 4 
Regt. John C. still lives, 1911, and is a business man in Oak- 
land, Cal., and one of its prominent citizens. (See Page 32.) 

Samuel F. Coffin. Musician; went in his coffin at Turner, Me, 
years ago. (See Page 20.) 

Charles Gilman Colby. Drummer. Born April 8, 1842; reénlisted 
and deserted. (See Page 21.) 

Joseph C. Abbott. Served three months in 1 N. H.; died in the 
service as a member of 4 N. H. (See Page 3.) 

Albert Atwood. Reénlisted in the field; killed June 30, 1864. (See 
Page 5.) 

Jonathan J. Bagley. Killed front of Petersburg. (See Page 6.) 

Joseph W. Bailey. Served one year and died. (See Page 6.) 

John W. Barker. Killed front of Petersburg. (See Page 7.) 

Charles L. Batchelder. Appointed 5 Sergt. but did not go to war 
with 4 N. H.; afterwards went in 7 N. H. (See Page 7.) 

John Bartlett. Born Aug. 5, 1833; reénlisted in the field; promoted 
to Sergt.; wounded May 16, 1864, and severely at Ft. Fisher 
in the left hand; never has opened the fingers of his hand 
since. Daniel J. George, Co. C, was a half brother. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Manchester. (See Page 7.) 

Rufus Blake. Served three years. (See Page 10.) 

John D. Buckham. One of the old men of Co. K; was a Corp. 
and Sergt.; wounded James Island, S. C. (See Page 14.) 

Albert Cass. Served three years. (See Page 17.) 

Samuel Clark. Born Feb. 17, 1836; reénlisted in the field; taken 
prisoner May 16, 1864; was held one year. Resident, 1911, 
Georgetown, Mass.; has passed his life sinking wells and put- 
ting in pumps in the country, and is an expert in that line. 

Robert Clayton. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner July 30, 
1864, and died. (See Page 19.) 

Jesse C. Crowell. Served twenty-seven months in 4 N. H. and ten 
months in the Heavy Art. (See Page 24.) 

Edward Dalton. Died in the service. (See Page 25.) 

Charles F. Davis. Served three years in 4 N. H. Brother Daniel 
in 1 N. H. Battery. (See Page 26.) 

John F. Davis. Deserter; not known if alive. (See Page 26.) 


Matthew Dickey. Born Aug. 15, 1829; served three years. Died 
in Manchester; burial in Merrimack. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 199 


Thomas Dissmore. Served two years and died. (See Page 28.) 


James Dooley. Discharged March 12, 1863; served afterwards in 
18 N. H. Dropped dead from his carriage by the roadside. 
(See Page 28.) 

Charles Enos Estey. Brother of Horace P. and John ot Co: 
K; reénlisted in the field; wounded and taken prisoner; died 
of wounds. (See Page 32.) 

Horace Peabody Estey. Oldest of the three Estey brothers of Co. 
K; reénlisted in the field; died in the service. (See Page 32.) 

George Evans. Died on steamer as the regiment was going to 
Florida; buried at sea. One other man of Co. K died and was 
buried at sea, William Sherer. (See Pages 32, of.) 

Joseph R. Everett. Reénlisted in the field; wounded and died of 
wounds. (See Page 32.) 

Clinton Farley. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. (See 
Page 33.) 

James Fern. An old man; served nineteen months and discharged. 
Dead; date unknown; buried at Meredith. 

William Flanders. Served two years. (See Page 35.) 

Charles Russell Frost. Born April 8, 1826; the second oldest sur- 
vivor; served twenty-six months, then ten months in Heavy 
Art. Resident, 1911, near North Londonderry depot. (See 
Page 37.) 

John Fullerton. Was a 2 Lieut. the last three months of the 
service; assigned to Co. E but did duty in another company. 
(See Page 129.) 

Israel L. Gale. Reénlisted in the field. Dead; date unknown. (See 
Page 38.) 

Frank A. Garland. Died in the service. (See Page 39.) 

Daniel Goodwin. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; killed front 
of Petersburg. (See Page 41.) 

Orlando Burt Goodwin. Served three years. (See Page 41.) 

Charles Augustus Hackett. Born Feb. 7, 1839; served twenty-two 
months, most of the time as cook. Before his death was blind 
several years, and had lived to bury all his near relatives. 
A brother, George, served with him in Co. K. 

George Washington Hackett. Born May to, 1837; his brother 
Charles in same company; reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; 
taken prisoner May 16, 1864. (See Page 44.) 

Samuel Heseltine. Served three years. (See Page 48.) 

George B. Johnson. (See Page 54.) 

John G. Johnson. Reénlisted in the field; taken prisoner and died 
in prison. (See Page 54.) 

Joseph Horace Knowlton. Served one year. (See Page 58.) 

George Lawson. Served two years. Brother William in Co. K. 
(See Page 60.) 

William Lawson. Reénlisted in the field; wounded; served four 
years. Brother of George, same company. (See Page 60.) 

Frederick W. Lougee. Served three years. (See Page 62.) 


200 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


George Washington Mace. Served three years. A brother of 
Samuel B., same company. Resident, 1911, Arlington, N. J. 
(See Page 63.) 

Samuel Blake Mace. Born Feb. 12, 1839; reénlisted in the field; 
served four years. (See Page 63.) 

Henry Harvell Manning. Born Dec. 15, 1840; served one year; 
brother a Lieut., Ruel Manning, 10 N. H. (See Page 64.) 
Lemuel Marden. Born Dec. 12, 1843; served three years. Died 

April 16, 1912, Fitchburg, Mass. (See Page 64.) 

Isaac W. Martin. Reénlisted in the field; killed front of Peters- 
burg. (See Page 65.) 

James M. McConihe. Born April. 13, 1845; reénlisted in the field; 
was a Sergt.; served four years. Brother of George H. of Co. 
K, who died in the service. Resident, 1911, De Kalb, Ill. (See 
Page 67.) 

Samuel McDole. Born Novy. 15, 1839; reénlisted in the field; 
wounded May 16, 1864; was a Corp. Resident, 1911, Man- 
chester. 


Calvin Merrill. Born June 15, 1835; lost leg Morris Island. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Concord. (See Page 609.) 

Edward P. Moore. Reénlisted in the field; wounded; was a Sergt.; 
died of wounds. (See Page 72.) 

Moses M. Myrick. Reénlisted in the field; killed Aug. 16, 1864. 
(See Page 74.) 

Sylvester W. Nelson. Served three years. (See Page 74.) 

Stephen A. Nichols. Died early after the war. (See page 75.) 

William King Norton. Was assigned to Co. K in 1861 but never 
served a day in the company; was in the Or. Dept. and was 
promoted outside Co. K; was for many years after the war 
sheriff of Merrimack county and died at his residence at the 
county buildings. A true man, lovable comrade, once a friend 
always a friend. 

Patrick O’Conner. (See Page 76.) 

Albert G. Ormsby. Reénlisted in the field; was a Corp.; served 
four years. (See Page 77.) 
Horace Hutchinson Parker. Served three years. (See Page 78.) 
William Henry Harrison Perkins. Born Novy. 21, 1817; one of the 
oldest men in 4 N. H.; served one year. (See Page 79.) 
Benjamin Franklin Pettengill. Born Feb. 10, 1844; wounded se- 
verely and taken prisoner May 16, 1864; discharged on account 
of wounds; loss of right eye, shot out, has always troubled 
him since. Resident, 1911, Derry. (See Page 80.) 

Nelson J. Pierce. Killed at Cold Harbor. (See Page 81.) 

Warren G. Pike. Wounded severely Oct. 22, 1862; discharged on 
account of wounds. (See Page 81.) 

Thomas B. Platts. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
(See Page 81.) 

Samuel Putnam. Served one year. (See Page 83.) 

Enos S. Rowell. In Mexican war. (See Page 87.) 

William H. Sanborn. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
Died Oct. 11, 1911, Chicago, Ill. (See Page 89.) 


—o 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 201 


William Sherer. The oldest man in Co. K; died on the “Baltic” 
on ocean on the way to Port Royal; funeral on the “Baltic” 
quarterdeck; burial at sea with all the honors possible; to a 
thousand men the first burial at sea was witnessed with all 
its solemn impressiveness. (See Page 91.) 

Benjamin Shipley. One of the old men; reénlisted in the field. 
(See Page or.) 

David Corning Stevens. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
Died; date unknown. (See Page 96.) 

Horatio N. Stevens. One of the old men; served in 2, 4, 5 N. H.; 
died in the service. (See Page 06.) 

Monroe Stevens. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. (See 
Page 96.) 

Harlan Simmons Streeter. Born Dec. 23, 1841; was a Corp.; died 
in the service. (See Page 97.) 

Henry D. Tompkins. Born April 2, 1829; served three years. 
(See Page Iot.) 

Joshua Balden Webster. Born Oct. 13, 1838; served three years. 
Resident, 1911, Crawford, Neb. 

George W. Wells. Served three months, 1 N. H.; wounded Aug. 
16, 1864; lost a leg. (See Page 105.) 

Lorenzo Wight. Died after one year’s service. (See Page 108.) 

Charles H. Williams. Reénlisted in the field; served four years. 
(See Page 109.) 

Almon Wood. Reénlisted in the field; served four years; was in 
the hospital department all his time; was one of the oldest 
men. (See Page 112.) 

Albert Brown Woodward. Born Feb. 22, 1840; born Washington’s 
birthday; wounded and discharged on account of wounds re- 
ceived at Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862. Resident, 1911, La- 
conia. (See Page 112.) 

Joseph A. Wyckoff. Killed in our first battle. (See Page 113.) 

George Wyman. Served three years. Brother of James, same 
company. (See Page 113.) 

James Wyman. Reénlisted in the field. Brother of George. (See 
Pagenit 3.) 

Alemander Young. Reénlisted in the field; wounded twice; served 
four years. (See Page 113.) 

Israel W. Young. One of the old men. (See Page 114.) 

Richard Young. Born at Parsonsfield, Me.; reénlisted in the field; 
taken prisoner May 16, 1864; escaped; discharged Aug. 15, 
1865, Raleigh, N. C. Died April 26, 1880, Haverhill, Mass. 
Next to last name in alphabetical roster of the whole regi- 
ment. 


RECRUITS CO. K, FOURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS. 


During the war sixty-eight men were added to the original com- 
pany: fifteen of them deserted, four had been transferred to navy 
and deserted—Joseph Anderson, Peter Anderson, John Brown, 


202 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Craver, Darrell, Dickett, Dubois, Gorman, Charles Hall, Horen, 
Neva Johnson, Leonard, McNab, James Miller, Charles Wil- 
iams. 


The following are unknown since the war: John F. Bennett, 
Henry E. Bidwell, Joseph Brown, Lewis Chaney, William Ches- 
ter, James Clark, Patrick Colbert, Joseph Green, F. W. Guenther, 
William Harriman, G. L. Harrington, William Harrison, Thomas 
Jewell, James Johnson, John T. Johnson, James Kelley, Eugene 
Lacroix, Lucius Little, Cecil McGee, John H. Parker, Alfred Pen- 
ault, Charles Smith, George Statwood, Albert Tanney, Horace 
Taylor, Benjamin Welch, David Wheeler, James Wilson, William 
DRISORs William Wright. For the above forty-five, see alphabet- 
ical roster. 


Horace F. Abbott. Brother of Joseph C., same company; was re- 
cruit 1864. (See Page 3.) 

John Alfred Berg. Born April 12, 1846; recruit 1865; Corp. Resi- 
dent, 1911, Soldiers’ Home, Wisconsin. (See Page 9.) 


Joel Blackman. Old man; born Dec. 21, 1810; recruit 1862. (See 
Page 10.) 


Francis Decoene. Recruit 1865. (See Page 27.) 


John Dillon. Recruit 1863. There was a John Dillon in Co. D 
who deserted but not the one in Co. K. Comrade Dillon was 
taken prisoner May 16, 1864; in prison nearly a year; was 
made a Corp. and was mustered out with the regiment and 
resided in Manchester till his sudden death, April 29, 1899. 
He was conducting a large life insurance business. He was 
active in the militia and became Col. of the 1 N. H. Regt.; 
had been commander of Louis Bell Post, G. A. R., and presi- 
dent of the 4 N. H. Veteran association. Funeral at Uni- 
versalist church and burial at Pine Grove cemetery, Manches- 
ter. (See Page 28.) 


James Fitzsimmons. Recruit 1864. Last man killed in the regi- 
ment by accident on railroad while returning home after the 
war. (See Page 34.) 

Thomas Flynn. Recruit 1865: (See Page 36.) 

James E. Hanscom. Drafted recruit 1865; died in the service. 
(See Page 45.) 

Beletson Hoffman. Recruit 1863; died of wounds. (See Page 49.) 

Charles Hunter. Recruit 1863; taken prisoner; died. (See Page 
51.) 

Frank Jones. Drafted recruit 1865. Resident, 1911, Soldiers’ 
Home, Tilton. (See Page 55.) 

Ham Tean Kan. Recruit 1865; died in the service. (See Page 55.) 

James M. Kidder. Born Aug. 27, 1822; drafted recruit 1865. (See 


Page 57.) 
Gilman L. Lang. Born Christmas, 1825; recruit 1862. (See Page 
59.) 


James S. Manlove. Recruit 1863; taken prisoner and died. (See 
Page 64.) 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 203 


Alfred Marland. Recruit 1863; correct name John M. Cooley; the 
only recruit to receive a commission; he became I Lieut. last 
part of the war; mustered out with the regiment; came to 
Manchester; married Harriet Lord, a school teacher; returned 
to his native state, Maryland, and took up his profession as a 
professor in an academy at Darlington, Md., where he lived 
till his death in 1878. He was a highly educated gentleman. 
(See Pages 64, 126.) 

Nathaniel Mason, Jr. Drafted recruit 1865; died in the service. 
(See Page 65.) 

George Peno. Correct name George Pinard. Recruit 1865; 
mustered out with the regiment. Resident, 1911, Manchester. 
(See Page 79.) 

Charles Richards. Recruit 1863. (See Page 85.) 

James C. Salisbury. Recruit 1863; taken prisoner and died. (See 
Page 88.) 

Charles Stone. Correct name Charles Sawtelle. Recruit 1864; was 
am@orp., (See Page 07.) 

Theodore T. Ward. Recruit 1861; was the second recruit to en- 
list for the regiment; served three years; nothing known of 
him since the war. (See Page 104.) 

Perley S. Young. Recruit 1862; reported as died of wounds May 
4, 1864; not known where wounded. (See Page 114.) 


ORIGINAL MEN OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT !'WHO 
REENLISTED IN THE FIELD FOR THREE YEARS 
OR DURING THE WAR. 


(The highest rank is given, also date of reénlistment.) 


COMPANY A. 


Jacob E. W. Aspinwall. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Stephen E. Babb. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Levi Bean. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864; wounded twice. Alive 1911. 
James L. Boyle. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 

Charles H. Clay. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 

Horatio G. Cloutman. Feb. 24, 1864; deserted April 7, 1864. Dead. 
Jeremiah H. Colbath. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Andrew Comore. Feb. 24, 1864; deserted April 7, 1864. Dead. 
Rufus Curtis. Feb. 25, 1864; Corp. Died since the war. 

Charles L. Fuller. Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive Ig1I. 
Geo. F. Goodwin. Corp.; Feb. 20,-1864; prisoner. Died since war. 
Stephen T. Hall. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Charles B. Hanson. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Franklin Hayes. Sergt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
Charles Hurd. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 

George W. Hurd. Corp.; Feb. 24, 1864. Alive tort. 

Louis McD. Hussey. Capt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
John H. Jackson. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Samuel F. Johnson. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Joseph Lane. Feb. 28, 1864; deserted March 27, 1864. Dead. 
John D. Mahoney. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Geo. H. Meserve. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; prisoner war. Alive I9QII. 
Eben H. Pierce. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive 1911. 

John Q. Pinkham. Feb. 28, 1864; prisoner war. Killed since war. 
John W. Quimby. Feb. 20, 1864; des. April. 7, 1864. Died since war. 
Stephen H. Rogers. Feb. 18, 1864. Died in the war. 

John T. Rollins. Feb. 25, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

John S. Runnals. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Eldrick Senacal. Feb. 24, 1864; deserted April 7, 1864. Dead. 
Dennis Sullivan. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
William W. Whitney. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive tort. 
Bartholomew Willey. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Alive 1911. 
Joseph Wingate. 1 Lt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded twice. Alive I9II. 
David A. Witham. Feb. 19, 1864. Died since the war. 

James H. Ham.* Feb. 16, 1864; deserted. Suicide after the war. 


Company A—35. Dead, 26; alive, 9. 
*Ham was an early recruit, 1862. Right name Augustus H. Buckman. 


204 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 205 


COMPANY B. 


Albert C. Berry. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner. Burned to death. 
Charles R. Brackett. Drummer; Feb. 16, 1864. Alive 1011. 
Patrick Doyle. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Alonzo Gay. Feb. 24, 1864. Alive rott. 

Leonard O. Gay. 1 Lieut.; wounded. Alive tort. 

John Gray. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

John Harrington. Feb. 21, 1864; deserted April 8, 1864. Unknown. 
William W. Hawkins. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 
George D. Jones. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864. Alive tort. 

Samuel Knox. Feb. 20, 1864. Died of wounds. 

William Lamereen. Feb. 24, 1864; wounded; deserted. Dead. 
Hosea B. Lary. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Alive 1gIt. 
Henry C. Lund. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

George A. Marden. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Stephen H. Meader. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 25, 1864. Died of wounds. 
Francis W. Montgomery. Feb. 21, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
John F. Nichols. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; des. Aug. 9, 1864. Drowned. 
George W. Parseley. Feb. 16, 1864. Drowned in the war. 
Charles H. Perkins. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
David F. Perkins. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

George H. Perkins. Feb. 16, 1864. Alive 1911. 

David Sarchfield. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

F. H. Saunders. Seret.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded twice. Alive 1911. 
Hollis W. Tinker. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Joseph L. Winn. Feb. 20, 1864. Died of wounds. 

John L. Thompson.* Feb. 16, 1864. Alive 1911. 


Company B—26. Dead, 17; alive, 8; unknown, I. 


* Was a Southern soldier, deserted; came into our lines. Enlisted in Co. B early 
in 1862. 


206 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY C. 


John Balch, Jr. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Alanson W. Barney. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

George P. Brown. Feb. 28, 1864. Died since the war. 

David H. Burge. Feb. 24, 1864. Alive 1911. 

William G. Burke. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 

Charles E. Colcord. Color Sergt.; Feb. 17, 1864. Died of wounds. 
Michael Connolly. Feb. 16, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Charles E. Cook. Com. Sergt.; Feb. 18, 1864; prisoner. Alive IQITI. 
Orrin T. Dodge. Feb. 18, 1864. Alive tort. 

Jackson Duston. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 

Albert O. Fisher. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Horace Forsaith. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive 1911. 
Jonas C. French. Sergt.; Feb. 17, 1864; died prisoner of war. 
Joseph Giline, Feb. 24, 1864; deserted April 7, 1864. Unknown. 
Henry C. Griffin. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Abel F. Gutterson. Feb. 20, 1864; 1 Sergt. Alive rort. 

Henry A. Haskell. Feb. 24, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Charles Joslyn. Feb. 18, 1864. Alive ro11. 

George M. Kidder. Corp.; Feb. 24, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Daniel W. Knox. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864. Killed in the war. 
Edwin F. Lund. Feb. 20, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Alfred F. Lynch. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in war. 

Geo. H. Mallard. Sergt.; Feb. 18, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive 191T. 
John Martin. Feb. 20, 1864; deserted April 7, 1864. | 
William H. Martin. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 

Ward Messer. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Joseph L. C. Miller. Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Dearborn S. Moody. Sergt.; wounded. Died since the war. 
Patrick O’Brien. Feb. 19, 1864. Died since the war. 

David C. Owen. Feb. 19, 1864. Died since the war. 

Cornelius E. Parker. Jan. 30, 1864. Died since the war. 

Henry M. Potter. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Perley B. Rand. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Eleazor L. Sarsons. Capt.; Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner war. Alive I9gII. 
Amos F. Spaulding. Feb. 25, 1864. Alive 1911. 

George D. Stiles. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

George S. Tuck. Corp.; Feb. 21, 1864. Died in the war. 

William O. Woodbridge. Feb. 18, 1864. Died of wounds. 

John Worthley. Feb. 20, 1864. Died in the war. 

William A. Levi.* Drummer; Feb. 25, 1864. Alive trg11. 


Company C—4o. Dead, 29; alive, 10; unknown, 1. 


Was an early 1862 recruit. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 207 


COMPANY D. 


Moses Ash. Feb. 14, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Walter R. Billings. Corp.; Feb. 17, 1864. Killed since the war. 
George F. Brown. Feb. 17, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Lewis H. Cheney. Com. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
Andrew B. Cutler. Jan. 1, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Dewitt D. Dolley. Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
James Ellis. Feb. 17, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 

Israel C. Hall. Feb. 17, 1864; wounded; prisoner war. Alive IQII. 
Ezra Ham. Feb. 18, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Benjamin F. Hannaford. Dec. 25, 1863. Died in the war. 
Charles P. Hobbs. Feb. 14, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Charles E. Hurd. Corp.; Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 
John H. Jackson. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Abner L. Knowlton. Capt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
Jackson H. Lawrence. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded three times. Dead. 
Solomon N. Leavitt. Feb. 18, 1864; wd.; prisoner war. Alive rg1t. 
John G. Lovejoy. Feb. 17, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 

Robert McKissock. Feb. 17, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Augustus Miller. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

James Miller. Bugler. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 
Daniel S. Millet. 1 Seret.; Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 
John H. Moses. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

Albert F. Paige. Seret.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Alive Io1t. 

Asa F. Paige. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive roit. 

Addison A. Parker. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

Frank Pickering. Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
Sylvester Pickering. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Burned to death. 
Samuel H. Prescott. Feb. 18, 1864; 1 Lieut. Alive Iort. 

Albert S. Randall. Sergt.; Feb. 17, 1864. Alive i911. 

Alphonso Rollins. Corp.; Feb. 17, 1864. Alive 1911. 

_ Patrick H. Rowen. Feb. 14, 1864. Died since the war. 

George Rumsey. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Alonzo J. Sargent. Sergt.; Feb. 18, 1864. Killed in the war. 
Orrin G. Seward. Corp.; Feb. 21, 1864. Died since the war. 
Augustus M. Smith. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864; wounded twice. Dead. 
Lucien Smith. Feb. 18, 1864. Killed in the war. 

William E. Smith. Sergt.; Feb. 14, 1864. Alive t1or11. 

Daniel Sullivan. Corp.; Feb. 14, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
Lyman M. Wade. Dec. 25, 1863; wounded. Died since the war. 
William F. Harmon.* Drummer; Feb. 28, 1864. Died since war 


Company D—,o. Dead, 29; alive, 11. 


* Was an early 1862 recruit. 


208 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY E. 


Francis A. Allen. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Horatio N. Bickford. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded; prisoner war. Dead. 
Charles J. Brackett. Feb. 28, 1864; wounded; prisoner war. Dead. 
Thomas S. Burns. Sergt.; Feb. 19, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
John T. Buzzell. Dec. 25, 1863. Died since the war. 

Willard K. Cobb. Sergt.; Jan. 30, 1864; wounded. Killed in war. 
Isaac K. Colby. Feb. 17, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Owen Corrigan. Feb. 21, 1864. Died since the war. 

Michael Cuddy. Feb. 26, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
George F. Davis. Feb. 20, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Jas. M. Dickey. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864; wounded 3 times. Alive rort. 
John Fallon. Feb. 21, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Charles H. Fullerton. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864. Wounded. Dead. 
Herman Greager. Bugler. Feb. 18, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Aaron Y. Hackett. Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 

Geo. W. Heath. Feb. 25, 1864; wounded; prisoner war. Alive IQIt. 
Horace G. Heath. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Edward O. Hill. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive 191T. 
Robert Hume. Sergt.; Feb. 28, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
John G. Hutchinson. First Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wd. Alive tIg1t. 
John M. Jenness. Feb. 28, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
John Lynch. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
John L. Mack. Feb. 28, 1864; wounded. Ded since the war. 
John Malone. Feb. 28, 1864; died of wounds;~prisoner of war. 
Frank Matthews. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Alive IgII. 

Rollins D. Moore. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Charles A. Newton. Drummer. Feb. 18, 1864. Alive 1911. 
Henry C. Osgood. Corp.; wounded. Feb. 21, 1864. Dead. 
Oscar Perkins. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded; prisoner war. Alive I9QII. 
Charles H. Plumer. Sergt.; Feb. 21, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
Carleton C. Richardson. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864; prisoner war. Dead. 
William H. Webster. Corp.; Feb. 22, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
Edwin Whitford. Capt.; Feb. 28, 1864. Killed by horse since war. 
Charles M. Whiting. 1 Lieut.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
Charles H. Williams. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Dead. ° 
George W. Williams. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Edson Wyman. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Emery Wyman. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded twice. Alive 1911. 
Lyman Wyman. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

Woodbury Wyman. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 


Company E—4o. Dead, 30; alive, ro. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 209 


COMPANY F. 


Michael Ball. Feb. 16, 1864; deserted June 12, 1864. Dead. 
Charles A. Brown. Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
Noah S. Brown. Drummer; Feb. 18, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Clarence L. Chapman. Capt.; Feb. 18, 1864; wounded. Alive IQII. 
William H. Clement. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
William H, Colomy. Corp.; Feb. 25, 1864. Alive tort. 

James M. Goodwin. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded; then killed. 
Ezra B. Gordon. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

Anson E. Hall. Feb. 15, 1864. Alive r1g11. 

John Hanson. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Alive tort. 

Samuel Hilliard. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Augustus E. Hodges. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
Lorenzo D. Huntress. 1 Lieut.; Feb. 17, 1864; wd. Alive tort. 
Hiram Hurd. 1 Sgt.; Feb. 17, 1864; wounded. Alive rort. 
Alonzo C. Johnson. Feb. 18, 1864. Killed on railroad since war. 
Samuel F. Jones. Feb. 20, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Albert F. Kent. Prin. Musc.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
Alonzo Knox. Feb. 17, 1864. Alive 1911. 

George J. Lord. Feb. 18, 1864. Alive 1o11. 

Lewis Lovejoy. Jan. 1, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Ambrose Madden. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Unknown. 

Eustis Mellen. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Charles E. Miller. Sergt.; Feb. 17, 1864; wounded. Alive 1911. 
George A. Miner. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864; wounded. Died in war. 
Andrew Morrison. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864; wounded. Alive tro1t. 
Solomon B. G. Parsons. Sergt.; Feb. 17, 1864. Alive IgIt. 
James S. Perkins. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
George W. Pierce. Feb. 17, 1864; deserted April 16, 1864. Dead. 
Charles O. Rankin. Feb. 17, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
John B. Remick. Feb. 24, 1864. Alive 1911; oldest survivor, 87. 
Charles F. Richards. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 

Jos. B. Richards. Feb. 15, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
Charles E. Robinson. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

George H. Robinson. Corp.; Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 
George W. Rowe. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
William G. Short. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

Lowell Simons. Jan. 1, 1864; deserted. Died since the war. 
Henry A. Spencer. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Geo. W. Tibbetts. Corp.; Feb. 18, 1864; prisoner war. Alive 1911. 
Thomas W. Torrey. Sergt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
Jacob Wentworth. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Samuel L. Willey. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864. Died of wounds. 


Company F—42. Dead, 27; alive, 15; unknown, I. 


210 = Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY G. 


Zebina N. Annis. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded twice. Alive IQII. 
Richard W. Bateman. Feb. 19, 1864. Died of wounds. 

William Beede. Corp.; wounded. Died in the war. 

Jonathan Boyce. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Patrick Broderick. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

Wm. H. Brooks. Feb. 16, 1864; wd.; afterward died prisoner war. 
Amos W. Brown. Feb. 20, 1864. Died atter the war. 

Patrick Conway. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
Patrick Dowd. 2 Lieut.; Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
Edward Fields. Color Sergt.; Feb. 18, 1864; wd; killed in war. 
George E. Fitch. Feb. 28, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
James M. Fogg. Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
Benjamin F. Fogg. 2 Lieut.; Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
Maurice Foley. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Terrance Frawley. Feb. 19, 1864. Died since the war. 

Thomas J. Galvin. Musician; Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
John Gardner. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded; afterwards killed. 

John E. Gerry. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Charles P. Gleason. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
William Guniston. Feb. 19, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Laurence Hern. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

Lyford Hunt. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Dennis Hynes. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Jeremiah Kelliher. Feb. 19, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Lucian B. Legg, Jr. Feb. 24, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Michael Madden. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded twice. Died since war. 
Charles T. Marden. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Alive 1o11. 
Charles C. Marsh. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 

Joseph McDaid. Feb. 19, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Michael McHugh. Feb. 24, 1864; des. April 13, 1864. Alive IoII. 
James Merron. Feb. 20, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 
Frederick D. Moore. Feb. 20, 1864. Killed in the war. 

John Mullen. Feb. 16, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Peter O’Brien. Sergt.; Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner war. Died since war. 
John Pickett. Feb. 19, 1864. Died since the war. 

Nelson Richards. Sergt. Feb. 20, 1864; wd. Burned to death. 
Dana Runnals. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 

Michael Shaughnessy. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner war. Dead. 
John Smith. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864; des. as Col. Sergt. Dead. 
Richard Smith. Corp.; Feb. 24, 1864; prisoner war. Died since war. 
Jeremiah Spelan. Feb. 20, 1864; wd.; afterward prisoner war; died. 
George H. Stuart. Feb. 20, 1864; died wounds while prisoner war. 
Cornelius C. Sullivan. Feb. 16, 1864; des. April 16, 1864. Dead. 
Daniel Sullivan. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Dead. 

William Sullivan. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. : 
Owen Tulley. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded 1862; prisoner 1864. Dead. 
Dennis Walsh. Feb. 15, 1864; wd.; afterward prisoner. Alive 1911. 
James Welch. Feb. 24, 1864; wounded; afterward prisoner. Dead. 
John A. Wentworth. Feb. 24, 1864; prisoner war. Died since war. 
George W. Whitehouse. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 


Company G—50. Dead, 44; alive, 6. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 211 


COMPANY H. 


John E. Austin. 1 Sergt.: Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Wayland Ballou. Sergt.; Feb. 18, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
George S. Bixby. Sergt.; prisoner of war. Alive tort. 
Christopher A. Bodwell. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864. Killed in the war. 
William J. Bodwell. Feb. 26, 1864. Alive tort. 

William Brannon. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
John Bresnahan. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Frank Brigham. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Alive to1t. 
Edwin S. Brown. Feb. 28, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Solomon C. Bumford. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
George W. Clark. Feb. 20, 1864. Alive 1g11. 

George W. Collins. Corp.; Feb. 25, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Patrick Conlon. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Daniel Davis, Jr. Feb. 28, 1864; wounded twice. Died since war. 
Gilbert F. Dow. Feb. 18, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

William M. Edmunds. Jan. 1, 1864. Died of wounds. 

George H. Emerson. Feb. 18, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Charles C. Foster. Corp.; Feb. 21, 1864. Died since the war. 
Hiram B. Foster. Corp.; Feb. 21, 1864. Died since the war. 

John H. Goodhue. Corp.; Feb. 20, 1864; wd.; afterwards killed. 
George H. Hoyt. Feb. 20, 1864. Died wounds while prisoner war. 
Samuel D. Marckries. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864. Killed on railroad. 
James McDermott. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

Edmund F. McNeil. 1 Sergt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Killed in the war. 
Michael Mitchell. Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Charles H. Moore. 1 Lieut.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded. Dead. 
John H. Nudd. Corp.; Feb. 19, 1864. Killed in the war. 

George F. Quimby. Capt.; Feb. 24, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Kimball W. Rollins. March 10, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Arthur L. Smith. Feb. 20, 1864. Alive 1911. 

John C. Smith. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Nelson P. Stinehour. Sergt.; Feb. 19, 1864. Died of wounds. 


Company H—32. Dead, 26; alive, 6. 


212 fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY I. 


John W. Beamis. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Clarence L. Bryer. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Frank A. Buzzell. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 9, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
Alonzo Chase. Corp.; Feb. 14, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Theodore Clark. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 

Alvin R. Corliss. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
David. Cross. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Timothy A. Dunham. Feb. 18, 1864. Died since the war. 
Albert D. W. Emerson. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
Marcus M. Emerson. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive 1911. 

Albion K. Goodwin. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded; lost arm. Dead. 
Charles D. Hall. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Edward P. Hall. Com. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Alive tg1t. 
Alfred T. Hardy. Dec. 25, 1863. Died since the war. 

Leander Harris...Feb. 11, 1864. Died since the war. 

George W. Harvey. Jan. 1, 1864. Died in the war, 

John L. Harvey. Dec. 25, 1863. Alive 1oit. 

Joseph Johnson. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
John S. Loverin. Feb. 11, 1864; wounded. Alive 1911, 

George H. Lyman. Dec. 25, 1863. Died in the war. 

Henry A. Mann. 1 Lieut.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded twice. Dead. 
John D. McConnell. Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Oren F. Morey. Jan. 1, 1864. Killed in the war. 

Ira W. Morrison. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

John C. Nutting. Sergt.; Feb. 21, 1864. Died since the war. 
Charles M. Ordway. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Peter Perron. Feb. 14, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Stedman W. Piper. Jan. 1, 1864; deserted June 5, 1864. Dead. 
William Smith. Set.-Maj.; Feb. 15, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive 191T. 
Charles W. Spaulding. Dec. 25, 1863; deserted. Died since war. 
George W. Stevens. Drummer. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since war. 
David H. Tewksbury. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Horace Tilton. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded twice. Alive I9IT. 
James F. Tilton. 1 Sergt.; Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 
Erastus B. Tucker. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Moses G. Tucker. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Hiram Varney. Corp.; Jan. 1, 1864. Killed in the war. 

John T. Walcott. Sergt.; Feb. 11, 1864; wounded. Alive 1911. 
Joseph Warren. Corp.; Feb. 2, 1864. Died since the war. 

Aaron D. Webster. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wd. twice. Alive IgIt. 
Eben Weed. 2 Lieut.; Feb. 11, 1864. Died since the war. 
Thomas C. Weeks. Feb. 15, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Charles I. Wheeler. Jan. 1, 1864; wd.; prisoner of war. Alive 1911. 
Dearborn J. Wheeler. Sergt. Feb. 14, 1864. Died since the war. 
Norris C. Wiggin. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since war. 
Caleb G. Wiley. Jan. 1, 1864. Died since the war. 

James Wilson. Corp.; Feb. 28, 1864. Alive 1g1t. 

William H. H. Young. Corp.; Feb. 24, 1864. Killed in the war. 


COMPANY I—48. Dead, 35; alive, 13. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 213 


COMPANY kK. 


Albert Atwood. Feb. 26, 1864. Killed in the war. 

William S. Barker. Capt.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
John Bartlett. Sergt.; Feb. 20, 1864; wounded twice. Alive 1g1t. 
Samuel Clark. Feb. 24, 1864; prisoner of war. Alive tort. 
Robert Clayton. Feb. 15, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Charles G. Colby. Drummer; Feb. 16, 1864; deserted. Dead. 
John F. Davis. Feb. 28, 1864; deserted April 12, 1864. Unknown. 
Charles E. Estey. Feb. 16, 1864; died wounds while prisoner war. 
Horace P. Estey. Feb. 24, 1864. Died in the war, 

John C. Estey. 1 Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Alive tort. 
Joseph R. Everett. Feb. 15, 1864. Died of wounds. 

Clinton Farley. Feb. 28, 1864. Died since the war. 

John Fullerton. 2 Lieut.; Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Isaac N. Gale. Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 

Stickney S. Gale. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
Daniel Goodwin. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864. Killed in the war. 

George W. Hackett. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864; prisoner of war. Dead. 
John P. Hodgman. Sergt.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Dead, 

John G. Johnson. Feb. 8, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 

Wesley B. Knight. Sergt.; Feb. 16, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
William Lawson. Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Died since the war. 
Samuel B. Mace. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

Isaac W. Martin. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

James M. McConihe. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864. Alive rg1I. 

Samuel McDole. Corp.; Feb. 15, 1864; wounded. Alive tott. 
Edward P. Moore. Sergt.; Feb. 24, 1864. Died of wounds. 
Charles H. Morrison. Corp.; Feb. 16, 1864. Died prisoner of war. 
Moses M. Myrick. Feb. 16, 1864. Killed in the war. 

William K. Norton. 1 Lieut.; Feb. 20, 1864. Died since the war. 
Albert G. Ormsby. Corp.; Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 
Thomas B. Platts. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

William H. Sanborn. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 
Benjamin Shipley. Feb. 16, 1864. Died in the war. 

David C. Stevens. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 

Munroe Stevens. Feb. 16, 1864. Died since the war. 

Charles H. Williams. Feb. 15, 1864. Died since the war. 

Almon Wood. Feb. 17, 1864. Died since the war. 

James Wyman. Feb. 24, 1864. Died since the war. 

Alemander Young. Feb. 16, 1864; wounded twice. Dead. 
Richard Young. Feb. 15, 1864; prisoner of war. Died since war. 


COMPANY K—ao. Dead, 34; alive, 5; unknown I. 


214 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


OFFICERS 


who were officers before the men reénlisted and who served more 
than three years. Eight of them served four years: Lt.-Col. 
Francis W. Parker, Major George F. Towle, Adjt. Timothy W. 
Challis, Surg. David P. Dearborn; Captains John H. Roberts, 
George W. Huckins, Matthew Adams; Second Lieut. James F. Gil- 
patrick. All are now dead. 

Col. Louis Bell killed in command of his brigade. 

Qr. Albert K. Tilton, Surg. George P. Greeley; Captains Isaac 
W. Hobbs, Frederick A. Kendall, True Sanborn; Lieutenants Amos 
L. Colburn, Daniel Gile, Harvey F. Wiggin, Benjamin R. Wheeler. 
The last nine resigned after more than three years’ service. 

Only four of these eighteen officers are now alive: Captains 
Hobbs and Sanborn, Lieutenants Colburn and Wheeler. 


WAITING FOR THE BUGLE. 


We wait for the bugle; the night-dews are cold, 

The limbs of the soldiers feel jaded and old; 

The field of our bivouac is windy and bare, 

There is lead in our joints, there is frost in our hair; 

The future is veiled and its fortunes unknown 

As we lie with hushed breath till the bugle is blown. 

At the sound of the bugle each comrade shall spring 

Like an arrow released from the strain of a string; 

The courage, the impulse of youth shall come back 

To banish the chill of the drear bivouac; 

And sorrows and losses and cares fade away 

When that life-giving signal proclaims the new day. 

Though the bivouac of age may put ice in our veins, 

And no fibre of steel in our sinew remains; 

Though the comrades of yesterday’s march are not here, 

And the sunlight seems pale and the branches are sere, 

Though the sound of our cheering dies down to a moan— 

We shall find our lost youth when the bugle is blown. 
—Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 


KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS. 





Louis Bell. Colonel. January 16, 1865. 

Charles W. Sawyer. Major. June 22, 1864. 

Frank B. Hutchinson. Lieutenant. May 16, 1864. 
Stephen J. Wentworth. Lieutenant. August 15, 1864. 


COMPANY A. 


Thomas Mack. First Sergeant. September 16, 1863. 
David C. Hayes. Sergeant. November 12, 1862. 
Alvah E. Moody. Private. August 20, 1864. 

Louis Brier.* Private. June 7, 1864. 


COMPANY B. 


Stephen H. Meader. First Sergeant. April 16, 186s. 
Henry C. Lund. Corporal. September 3, 1864. 
Bradford A. Hurd. Private. June 21, 1863. 

Samuel Knox. Private. October 5, 1864. 

David F. Perkins. Private. July 26, 1864. 

Joseph L. Winn. Private. August 8, 1864. 

Peter Murtaha.* Private. October 2, 1864. 

Frank Sadowski.* Private. July 8, 1864. 

John Williams.* Private. August 16, 1864. 

John H. Williams.* Private. July 10, 1864. 


COMPANY C. 


Charles E. Colcord. Color Sergeant. June 26, 1864. 
Thomas L. Gilpatrick. Corporal. August 27, 1864. 
Daniel W. Knox. Corporal. August 16, 1864. 
Alanson W. Barney. Private. May 15, 1864. 
George W. Cook. Private. June 7, 1864. 

Henry C. Griffin. Corporal. Sept. 10, 1864. 
Henry A. Haskell. Private. September 29, 1864. 
Edwin F. Lund. Private. August 23, 1864. 

Alfred F. Lynch. Private. May 16, 1864. 

Henry M. Potter. Private. May 16, 1864. 

Josiah P. Wheeler. Private. September 13, 1864. 
William O. Woodbridge. Private. June 25, 1864. 
Joseph Champagne.* Private. May 16, 1864. 


* Recruits. 
215 


216 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Charles Jones.* Private. May 16, 1864. 
Thomas Whelston.* Private. August 8, 1864. 


COMPANY D. 


Darius A. Drake. Sergeant. August 22, 1863. 
Alonzo J. Sargent. Sergeant. September 29, 1864. 
Albert R. Hull.* Corporal. March 17, 1865. 
Oscar F. Washburn.* Corporal. August 13, 1864. 
Joseph Appleyard. Private. August 16, 1864. 
Moses Ash. Private. November-14, 1864. 
George F. Brown. Private. August 16, 1864. 
Andrew B. Cutler. Private. Dec. 22, 1864. 
Henry S. Hamlett. Private. Nov. 12, 1864. 

Ezra Ham. Private. August Io, 1864. 

Charles P. Hobbs. Private. October 19, 1864. 
Alfred Jackson. Private. September 4, 1864. 
John H. Jackson. Private. Nov. 12, 1864. 
Robert McKissock. Private. October.14, 1864. 
Frank L. Potter. Private. July 8, 1864. 

George Rumsey. Private. June 28, 1864. 
Lucien Smith. Private. July 30, 1864. 

Asa E. Howe.* Private. September 29, 1864. 
Winthrop L. Presby.* Private. July 27, 1864. 


COMPANY E. 


Willard K. Cobb. Sergeant. September 29, 1864. 
Isaac K. Colby. Private. May 16, 1864. 

Amos Cressy. Private. June 6, 1864. 

Lucius Leavitt. Private. August 2, 1864. 

David G. Lillis. Private. Dec. 4, 1862. 

John Malone. Private. May 18, 1864. 

Henry K. Richardson. Private. May 16, 1864. 
Benjamin F. Allen.* Private. November 21, 1864. 
William Cash.* Private. February 11, 1864. 
Henry Gray.* Private. August 22, 1864. 


COMPANY F. 


James M. Goodwin. First Sergeant. July 30, 1864. 
Samuel L. Willey. Sergeant. January 17, 1864. 
Newcomb J. Jennings. Corporal. May 16, 1864. 
Richard O. Davis. Private. June 26, 1864. 

Samuel F. Jones. Private. May 16, 1864. 

John McDonald.* Private. March 14, 1865. 
Charles H. Smith. Private. June 4, 1864. 


* Recruits. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


John H. Whitehouse. Private. January 1, 1862. 
William F. Wingate. Private. October 22, 1862, 


COMPANY G. 


John E. Gerry. Corporal. January 16, 1864. 
Richard W. Bateman. Private. June 26, 1864. 
Jonathan Boyce. Private. May 16, 1864. 
John Gardner. Private. January 16, 1864. 
William Gunston. Private. May 16, 1864. 
Joseph McDaid. Private. July 26, 1864. 
Frederick D. Moore. Private. May 16, 1864. 
John Mullen. Private. July 20, 1864. 
Martin J. Stanton. Private. March 16, 1862. 
George H. Stuart. Private. September 11, 1864. 
William Sullivan. Private. May 16, 1864. 
Francis B. Willey. Private. Feb. 20, 1864. 
Thomas Mooney.* Private. May 16, 1864. 


COMPANY H. 


Edmund F. McNeil. First Sergeant. August 16, 1864. 
Christopher A. Bodwell. Corporal. May 16, 1864. 
John H. Goodhue. Corporal. August 16, 1864. 
Joseph Hibbert. Corporal. May 16, 1864. 

John H. Nudd. Corporal. July 30, 1864. 

Nelson P. Stinehour. Corporal. July 10, 1864. 
Elbridge G. Towle. Corporal. August 9, 1864. 

* William M. Edmunds. Corporal. July 6, 1864. 
George W. A. Goldsmith. Corporal. March 25, 1864. 
Byron Howard. Corporal. July 25, 1864. 

George H. Hoyt. Corporal. January 9g, 1865. 
Sumner J. Sweatt. Corporal. August 16, 1864. 
William Bussius.* Corporal. August 16, 1864. 
Henry F. Edgerly.* Corporal. August 2, 1864. 
Orange Fisk.* Corporal. June 30, 1864. 

Herman Karnoff.* Corporal. September 4, 1864. 
Franklin L. Tandy.* Corporal. July 30, 1864. 


COMPANY I. 


Hiram Varney. Corporal. June 5, 1864. 
William H. H. Young. Corporal. July 30, 1864. 
Alonzo Chase. Private. August 24, 1864. 

David Cross. Private. July 6, 1864. 

James M. Danforth. Private. August 16, 1864. 
George W. Greenleaf. Private. May 24, 1864. 
Charles D. Hall. Private. July 2, 1864. 


* Recruits. 


217 


218 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


John D. McConnell. Private. July 30, 1864. 
Oren F. Morey. Private. May 16, 1864. 

Thomas C. Weeks. Private. September 25, 1864. 
George Wilding. Private. July 24, 1864. 

John Hilton.* Private. July 30, 1864. 

Charles Williams.* Private. January 15, 186s. 
Henry W. Winkley.* Private. April 13, 1864. 


COMPANY K. 


Edward P. Moore. Sergeant. August 16, 1864. 
Albert Atwood. Private. June 30, 1864. 
Jonathan J. Bagley. Private. July 5, 1864. 
John W. Barker. Private. July 28, 1864. 
Charles E. Estey. Private. August 10, 1864. 
Joseph R. Everett. Private. July 30, 1864. 
Daniel Goodwin. Private. June 25, 1864. 
Isaac W. Martin. Private. September 4, 1864. 
Moses M. Myrick. Private. August 16, 1864. 
Nelson J. Pierce. Private. June 5, 1864. 
Joseph A. Wyckoff. Private. October 22, 1862. 
James Fitzsimmons.* Private. August 25, 1865. 
Beletson Hoffman.* Private. August 7, 1864. 
Perley S. Young.* Private. May 4, 1864. 


* Recruits. 


OFFICERS AND MEN WOUNDED. 


(From 1861-1865) 


Some were afterwards killed or taken prisoners and died while 
prisoners of war. The list is not complete as many were slightly 
wounded who never went to hospitals; so long since the war and so 
few survivors, it is impossible to learn of all who were wounded. 


Colonel Louis Bell* Lt.-Col. F. W. Parker* 
Adjt. T. W. Challis* 
Captains. 
Joseph M. Clough Jasper G. Wallace* 
John H. Roberts* Isaac W Hobbs 
William W. Mayne* Matthew Adams* 


Clarence L. Chapman 


* Dead. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 219 


First Lieutenants. 


Charles M. Currier* Andrew J. Edgerly* 
A. H. C. Jewett*« Amos L. Coburn 
Charles M. Whiting* Henry A. Mann* 
Joseph Wingate Leonard A. Gay 
Lorenzo D. Huntress Samuel H. Prescott 


Charles H. Moore* 
Second Lieutenants. 


John W. Brewster* Benj. R. Wheeler 
Wm. D. Stearns Francis H. Davis* 
Patrick Dowd 


Hospital Steward. 
William H. Piper* 


Colonel Bell was wounded twice before he was killed. 

Captains Wallace and Mayne were each wounded twice, the first 
time at Pocotaligo, S. C., by the same bullet. 

Colonel Parker was wounded Aug. 16, 64; was in command of the 
Regt. 

Captain Clough was in command of the Regt. when wounded 
July 30, 64. 

Captain Roberts was in command of the Regt. when wounded 
Jane 15, ’65. 

Lieutenants Wingate, Mann, Brewster, and Dowd were each 
wounded twice. 

Lieutenant Moore was the last man wounded in the Regt., April 
9, 1865. 


COMPANY A. 


Sergeants. 


Saml. H. Runnels* Saml. F. Johnson* 
Michael Lynch* 


Corporals. 
Levi Bean John S. Runnels* 
Musician. 


George W. Durgin* 
* Dead. 


220 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Privates. 
Jacob E. W. Aspinwall* Andrew J. Bolo* 
Stephen E. Babb* J. He Colbath* 
James L. Boyle Ae SE  Ebayess 
Conrad Geissler Thomas Kerr 
George W. Horne* John A. Lord* 
Daniel Thomson Jacob C. Meserve* 
Michael McCarty George Shackley* 
Joseph F. Rose* Joseph M. Wiggin* 
George W. Tibbetts* Bartholomew Willey 


Captains Wallace and Lieutenant Wingate, among the list of offi- 
cers wounded, were original members of Company A. 

Corporal Bean was wounded twice. 

Andrew J. Bolo was wounded twice. 

Sergeant Runnels was the first color bearer known as “La ly 
Washington.” 


COMPANY B. 
_ Sergeants. 


John R. Kimball Hosea B. Lary 
Frederick H. Saunders 


Musician. 


Charles R. Brackett 


Privates. 

Fred G. Clifford* Jeremiah Cochran* 
Granville D. Darling* Patrick Doyle* 

John Henderson* John D. Hobbs 
Franklin Kane* Alexander W. Kidder* 
William Lamereen* Joseph Larough 
Edward Lovery James Murphy 

John Murray James A. Philbrick 
George Pierce William S. Wyman* 


Sergeant Saunders was color bearer at Fort Fisher after Sergeant 
Plummer was wounded. 

Jeremiah Cochran lost his arm by accident. 

Lieutenants Gay and Brewster, among the list of officers 
wounded, were original members of Company B. 


* Dead. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 221 


COMPANY C. 
Principal Musician. 
Elias A. Bryant. 
Sergeant. 
Dearborn S. Moody* 


Corporals. 


Ward Messer* William H. Cook 
Charles Wilson* 


Drummer. 
William A. Levi 


Privates. 
John Balch, Jr.* Charles M. Fisher* 
William Johnson Charles Joslyn 
Alvah G. Tinker Charles P. Nutting* 
John A. Stiles Alexander Winthrop 


Wm. D. Baker* 


Lieutenants Stearns and Wheeler, among the list of officers 
wounded, were original members of Company C. 

Elias A. Bryant lost his right leg at the battle of the mine, July 
30, 1864. He was previously slightly wounded by a spent ball June 


5, 64. 

Alexander Winthrop joined the Regt in 1863, was wounded at 
Fort Fisher, had previously served in 20 Mass. Regt., where he 
was also wounded. 

Alvah G. Tinker was wounded at Pocotaligo. Lost his arm. 


COMPANY D. 


Commissary Sergeant. 


Lewis H. Cheney* 
First Sergeant. 
Daniel S. Millit* 

Sergeants. 


Jackson H. Lawrence* Albert F. Paige 


* Dead. 


222 Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Augustus M. Smith* 
John W. Sanborn 


David G. Allen* 
Charles M. Boreman* 
Henry S. Corey* 
Richard Dearborn* 
William H. Ellis* 
Israel C. Hall 

Benj. F. Hannaford* 
John G. Lovejoy 
Augustine Patnode 
Addison A. Parker* 
Frank J. Thurston 
Joseph Appleyard* 
Chas. W. Barton* 
Daniel Brieley 


Corporals. 


Daniel Sullivan 
John H. Powers 


Asa F. Paige 


Privates. 


Charles B. Dascomb* 
James Ellis 

Edwin A. Fessenden* 
Edward E. Lawrence* 
Asbrah P. Howe* 
Solomon N. Leavitt 
Thomas Moore 
Benjamin F. Morse* 
John H. Moses* 
Frank Pickering* 
Sylvester Pickering* 
James S. Thompson* 
Lyman M. Wade* 
John Wonsor 


Adjutant Challis, Lieutenants Jewett, Prescott, and Davis, among 
the officers wounded, were original members of Company D. 

Sergeant Lawrence was wounded three times. 

Joseph Appleyard was wounded July 30, ’64, and killed Aug. 16, 
1864. 

Corporal Augustus M. Smith was wounded twice. 

David G. Allen was wounded twice. 

Sergeant Paige was Colonel Bell’s private ordety ae Fort Fished 

Sergeants Paige and Corporal Paige were brothers; both 
wounded. 


COMPANY E. 
Quartermaster Sergeant. 
Volney Piper 
First Sergeant. 
John G. Hutchinson 
Sergeants. 


Williard K. Cobb* 
Charles H. Plumer* 
Thomas S. Burns 


Walter Clark* 

Joseph C. Dennett* 

Charles H. Williams* 
* Dead. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 223 


Corporals. 
Henry C. Osgood* Thomas Law* 
Edson Wyman* Emery Wyman 
Charles H. Fullerton* James M. Dickey 
John Lynch* Eli Sturgeon 

Privates. 
Benjamin F. Allen* Francis A. Allen* 
Wm. H.’'H. Austin* George W. Bean 
Horatio N. Bickford* Charles J. Brackett* 
Harvey E. Buxton* John Collins* 
Charles A. Cressy John Fallon* 
William Gammell* John Hackett* 
George W. Heath Charles C. Livingston* 
John Lovett John L. Mack* 
Lewis S. Merrill* James Mokler* 
Rollins D. Moore* Oscar Perkins 
Charles E, Philbrick Larkin Sargent* 


Alonzo Steele 


Lieut.-Colonel Parker, Lieutenants Edgerly and Whiting, among 
the list of officers wounded, were original members of Company E. 

James M. Dickey was wounded three times. 

Sergeant Cobb was wounded May 16, 64. Killed Sept. 29, 1864. 

Benj. F. Allen was wounded May 22, ’64; again wounded Aug. 16, 
64; taken prisoner and died of wounds. 

Sergeant Dennett was wounded Oct. 22, 62; afterwards died of 
disease. 

Sergeant Plummer carried the colors at Fort Fisher, where he 
was severely wounded. 


COMPANY F. 


First Sergeants. 


James M. Goodwin* Hiram Hurd 
Sergeants. 

George A. Drew Daniel Davis* 

Charles E. Miller Thomas J. Burns* 


* Dead. 


224 Fourth Regiment New lMampshire Volunteers. 


William H. Clement* 
George A. Miner* 
William Rich 


Charles W. Ayer* 
Warren W. Hamlett* 
George Randall* 
George W. Rowe* 





Corporals. 


Samuel Hilliard* ; 
Andrew Morrison 
Augustus E. Hodges* 


Privates. 


Louis P. Engel : 
George Mullen* 

Charles O. Rankin* 

Thomas O’Shaughnessy 


Captains Hobbs, Chapman, and Lieutenant Huntress, among the 
officers wounded, were original members of Company F. 

Corporal Morrison was color corporal at Drury’s Bluff, and was 
terribly wounded in the head. Corporal Rich was blown up by a 
torpedo on Morris Island and lost a leg. 

Sergeant Goodwin was wounded and afterward killed. 

Corporal Miner was wounded, afterwards died of disease. 


George A. Runnals* 


Zebina N. Annis 


William Beede* 
Dennis Hynes* 
John McCarthy 


William H. Brooks* 
Maurice Foley* 
John Gardner* 
John E. Gerry* 
Lucien B. Legg* 
James Mulaskey 
Robert Richard: 
Jeremiah Spelan* 
Dennis Welch 

* Dead. 


COMPANY G. 
First Sergeants. 
Charles T. Marden 
Sergeants. 
Edward Fields* 
Nelson Richards* 
Corporals. 


Patrick Conway 
Dennis Mahoney* 
John E. Gerry* 


Privates. 


Daniel Sullivan 
George Dumore 
Charles H. Fuller 
John King 
Michael Madden* 
Thomas Nolan 
John Shea* 
Ashael Stoddard* 
James Welch* 


Fourth Regvment New Hampshire Volunteers. 225 


Captain Mayne and Lieutenant Dowd, among the wounded offi- 
cers, were original members of Company G. 

Sergeant Runnals was fourth color bearer and was terribly 
wounded July 30, 64. 

Sergeant Annis was twice wounded, also Michael Madden. , 

Corporal Gerry was badly wounded, then killed. 

Ashael Stoddard lost a leg and Robert Richards an arm. 

John Gardner was wounded and afterwards killed. 

Sergeant Fields was wounded Aug. 16, ’64, while carrying the 
colors, afterwards promoted to lieutenant, Colored Regt., and killed 
Feb. 11, 765. 

Corporal Beede was wounded, afterwards died prisoner of war. 


COMPANY H. 
First Sergeant. 


John E. Austin* 


Sergeants. 
Wayland Ballou* John C. Smith* 
John Bresnahan* Frank Brigham 
George S. Bixby 

Corporals. 
John H. Goodhue* John Eaton* 

Privates. 

Lapoet Ammond Weston Ballou 
William Brannon* Daniel Davis, Jr.* 
Richard E. Davis* George H. Emerson* 
Hermon Karnoff John McCauley 
Francis Miller Michael Mitchell* 
Kimball W. Rollins* Josiah Tandy 
Henry Williams Charles Wright 


Captains Clough, Adams, and Lieutenant Moore, among the offi- 
cers wounded, were original members of Company H. 

Francis Miller was wounded three times. 

Hermon Karnoff and Daniel Davis were wounded twice. 


COMPANY I. 


First Sergeant. 


Frank A. Buzzell 
*Dead. 


226 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Sergeants. 
Horace Tilton , Moses G. Tucker* 
John T. Walcott Aaron D. Webster 
Norris C. Wiggin* 
Privates. 
Alexander Benar Theodore Clark 
George Clayton* Alvin R. Corliss* 
Albion K, Goodwin* Joseph Johnson* 
John S Loverin Amos H. McGregor* 
Joseph Nichols Peter Perron* 
Charles Walter Charles I. Wheeler 


Lieutenants Colburn and Mann, among the officers wounded 
were original members of Company I. 

Albion K. Goodwin lost his arm. Sergeant Tilton and John S. 
Loverin was wounded twice. 


COMPANY K. 
First Sergeant. 
John C. Estey 


Sergeants. 


John D. Buckham* John Bartlett* 
John P. Hodgman* 


Corporal. 
Samuel McDole 


Privates. 
Henry E. Bidwell* William Lawson* 
John McNab Calvin Merrill 
Benjamin F. Pettengill Warren G. Pike* 
George Statwood George W. Wells* 
Albert B. Woodward Alemanda Young* 


Richard Young* 


Lieutenant Currier, among the wounded officers, was an original 
member of the Regt. going to war as principal musician. 

Calvin Merrill and George W. Wells each lost a leg. 

Sergeant Bartlett was wounded twice, also Alemander Young. 

B. 8. Pettengill had ome eye shot out and was taken prisoner. 

Captain Sanborn, in command of Co. K, was wounded in the 
shoulder his birthday, July 30, 1864. 

Newman Lyons of Co. B was wounded in shoulder. 

* Dead, 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 227 


LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FOURTH REGI- 
MENT WHO DIED IN THE WAR, NOT INCLUD- 
ING THOSE WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED 
OF WOUNDS OR DIED OF DISEASE 
IN PRISON. 


Gilman E. Sleeper. Lieutenant-Colonel. Oct. 22, 1864. Salem. 
David L. M. Comings. Assistant Surgeon. Aug. 1, 1863, Swanzey. 
Ephraim C. Currier. Captain. Aug. 12, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 
Israel L. Drew. First Lieutenant. Nov. 6, 1861, Annapolis, Md. 
Hiram C. Tuttle. First Lieutenant. Feb. 7, 1863, Concord. 
Charles L. Brown. Second Lieut. June 3, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 
John C. Dickerman. Com. Sergt. Aug. 1, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 
Eugene Kincaid Foss. Band. Oct. 5, 1862, Manchester. 


COMPANY A. 


David S. Bean. Jan. 23, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 
James Brown. Jan. 27, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Thomas J. Brown. Dec. 13, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 
George E. Hartford. Feb. 2, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Robert L. Holbrook. Jan. 15, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Ira B. Horne.* Nov. 11, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 
George W. Jones. April 1, 1864, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Lorenzo D. Lane. Sept. 11, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Daniel Linnean. Oct. 3, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

Michael McDermott.* May 8, 1864, Beaufort, S. C. 
Frank E. Pray. Nov., 1863 Hilton Head, S. C. 
Stephen H. Rogers. Jan. 13, 1865, Point of Rocks, Va. 
George H. Willey. Oct. 23, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 


COMPANY B. 


Simon Baslow.* Feb. 17, 1864, Morris Island, S. C. 

Stephen E. Danforth. Nov. 21, 1861, Fort Monroe, Va. 

Daniel Gleason.* Feb. 17, 1865, Manchester. 

Charles A. Gray. Sergeant. April 4, 186s. 

Luther Harmon. Corporal. Dec. 23, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Charles A. Harris. Sergeant. March 13, 1865, Lunenburg, Mass. 
Perley I. Jewett. Dec. 3, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

William P. Kendall. Oct. 19, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

George W. Parseley. June 8, 1865. Drowned at sea. 

James W. Patterson. Oct. 21, 1861, Fort Monroe, Va. 

George E. Schelling. Dec. 12, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Charles H. Stephens.* Oct. 5, 1864, Jones’ Landing, Va. 

Jeriah Tufts. Sept. 1, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 


*Recruit. 


228 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY C. 


Charles Brown. Corporal. Sept. 25, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Ephraim Crandall. June 23, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 
James Devine.* May 10, 1865, Raleigh, N. C. 

Addison S. Dodge. Oct. 1, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Charles M. Fisher. Dec. 10, 1861, New York City. 

David W. Gordon. Sept. 24, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Charles Hill.* Aug. 16, 1864, Point of Rocks, Va. 

George N. Kenney.* Feb. 11, 1866, Nashua. 

George M. Kidder. March 31, 1865, Worcester, Mass. 
George F. Lancey. Sept. 24, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Henry S. Ober. Dec. 7, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Charles L. Seavey. Nov. 25, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Aaron W. Simonds. Oct. 21, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
Stephen A. Spaulding.* Nov. 12, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 
George S. Tuck. Corporal. April 1, 1865, Milford. 
John Worthley. Sept. 5, 1864, Fort Monroe, Va. 


COMPANY D. 


George Bailey.* Sept. 8, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

Alexander Carr. July 3, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 

Charles H. Dearborn. July 20, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Benjamin Fairfield. Feb. 12, 1862, Fort Monroe, Va. 

Albert L. Fitzgerald. Corporal. Feb. 7, 1864, Sanbornton. 

Albert S. Flint.* Aug. 8, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 

Benjamin F. Hannaford. March 18, 1864, Beaufort, S. C. 

Paul Herrick.* June 13, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 

John B. Hutchins. April 13, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Henry H. Jackson. Nov. 5, 1861, Laconia. 

Adoniram J. Jones. First Sergt. Sept. 16, 1863, Morris Island S. C. 

James A. Jones. Feb, 1, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Josiah S. Place. Dec. 6, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Russell W. Powell.* Sept. 15, 1864, David’s Island, N. Y. harbor. 

Abiel E. Putnam.* Aug., 1864, on hospital boat en route to Fort 
Monroe, Va. 

William B. Runnals. Dec. 14, 1863, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Edward A. Wetherbee.* March, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 

Chas. C. Cofran. Corp. Drowned June 13, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 

John Lamay. Drowned June 13, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Luther L. Libbey. Drowned June 13, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 


*Recruit. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 229 


COMPANY E. 


Charles T. Batchelder. March 27, 1862, Pittsfield. 

Joseph C. Dennett. Corporal. Jan. 16, 1864, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Cyrus H. Hubbard. Sergeant. July 16, 1862, St. Augutine, Fla. 
David G. Lillis. Dec. 4, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

Thomas McGloughlin.* May 2, 1865, David’s Island, N. Y. harbor. 
Moses W. Pillsbury. Nov. 9, 1863, Concord. 

Benjamin F. Quinley. Jan. 1, 1864, Hilton Head, S. C. 

John P. Smith. Corporal. Dec. 30, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Frank P. Stanley.* June 1, 1865, Raleigh, N. C. 


COMPANY F. 


Jarius C. Abbott. Dec. 5, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

Joseph E. Adams.* Aug. 8, 1865, Raleigh, N. C. 

Samuel Chapman.* May 24, 1864, Bermuda Hundred, Va. 
Mark H. Cowell. First Sergeant. Sept. 17, 1862, Somersworth. 
Loren H. Dorr.. May 1, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Alonzo §. Elkins. July 6, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 

Orra H. Hardy.* Nov. 20, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 

James McDonough.* April 9, 1865, Manchester. 

George A. Miner.* May 10, 1865, Wilmington, N. C. 

Edmund H. Whitehouse. Oct. 21, 1862, Somersworth. 


COMPANY G. 


James M. Allen. Nov. 25, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Charles Beede.* March 14, 1865, Wilmington, N. C. 
Francis McDowell.* Jan. 25, 1865, New York City. 
Abram S. Sanborn. Sept. 3, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 
Arbhibald Sims. Drowned June 6, 1864. 

Jerome Blaisdell. August 16, 1864, Swanton, Vt. 


COMPANY H. 


Charles H. Bartlett. Oct. 5, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

Andrew J. Collins. April 28, 1865, South Kingston. 

George W. Davis. Dec. 13, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

Israel L. Drew. First Lieutenant. Nov. 6, 1861, Annapolis, Md. 
Samuel J. Fulton.* Oct. 1, 1864, Fort Monroe, Va. 

Andrew J. Johnson. Dec. 4, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 

John S. C. Kelley. Corp. Oct. 31, 1861, steamer “Baltic,” Atl. Oce. 
Levi Martin. Nov. 21, 1862, Portsmouth Grove hospital, R. I. 
George H. McConihe. Corporal. Feb. 7, 1862, Hilton Head, S. C. 
Richard N. Pettee. Sept. 10, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

Walter B. Rowell. Corporal. Oct. 9, 1862, Salem. 

Daniel B. Sanborn. Sept. 12, 1862, Fernandina, Fla. 

Daniel F. Sanborn. Jan. 22, 1862, on steamer “Atlantic,” Atl. Oce. 
Blaisdell Sweatt. March 22, 1864, Beaufort, S. C. 

Hiram C. Tuttle. First Lieutenant. Feb. 7, 1863, Concord. 


*Recruit. 


230 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY I. 


Charles S. Annis.* June 7, 1865, Alexandria, Va. 

Walter G. Brown. First Sergt. Sept. 16, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 
George W. Harvey. May 27, 1864, Bermuda Hundred, Va. 
Walter S. Johnson. Sept. 26, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

George H. Lyman. April 17, 1865, City Point, Va. 

Joseph Raney. Sept. 28, 1863, Beaufort, S. C. 

James O. Sanborn. Corporal. Nov. 12, 1863, Hilton Head, S. C. 
John B. Shattuck. Aug. 9, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 


COMPANY K. 


Joseph C. Abbott. June 11, 1863, Folly Island, S. C. 

Joseph W. Bailey. Aug. 4, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 

Edward Dalton. Dec. 4, 1861, Hilton Head, S. C. 

Thomas Dissmore. Aug. 11, 1863, Morris Island, S. C. 

Horace P. Estey. Jan. 24, 1865, Point of Rocks, Va. 

George Evans. March 2, 1862, on steamer “Empire City,” Florida. 
Frank A. Garland. June 4, 1862, Fernandina, Fla. 

Ham Tean Kan.* Aug. 7, 1865, Raleigh, N. C. 

Nathaniel Mason, Jr.* May 7, 1865, Raleigh, N. C. 

William Sherer. Nov. 5, 1861, on steamer “Baltic,” South Carolina. 
Benjamin Shipley. June 7, 1865, on steamer “Ben Deford.” 
Harlan §. Streeter. Corporal. June 24, 1862, Beaufort, S. C. 
Alfred Taylor.* April 22, 1865, Wilmington, N. C. 

Harvey M. Weed. Jan. 20, 1862, Manchester. 

Lorenzo Wight. Aug. 19, 1862, St. Augustine, Fla. 


DIED PRISONERS OF WAR. 


Those who died of wounds in prison are also accounted for 
among the killed and died of wounds, including some who died in 
parole camp, Annapolis, Md. 


COMPANY A. 


Louis Brier.* June 7, 1864, Libby prison, Richmond, Va. 
Harrison Hartford. Sept 5, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

John H. Jackson. Nov. 20, 1864, Libby prison, Richmond, Va. 
John T. Rollins. Dec. 21, 1864, Libby prison, Richmond, Va. 


COMPANY B. 
John Williams. 


*Recruit. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY C. 


Irvin Colburn. Corporal. Feb. 7, 1865, Florence, S. C. 
Michael Connolly. Sept. 12, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
George W. Cook.* June 7, 1864, Richmond, Va. 
Samuel Eady.* Dec. 14, 1864, Summerville, S. C. 


231 


Albert O. Fisher. Corporal. Sept. 17, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 


Jonas C. French. Sergeant. Dec. 5, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Alvin Gardner. Sept. 24, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

Henry C. Griffin. Corporal. Sept. 10, 1864, Richmond, Va. 
Joe Matha.* Sept. 6, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

Josiah P. Wheeler. Sept. 13, 1864, on railroad in Georgia. 


COMPANY D. 


Andrew B. Cutler. Dec. 22, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Henry S. Hamblett.* Corporal. Nov. 12, 1864, Millen, Ga. 
John H. Jackson. Nov. 12, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 


COMPANY E. 


Benjamin F. Allen.* Noy. 21, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Amos Cressy. June 6, 1864, Richmond, Va. 
George F. Davis. Dec. 30, 1864, Annapolis, Md. 
Henry Gray.* Aug. 22, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
Frank Mosier.* Sept., 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
John Stewart. Nov. 22, 1864, Florence, S. C. 


COMPANY F. 


James H. German.* June 1, 1864, Petersburg, Va. 
Benager Horn. Dec., 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Lewis Lovejoy. Nov. 24, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Barney S. Merwin. Oct. 29, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
William Wilson.* July 1, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 


COMPANY G. 


William Beede. Corporal. Jan. 30, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
William H. Brooks. Nov. 14, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Jeremiah Kelliher. After Oct. 9, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
John Nolan. Dec. 28, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 

Timothy Reardon. May 1, 1865, Columbia, Ga. 


Jeremiah Spelan. March 16, 1865, Annapolis, Md., parole camp. 


*Recruit. 


232 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY H. 


William Baker.* Aug. 7, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

August Bowers.* Dec. 1, 1864, Petersburg, Va. 

Edwin S. Brown. Feb. 19, 1865, Salisbury, N. C. 

Orin Bush.* July 16, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 

George W. Collins. Corporal. Dec. 24, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
Gilbert F. Dow. Dec. 20, 1864, Annapolis, Md., parole camp. 
George H. Hoyt. June 9, 1865, Salisbury, N. C. 

Andrew G. Libby.* Sept. 6, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 


COMPANY I. 


Joseph Cowen.* Sept. 17, 1864. Place unknown. 
Thomas Flood.* Between Sept. 16 and Nov. 25, 1864, Millen, Ga. 
Matthias Greiser.* Date unknown; Andersonville, Ga. 


COMPANY kK. 


Robert Clayton. Feb. 5, 1865, Danville, Va. 

Charles Hunter.* Aug. 19, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
John G. Johnson. Nov. 24, 1864, Florence, S. C. 

Wesley B. Knight. Oct. 20, 1864, Florence, S. C. 

James S. Manlove.* June 20, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
Charles H. Morrison. Dec. 22, 1864, Salisbury, N. C. 
James C. Salesbury.* Aug. 12, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 
Fernando C. Spaulding. Nov. 7, 1864, Andersonville, Ga. 


OFFICERS AND MEN TAKEN PRISONERS DURING THE 
WAR. 


Lieut.-Col. Francis W. Parker Lieut. Daniel Gile 

Adjutant Timothy W. Challis Lieut. Charles H. Moore 

Capt. Eleazor L. Sarsons QOr.-Sergt. Charles J. Kelley 
Sergt.-Major William Smith Hospl. Stew. William H. Piper 


COMPANY A. 


Louis Briar* Robert T. Burnham 
Lionel B. Colbath Charles L. Fuller 
George F, Goodwin Harrison Hartford* 
John H. Jackson* Thomas Kerr 

John D. Mahoney Michael McCarty 
Patrick McLee George H. Meserve 
Alexander Nicholson John Q. Pinkham 


John T. Rollins* 


*Recruit. 
7Died prisoner of war. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Albert C. Berry 
Patrick Hester 
Samuel Louden 
Peter Murtaha 


Irvin Colburn* 
Charles E. Cook 
William H. Cook 
Samuel Eady* 
Albert O. Fisher 
Jonas C, French* 
Peter Green © 
George M. Kidder* 
Joe Matha* 
Byron Putnam 
Daniel W. Rollins 


George F. Boynton 
Andrew B. Cutler* 
DeWitt D. Dolley 
John H. Jackson* 
Thomas J. Moore 
Charles H. Thompson 
James S. Thompson 
John Burns 


Benjamin F. Allen* 
Horatio N. Bickford 
Harvey E. Buxton 
Michael Cuddy 

Henry Gray* 

Edward O. Hill 

John M. Jenness 
Charles Moore 

Oscar Perkins 

Carlton C. Richardson 


*Died prisoner of war. 


COMPANY B. 


Henry Buckley 

John R. Kimball 

Francis W. Montgomery 
Henry Tilburn 


John Williams* 


COMPANY C. 


Edward Tracey 
Michael Connolly* 
George W. Cook* 
Albert H. Currier 
Horace Forsaith 
Alvin Gardner 
Henry C. Griffin* 
George H. Mallard 
Joseph L. C. Miller 
Perley sbanwand 
Perley A. Smith 


Josiah P. Wheeler* 
COMPANY D. 


George E. Cotton 
Richard Dearborn 
Israel C. Hall 
Henry S. Hamlett* 
Solomon N. Leavitt 
Frank Pickering 
George Thompson 
John Wonson 


COMPANY E. 


Jonas T. Thompson 
George Behm 
Charles J. Brackett 
Amos Cressy* 
George F. Davis* 
George W. Heath 
Robert Hume 

John Malone* 
Frank Mosier* 
Michael Poquet 


John Stewart* 


238 


234 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Charles A. Brown 
James H. German* 
Lewis Lovejoy* 
Barney S. Merwin* 
George W. Tibbetts 


William Beede* 
George E. Fitch 
James M. Fogg 
Jeremiah Kelliher* 
John Nolan* 
Timothy Reardon* 
John Smith 
Jeremiah Spelan* 
Owen Tulley 
James Welch 


William Baker* 

Eben S. Boely 

Edwin S. Brown* 
George W. Collins* 
George H. Hoyt* 
Rufus Knapp 

Wallace E. Woodworth 


James H. Cliggott 
James Coyne 
Thomas Flood* 
Peter Kelley 


Henry E. Bidwell 
Robert Clayton* 
Charles E. Estey* 
George W. Hackett 
John G. Johnson* 
James S. Manlove* 
Benjamin F. Pettengill 
Fernando C. Spaulding* 


*Died prisoner of war. 


COMPANY F. 


Noah S. Brown 
Benager Horn* 
James McDonough 
Joseph B. Richards 
William Wilson* 


COMPANY G. 


William H. Brooks* 
Thomas J. Flemming 
Thomas Follon 
James Merron 

Peter O’Brien 
Michael Shaughnessy 
Richard Smith 
George H. Stuart* 
Dennis Walsh 

John A. Wentworth 


COMPANY H. 


George S. Bixby 
August Bowers* 
Solomon C. Bumford 
Orin Bush* 

Gilbert F. Dow* 
Charles Klines 
Andrew G. Libby* 


Levi Martin* 


COMPANY I. 


Joseph Cowen* 
John Cutter 
Matthias Greiser* 
Francis Murphy 


Charles I. Wheeler 
COMPANY K. 


Samuel Clark 

John Dillon 

Stickney S. Gale 
Charles Hunter* 
Wesley B. Knight* 
Charles H. Morrison* 
James C. Salesbury* 
Richard Young 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 23 


OFFICERS AND MEN 4TH REGIMENT N. H. VOLS. 


Who Lost Their Lives in the War—A Few Were Connected with 
Other Organizations at the Time They Were Killed or Died. 


Col. Louis Bell. Lt. Col. G. E. Sleeper. Major C. W. Sawyer. 
Capra Cn Ciiincrmletettal Le rewam licut len C@ wilhittles 
Lieut. F. B. Hutchinson. Lieut. S. J. Wentworth. 

ient © L. Brown. Dr DD. L. M. Comings.—ro, 

Band—E. K. Foss. H. A. Simons.—2z. 


COMPANY A—25 


S. Bean. Louis Briar. James Brown. 

J. Brown. C. A. Carter. James Collins. 

F. Gage. G. E. Hartford. Harrison Hartford. 

Ce Haves Raleaelolbrooka) Je Beationne, 

El jackson (Ga We Jones: =. Dy Wane: 

aniel Linnean. Thomas Mack. Michael McDermott. 
J. M. Meader. A. E. Moody. J. H. Plummer. 

HE enaySerwRogers. Jb ct. Rollins, (Gi i. wVilley. 


COMPANY B—24. 


Simon Baslaw. Jeremiah Cole. S. E. Danforth. 
Daniel Gleason. C. A. Gray. Luther Harmon. 

Ce wr Liagnisa Vere wklartisn 9. Aa vebnrds 

P. I. Jewett. W. P. Kendall. Samue! Knox. 

H. C. Lund. S. H. Meader. Peter Murtaha. 

G. W. Parseley. J. W. Patterson. D. F. Perkins. 
Frank Sadouski. G. E. Schelleng. C. H. Stephens. 
Jeriah Tufts. John Williams. J. H. Williams. 


COMPANY C—38. 


D. 
als 
G. 
DE 
J. 

D 


A. W. Barney. Charles Brown. Joseph Champagne 
Irvin Colburn. C. E. Colcord. Michael Connolly. 
G. W. Cook. Ephraim Crandall. L. G. Crosby. 

A. S. Dodge. Samuel Eady. A. O. Fisher. 

C. M. Fisher. J. C. French. Alvin Gardner. 
Gilpatrick. Antonio Goddard. D. W. Gordon. 
. Griffin. H. A. Haskell. Charles Hill. 
Kenny. G. M. Kidder. D. W. Knox. 

, llemeesy, IB, 18, IbyraGk YN, 1. aLxpaielan, 

Jo Atia were SmOhen Eien Mn Potter 

C. L. Seavey. A. W. Simonds. C. H. Smith. 
Albert Spaulding. G. S. Tuck. J. P. Wheeler. 

W. O. Woodbridge. John Worthley. 


Qnty 
WAaqT 


236 Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 


COMPANY D— 42. 


Joseph Appleyard. Moses Ash. George Bailey. 
E. G. Blackey. G. F. Brown. Alexander Carr. 
Be i Care,  @, Cy Cotran s AWB: Cutler 

C. H. Dearborn. D. A. Drake. Benj. Fairfield. 
G. , Fisher. Aj LL. Bitzeeralidi fAs Ss elma 

J. E. Ham.) HS: Hambleth | Bh. banatoneer 
Paul ‘Herrick; (©. P. Hobbs; “A. .Es Howe: 

A. R. Hull. J. B. Hutchins. Alfred Jackson. 
H. H. Jackson. J. H. Jackson.~ A. J. Jones. 

J. A. Jones. John Lamay. L. L. Libby. 

Robert McKissock. J. S. Place. F. L. Potter. 
R. W. Powell: W. L. Presby. A. E. Pitnans 
George Rumsey. A. J. Sargent. Lucien Smith. 
Alfred Taylor. O. F. Washburn. E. A. Wetherbee. 


COMPANY E—2zz. 


B. F. Allen. C. L. Batchelder. William Cash. 
W. K. Cobb. I. K. Colby. Amos Cressy. 
J. L. Dame. G. F. Davis. J. C. Dennett 
Henry Gray C. H. Hubbard. Lucius Leavitt. 
D. G. Lillis. John Malone. Thos. McGloughlin, 
Frank Mosier. M. W. Pillsbury. B. F. Quinley. 
H. K: Richardson. J. P. Smithy Fo PR: Stanleys 
John Stewart. 

COMPANY F—z4. 


J. C. Abbott. J. E. Adams. Samuel Chapman. 

M. Ei. (Cowells oR: OF Davist at b= He Dorr 

A. S. Elkins. J. H. German. J. M. Goodwin. 

O. H. Hardy. Benager Horn. N. J. Jennings. 

S. F. Jones. Lewis Lovejoy. John McDonald. 

James McDonough. B. S. Merwin. G. A. Miner. 

C. H. Smith. J. H. Whitehouse. W. H. Whitehouse. 
S. L. Willey. William Wilson. W. F. Wingate. 


COMPaNY G—28 


J. M. Allen. R. W. Bateman. Charles Beede. 
William Beede. John Blair. W. H. Brooks. 
Jonathan Boyce. Edward Field. John Gardner. 
J. E. Gerry. William Gunston. Jeremiah Kelliher. 
John King. Joseph McDaid. Thomas Mooney. 
F. D. Moore. John Mullen. John Nolan. 

J. D. Paul. Timothy Reardon. A. S. Sanborn. 
John Shea. Archibald Sims. Jeremiah Spelan. 
M. J. Stanton. G. H. Stuart. William Sullivan. 

F. B. Willey. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 237 


COMPANY H—39. 


William Baker. C. H. Bartlett. C..A. Bodwell. 
August Bowers. E. S. Brown. Orin Bush. 
William Bussius. A. J. Collins. G. W. Collins. 
James R. Colomy. G. W. Davis. G. F. Dow. 

H. F. Edgerly. W. M. Edmunds. Orange Fisk. 
Sai Hulton (Ge We Ae Goldsmith. J; EH. (Goodhue, 
Joseph Hibbert. Byron Howard. G. H. Hoyt. 

A. J. Johnson. Herman Karnoff. J. S. C. Kelley. 
John Kimball. A. G. Libby. Levi Martin. 

Bea Vice shun Niudds Ra IN. Pettee: 

E. S. Rowell. D. B. Sanborn. D. F. Sanborn. 

L. W. Simonds. N. P. Stuehour. Blaisdell Sweatt. 
S. J. Sweatt. F. L. Tandy. E. G. Towle. 


COMPANY I—26. 


C. §. Annis. W. G. Brown. Alonzo Chase. 

Joseph Cowen. David Cross. J. M. Danforth. 
Thomas Flood. G. W. Greenleaf. Matthais Greiser. 
¢. D. Hall. G. W. Harvey. John Hilton. 

G H. Lyman. J. D. McConnell. ©. F. Morey. 
Francis McDowell Joseph Raney. J. O. Sanborn, 
Hiram Varney. T. C. Weeks. Marshall Wells. 

J. F. Wheeler. George Wilding. Charles Williams. 
H. W. Winkley. W. H. H. Young. 


COMPANY K—36. 


J. C. Abbott. Albert Atwood. J. J. Bagley. 

J. W. Bailey. J. W. Barker. Robert Clayton. 
Thos. Dissmore. C. E. Estey. H. P. Estey. 
George Evans. J. R. Everett. James Fitzsimmons. 
F. A. Garland. Daniel Goodwin. J. E. Hanscom. 
Beletson Hoffman. Charles Hunter. J. G. Johnson. 
H. TY. Kan. W. B. Knight. J. S. Manlove. 

I. W. Martin. Nathaniel Mason. G. H. McCombe. 
E. P. Moore. C. H. Morrison. M. M. Myrick. 

N. J. Pierce. J. C. Salesbury. William Sherer. 
Benj. Shipley. H. S. Streeter. H. M. Weed. 
Lorenzo Wight. J. A. Wyckoff. Parley S. Young. 


238 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


TWO HUNDRED AND TWO OFFICERS AND MEN WHO 
SERVED IN THE FOURTH REGIMENT THROUGH 
ITS ENTIRE HISTORY. 


(Arranged by Companies, Each Man in His Original Company 
With Highest Rank Held While in the Service.) 


COMPANY A. 
John H. Roberts, Captain. Eben H. Pierce, Corpl. 
Louis McD. Hussey, Captain. John S. Runnals, Corpl. 
Joseph Wingate, Ist Lieut. Dennis Sullivan, Corpl. 
Stephen T. Hall, tst Sergt. James L. Boyle, Private. 
Jacob E. W. Aspinwall, Charles H. Clay, Private. 
Franklin Hayes, Sergt. Jeremiah H. Colbath, Private. 
George H. Meserve, Sergt. Charles B. Hanson, Private. 
Levi Bean, Corpl. Charles Hurd, Private. 
George W. Hurd, Corpl. Bartholomew Willey, Private. 
John D. Mahoney, Corpl. David A. Witham, Private. 


Thirteen of the twenty are dead. Wingate, Meserve, Bean, 
Hurd, Pierce, Boyle, and Willey survive. 


COMPANY B. 
George F. Towle, Major. Patrick Doyle, Corpl. 
Meonard “Al Gay, tst Lieut: Charles R. Brackett, Musc. 
Hosea B. Lary, Sergt. John Gray, Private. 
George D. Jones, Sergt. William W. Hawkins, Private. 
Charles H. Perkins, Corpl. George A. Marden, Private. 
Hollis W. Tinker, Corpl. David Sarchfield, Private. 


Eight of the twelve are dead. Gay, Lary, Jones, and Brackett 
survive. 


COMPANY C. 


Eleazor L. Sarsons, Captain. David H. Burge, Private. 
Abel F. Gutterson, 1st Sergt. William G. Burke, Private. 


William H. Martin, Corpl. Orin T. Dodge, Private. 
Jackson Dustin, Corpl. Charles Joselyn, Private. 
John Balch, Private. Patrick O’Brien, Private. 
George P. Brown, Private. David C. Owen, Private. 


Amos F. Spaulding, Private. 


Nine of the thirteen are dead. Sarsons, Gutterson, Burge and 
Dodge survive. 


Fourth Regument New Hampshire Volunteers. 
COMPANY D. 


Abner L. Knowlton, Captain. Orrin G. Seward, Corpl. 
Timothy W. Challis, Adjutant. Augustus M. Smith, Corpl. 
Samuel H. Prescott, Ist Lieut. Daniel Sullivan, Corpl. 
Lewis H. Cheney, Com. Sergt. James Ellis, Private. 

Daniel S. Millet, rst Sergt. Solomon N. Leavitt, Private. 
Jackson H. Lawrence, Sergt. John G. Lovejoy, Private. 
Albert F. Paige, Sergt. Augustus Miller, Private. 
Albert S. Randall, Sergt. James Miller, Private. 
William E. Smith, Sergt. John H. Moses, Private. 
Walter R. Billings, Corpl. Addison A. Parker, Private. 
Charles E. Hurd, Corpl. Frank Pickering, Private. 
Asa F. Paige, Corpl. Sylvester Pickering, Private. 
Alphonso Rollins, Corpl. Patrick H. Rowen, Private. 


Sixteen of the 26 are dead. 
Paige, Rollins, Sullivan, Ellis, Leavitt, and Lovejoy survive. 


COMPANY E. 


Francis W. Parker, Lieut.-Col. George W. Williams, Corpl. 
Edwin Whitford, Captain. John Lynch, Corpl. 
Charles M. Whiting, 1st Lieut. Frank Matthews, Corpl. 
John G. Hutchinson, 1st Sergt. James M. Dickey, Corpl. 
Robert Hume, Sergt. Charles A. Newton, Musc. 
Charles H. Williams, Sergt. Owen Corrigan, Private. 
Thomas S. Burns, Sergt. John Fallon, Private. 
Edward O. Hill, Corpl. Herman Greager, Private. 
Charles H. Fullerton, Corpl. Aaron Y. Hackett, Private. 
William H. Webster, Corpl. Horace G. Heath, Private. 
Emery Wyman, Corpl. Lyman Wyman, Private. 
Woodbury Wyman, Private. 


Fifteen of the twenty-three are dead. 
Wyman, Matthews, Dickey, Newton, and Greager survive. 


COMPANY F. 


David P. Dearborn, Surgeon. James S. Perkins, Corpl. 
Lorenzo D, Huntress, 1st Lieut.George H. Robinson, Corpl. 


Hiram Hurd, Ist Sergt. 
Albert F. Kent, Prin. Musc. 
Eustus Mellen, Sergt. 


Henry A. Spencer, Corpl. 
Anson E. Hall, Private. 
Alonzo C. Johnson, Private. 


Solomon B. G. Parsons, Sergt. Alonzo Knox, Private. 


Thomas W. Torrey, Seregt. 


George J. Lord, Private. 


239 


Prescott, Paige, Randall, Smith, 


Hutchinson, Burns, Hill, 


240 


Jacob Wentworth, Sergt. 
William H. Colomy, Corpl. 
John Hanson, Corpl. 

Samuel Hillard, Corpl. 
Augustus E. Hodges, Corpl. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Ambrose Madden, Private. 
John B. Remick, Private. 
Charles F. Richards, Private. 
Joseph B. Richards, Private. 
Charles E. Robinson, Private. 


William G. Short, Private. 


Fourteen of the twenty-five are dead. Huntress, Hurd, Parsons, 


Wentworth, Colomy, Hanson, 


Spencer, Hall, Knox, Lord, and 


Remick survive. The last named the oldest survivor of the Regi- 


ment. 


COMPANY G. 


Patrick Dowd, 2d Lieut. 
Benjamin F. Fogg, 2d Lieut. 
Charles T. Marden, Ist Sergt. 
Zebina N. Annis, Seregt. 
Lyford Hunt, Sergt. 

Nelson Richards, Sergt. 
Charlec P. Gleason, Corpl. 
Richard Smith, Corpl. 

Patrick Conway, Corpl. 
Thomas J. Galvin, Musc. 


Patrick Broderick, Private. 
Amos W. Brown, Private. 
Terrance Frawley, Private. 
Lawrence Hern, Private. 
Lucius B. Legg, Private. 
Michael Madden, Private. 
Charles C. Marsh, Private. 
John Pickett, Private. 
Dana Runnals, Private. 
Daniel Sullivan, Private. 


George W. Whitehouse, Private. 


Seventeen of the twenty-one are dead. 


and Conway survive. 


Dowd, Marden, Annis, 


COMPANY H. 


George F, Quimby, Captain. 
Matthew Adams, Captain. 
James F. Gilpatrick, 2d Lieut. 
John E. Austin, 1st Sergt. 
John Bresnahan, Sergt. 
Frank Brigham, Sergt. 

John C. Smith, Sergt. 
Charles C. Foster, Corpl. 


Hiram B. Foster, Corpl. 
Samuel D. Mackries, Corpl. 
William J. Bodwell, Private. 
William Brannon, Private. 
Solomon C. Bumford, Private. 
Daniel Davis, Private. 
George H. Emerson, Private. 
James McDermott, Private. 


Arthur L. Smith, Private. 


Fourteen of the 
Smith survive. 


seventeen 


are dead. 


Brigham, Bodwell and 


Bart Eb: 


a 


peoM MUSTER-OUT TO, FIFTIETH 
ANNIVERSARY. 


INCLUDING DIARIES OF COMRADES, LETTERS, REMINISCENCES, 
REUNIONS, ETC. 


Thank God the bloody days are past, 
Our patient hopes are crowned at last, 
And sounds of bugle, drum, and fife 

But lead our heroes home from strife! 


Thank God there beams o’er land and sea 
Our blazing Star of Victory; 

And everywhere, from main to main, 

The old flag flies and rules again! 


Thank God, O dark and trodden race, 
Your Lord no longer veils His face, 
But through the clouds and woes of fight 
Shines on your souls a brighter light! 


Thank God we see, on every hand, 

Breast-high the rip’ning grain-crops stand; 

The orchards bend, the herds increase, 

But O, thank God! thank God for Peace! 
—George H. Boker. 


FROM MUSTER-OUT TO FIFTIETH 
ANNIVERSARY. 


September 3, 1865, was the first full day after the disband- 
ment of the Fourth Regiment as a military organization that 
all its members had become citizens by general order of the war 
department. The coat of blue lad been exchanged for the citi- 
zens’ garb, comrades had scattered to their homes, some to make 
new homes in the Far West. Never again was its entire mem- 
bership to be together. Forty-six years have passed away, and 
one ‘by one, as the years roll on, our numbers have grown less, and 
many times we have been called together in spirit, if not in per- 
son, to pay our last tribute of respect to our comrades of the 
war. “The present, full of the cares and pleasures of civil life, 
fades away, and we look back to the time when, shoulder to 
shoulder on bloody battlefields, we fought for the dear old 
flag”; and now we realize that only a remnant of the boys are 
left to enjoy our reunions. As we trace the way from our mus- 
ter-out to our fiftieth anniversary, September 27, 1911, we shall 
tarry to record the names of the departed comrades and inter- 
esting events that have occurred. Papers will be given by differ- 
ent comrades; many will be omitted that have been lost or mis- 
laid. 

September 14, 1865, the New Hampshire Historical Society 
held a memorial service in honor of Col. Louis Bell, who was 
killed in battle. An address was made by John Bell Bouton, 
which was published in full and is republished here to do honor 
to one of our fallen heroes who richly deserves the best we can 
do to honor his memory. 


A MEMOIR OF COLONEL LOUIS BELL. 


By THE LATE JOHN BELL BOUTON. 


“Into the Silent Land, 
To you, ye boundless regions 
Of all perfection! Tender morning visions 
Of beauteous souls, the Future’s pledge and band! 
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand 
Shall bear Hope’s tender blossoms 
Into the Silent Land! 


sO band | s@meand! 

For all the broken-hearted! 

The mildest herald by our fate allotted 
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stana 
To lead us with a gentle hand 

Into the land of the great departed, 

Into the Silent Land! 


The death of General Louis Bell, one of the youngest and 
most promising members of the New Hampshire Historical Soci- 
ety, is an event which may properly be noticed at this annual 
meeting. On this fair autumn day, when all the air is full of 
the peace which he died to bring, the Muse of History would be 
ungrateful if she did not pause to meditate for a brief time upon 
the teachings of his useful and honorable life. For this work, 
among the rest, were historical societies ordained; that they 
might place upon lasting record that story of the past, which is 
told by brave and noble deeds, as well as by exhumed relies and 
strangely discovered books and manuscripts. The future his- 
torian who shall seek to know, and be proud to tell, of the part 
which New Hampshire took, and the costly sacrifices which she 
made, in defending her birthright in the union of these states, 
should not be left to grope blindly among our archives for the 


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evidence. The short biographical sketch which is here pre- 
sented of one of her gallant sons, will, we trust, be followed by 
other contributions of a similar character, until the memories 
of all our patriot boys, the last pulsations of whose hearts are 
now felt in the veins of the revivified Union, shall have been 
enshrined and hallowed here. 

Louis Bell was the youngest .son of the late Governor Samuel 
Bell, and his second wife, Lucy, and was born at Chester, N. H., 
March 8, 1837. Among his elder brothers were the late Dr. 
Luther V. Bell, who resigned the honors and profits of his pro- 
fession that he might contribute his unrivaled skill to the care 
of our sick and wounded soldiers, and died from overwork and 
exposure in the service; the late Senator James Bell, the emi- 
nent lawyer and honest legislator; and ex-Chief Justice Bell 
(the oldest of the family, and still living), whose learned and 
upright decisions upon questions of the highest legal import 
have enriched the jurisprudence of this state for a period of 
fourteen years. Surrounded by men of such an antique mould 
of virtue and probity, and watched over by a loving and pious 
mother, the good natural disposition of the boy early imbibed 
the loftiest sentiments of religion and honor. To such a youth, 
reared in such an atmosphere, the love of justice, the fearless 
assertion and defense of truth, and an uncompromising patri- 
otism, were as much a part of his being as the blood that cir- 
culated in his veins, and could be lost only with his life. 

In him the adage, “The child is father to the man,” was aptly 
illustrated. Those who studied and played with him at the 
academies of Derry and Gilford, and who knew him during his 
precocious career at Brown University, saw in him precisely the 
same traits of character which, in the flush of his young man- 
hood, won the confidence and love of brigades, and carried the 
standard of his country to victory whenever victory was possi- 
ble, or philosophically accepted a reverse whenever that was a 
part of the providential chastisement and education. 

At college, where Louis first came into competition with large 
numbers of young men, he soon took a high rank in the vari- 
ous branches of study. But it was in the natural sciences, and 


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specially in chemistry, that he attained a marked excellence. 
For original chemical investigations he had a decided talent; 
and among the stores of mementoes which surviving relatives 
and friends now contemplate with fond regret, is a collection of 
small vials containing the crystallized results of his enthusiastic 
researches among the mysteries of nature. Nothing but the 
most complete analysis satisfied his inquiring mind, and he 
would spend whole days and nights isolating and recombining 
the elements by the aid of retort and crucible. Had he followed 
the calling of a chemist, he would undoubtedly have contributed 
a large share to the practical benefits which mankind is deriy- 
ing from the marvelous discoveries of the age. His attainments 
in chemistry, though not shaping his future career of usefulness, 
were not wholly lost to the country; for, years afterwards, they 
rained down upon the city of Charleston in the form of a novel 
and inextinguishable fire, of which some further account will 
be given in the proper chronological place. Geology, mineral- 
ogy, zodlogy, botany, also received their share of the young stu- 
dent’s attention at college, and more practically by the explora- 
tion of mountains, forests, and fields during his vacations. There 
were few persons who had so good a general knowledge of the 
rocks and the fauna and flora of New Hampshire as Louis Bell 
before his eighteenth year. 

His strong constitution, powerful frame, clear correct eye, and 
dexterous hand, made all sorts of athletic sports easy to him, 
Riding horseback, swimming, jumping, fencing, shooting, he 
excelled in. Things like these, which some men find hard to do, 
were to him a second nature; and now that we can judge of them 
by the light of results, are not to be despised as a portion of 
the education, though not exactly in the regular course, which 
was fitting him for the part he was to play in the salvation of 
his country. 

He had an innate taste for military life, not because of the 
inglorious ease which it promised, at a time when the nation 
was happily at peace with itself and all the world, but because 
it offered to him the future possibility of a sphere for his pecu- 
liar combination of talents. Before he went to college he wished 


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to go to West Point, and importuned, without success, the aid 
of several persons influential with the government. After he 
left college and entered upon the study of the law, with a view 
to following it as a profession, his boyish love for the army rose 
in rebellion, and he applied to President Pierce for a commis- 
sion in a new regiment in which it was understood that some 
of the appointments would be made from civil life. Hoping and 
expecting to receive a lieutenant’s commission, he devoted much 
study to military subjects, and laid away a mass of knowledge 
which stood him in good service in unexpected times and places. 
But his age (nineteen years) was deemed an objection, and the 
coveted prize was not obtained, a disappointment which Louis 
felt keenly at the time, and was accustomed to allude to regret- 
fully when, in after years, he thought that he saw how much 
more skill he might have brought to the service of his country. 
Making up his mind that the army was not to be his sphere of 
usefulness, he betook himself to the law with zeal and ardor. 
Opening an office in Farmington, N. H., in 1857, he soon began 
to make his mark as a counselor and advocate. In 1859 he 
was appointed justice of the police court for that town, and, in 
1861, solicitor for the county of Strafford; and during that time 
held the office of brigade judge advocate, with the rank of major. 
His revival of the old action of detinue, which had generally 
been regarded as obsolete, and its confirmation by the highest 
court in the state, furnished an illustration of his original and 
independent turn of thought. He was held in high esteem by 
all his professional brethren with whom he came in contact. 

On the 8th of June, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary Anne 
P. Bouton, third daughter of Rev. Dr. Bouton, of Concord. 

President Lincoln’s call for seventy-five thousand volunteers, 
in April, 1861, roused Louis Bell from a dream of domestic hap- 
pimess. To him, as to many another chivalric young man, the 
honor and glory of his country were more than home, fortune, 
wife, life itself. He hastened to offer his services in any capac- 
ity to Governor Goodwin, and was appointed captain of Company 
A of the First New Hampshire Regiment of Infantry. ‘The 
regiment was rapidly organized, admirably equipped, and left 


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Concord, amid the blessings and Godspeeds of the people, May 
25, 1861, arriving three days after at the capital, which was 
then threatened by a powerful force of rebels. After remaining 
a short time at Washington, the regiment was placed in a brigade 
with the First District of Columbia and a New York regiment, 
and put under command of Col. Charles P. Stone, U. 8. A. (now 
Brigadier-General Stone, U. 8. V.), for the purpose of picketing 
the left bank of the Potomac, and connecting the army of Mc- 
Dowell at Washington with that of Patterson at Harper’s Ferry. 
The First New Hampshire occupied the middle of the line, and 
Company A was stationed most of the time at Coonrod’s Ferry. 
The enemy had a few troops, with two six-pounders, on the 
Virginia side, and occasionally sent an iron compliment across 
the river, which was always cordially responded to by a sharp 
musketry fire. Captain Bell, for the protection and comfort of 
his men, built a small field work, which was afterward enlarged, 
and was occupied as late as 1864, and then known by the official 
name of Fort Bell. 

The First New Hampshire returned to Concord August 5, hay- 
ing been engaged in no important action during its three 
months’ term. A new regiment, the Fourth, was at once raised 
(at Manchester), of which Thomas J. Whipple was made colonel, 
and Louis Bell lieutenant colonel. 

While the regiment was in barracks at Manchester an incident 
occurred worthy of record, as illustrating Bell’s remarkable 
presence of mind and resources in difficulties. In company with 
Mrs. J. G. Cilley, of Manchester, and Miss Sarah C. Bouton, of 
Concord (sisters of his wife), he made an excursion to Massabesic 
lake. A sail on the smooth water was a pastime that naturally 
suggested itself, and one in which the ladies felt perfectly safe, 
trusting to Bell’s nautical skill. In the midst of their pleasant 
cruise, when about half a mile from the shore, a treacherous flaw 
of wind peculiar to Massabesic struck the little craft and capsized 
it, throwing the voyagers into the water. The accident, fright- 
ful and unexpected, did not find Bell unprepared. His wits were 
always at his fingers’ ends. His first attention was to his com- 
panions, whom he caught as they were going down the second 


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time, and placed their hands upon the edge of the boat which lay: 
upon its side partly filled with water. Confident that he could 
save them, they were not much alarmed and clung tightly to the 
boat. He then succeeded in cutting away the rigging, righted the 
boat, and placed the ladies init. "The boat was nearly filled with 
water, and there were no sufficient means of bailing it out. ‘The 
wind was still high, and the waves were dashing their spray over 
the gunwale. No relief was in sight. Bell saw that his only 
hope of safety was in swimming at the stern and pushing the’ 
boat to the shore. Handing to one of the ladies his knife, he 
told her to cut his coat off from him, as that hindered the free- 
dom of his movements. This was quickly done, and Bell then 
commenced to perform his novel part of propeller. Steadily, 
though slowly, he pushed the boat along, laughing and joking 
the while, as if it were the best sport of the day, until his feet 
touched bottom—a moment which he often spoke of as one of 
the happiest of his life. This is but one example out of many 
which his friends could narrate of his entire self- -poise and mas- 
tery in scenes of danger. 

The Fourth Regiment left Manchester September 27, 1861, 
and sailed in the expedition against Hilton Head and Beaufort, 
8. C., near the close of October, and was stationed at Beaufort 
during the winter. Lieutenant-Colonel Bell’s abilities as an ex- 
ecutive officer soon won the recognition of Gen. T. W. Sherman, 
then conducting the operations against Charleston. Bell was 
surprised one morning by a summons from the general (with 
whom he had no acquaintance), and the appointment of inspec- 
tor general and chief of Sherman’s staff. During his stay at 
that post he filled the office to the complete satisfaction of the 
general and of all the troops in the department. 

In December, 1861, General Sherman placed him in command 
of a small light-draught steamboat belonging to the quartermas- 
ter’s department, and sent him on a water scout around Port 
Royal Island, upon which Beaufort is situated. The rebels at 
that time held the shore of the “river,” as it was called. The 
steamboat carried twenty-five or thirty men and one fieldpiece. 
As they neared Port Royal Ferry, where the river is not more 


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than a quarter of a mile wide, a squad of rebels jumped up from 
a concealed work, rapidly shoveled the earth out of the embras- 
ures of a masked battery, and opened fire on the boat. Their 
aim was poor, for they hulled the boat only once, wounding two 
men, of whom Louis was one, he having his leg cut by a splinter. 
The boat soon got out of range and returned to Beaufort. In 
his report of the affair to General Sherman, Bell remarked that 
one of the rebel guns was an eight-inch Columbiad, as he inferred 
from the sound of the shot. The general pooh-poohed at this, 
such guns not being supposed to be in possession of the rebels in 
that department. But when the little earthwork was captured, 
a week or two afterwards, sure enough an eight-inch Columbiad 
was found among its armament. 

Upon the resignation of Colonel Whipple, Bell succeeded to 
the command of the Fourth New Hampshire, and was commis- 
sioned as colonel, March 18, 1862. 

In April of that year the government sent a naval expedition, 
with Colonel Bell and his regiment, to occupy the fortified town 
of St. Augustine, Fla. ‘The expedition was a success, no resist- 
ance being offered by the enemy, and the inhabitants apparently 
acquiescing in the presence of the National troops. Colonel Bell 
was placed in command of the post. Anticipating an attack 
upon the principal fort, he at once put it in a thorough state of 
defense. Among other means employed was a kind of hand- 
grenade of his own invention, made of a heavy shell, loaded and 
arranged so that when thrown from the ramparts it would ex- 
plode near the ground. The explosion was effected by a string 
of the proper length, one end of which was attached to the top 
of the ramparts and the other to a friction primer wedged into 
the fuse-hole of the shell. Being thrown over, the weight of the 
shell would draw the primer as it is ordinarily done in firing a 
cannon, and explode it. He exercised the garrison in the use of 
heavy guns, and was himself very skillful in pointing them. On 
one occasion he cut off the mast of a rebel schooner at the dis- 
tance of two thousand yards with a single thirty-two-pound shot, 
firing at that part particularly. He organized and equipped one 
company of his regiment as cavalry, and patrolled the neighbor- 


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hood of the town to keep off guerrillas and bushwhackers. Colo- 
nel Bell’s administration, firm yet mild, was so satisfactory to 
the people of St. Augustine that when he was recalled from the 
post by order of General Hunter (who succeeded Sherman), a 
number of the most respectable and influential inhabitants united 
in sending him a letter expressive of their gratification at the 
manner in which he had performed his arduous duties, and their 
regret at his unexpected departure. 

Colonel Bell was relieved from his command for an alleged 
violation of one of the government’s numerous orders, then 
beginning to be issued, on the slavery question. An examination 
of all the facts of the case—for which space could not be afforded 
here—shows that the colonel was entirely innocent of any breach 
of the order, either in letter or spirit; and that General Hunter 
acted in the matter upon insufficient information, and without 
that reflection and judgment the exercise of which in this’ and 
other weightier affairs would probably have saved himself from 
the humiliation of a recall by the government in September, 
1862. General Brannan, a skillful and judicious officer, suc- 
ceeded Hunter, and immediately restored Colonel Bell to the 
regiment which had lamented his absence and enthusiastically. 
hailed his return. 

Colonel Bell’s regiment took part in the expedition to Poco- 
taligo, near the head of Broad river, in October, 1862, designed 
to cut the railroad from Savannah to Charleston. The enemy 
were met in great force, and, after a short contest, the patriot 
troops were compelled to retire. The Fourth New Hampshire 
lost about thirty men, killed and wounded. On their retreat to 
the gunboats they acted as the rear guard. In this fight, which 
was the first pitched battle that the regiment as an organization 
had been engaged in, Bell received a severe bruise from a splin- 
ter knocked off a tree by a cannon ball. 

Both in personal appearance and manners, and in his relations 
to his men, Colonel Bell was the beau ideal of a general officer. 
Standing six feet two inches in height, perfectly straight, 
strongly and compactly built, full of power and grace, he looked 
like one born to command. His dignified and manly port was 


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entirely natural to him. The vice of affectation he profoundly 
detested. False pretence, or any form of lie, was impossible to 
him. His standard of military proficiency was high, and he 
insisted that the men of his regiment, and of his brigade, when 
he came to command one, should excel, in every thing that be- 
comes a soldier. His regulations were strict, but at the same 
time reasonable. But as he was always prepared to sacrifice all 
things to discipline and duty, he expected his soldiers to do the 
same. 

His attitude to the men of the Fourth New Hampshire was 
solicitous, affectionate, almost paternal. While he would not 
swerve an inch from the line of duty, his sense of justice was 
strong within him, and no man was condemned without a fair 
hearing. To cases of suffering and sorrow his heart was as ten- 
der asa woman’s. He not only forgave readily out of the fulness 
of his compassion, but was liberal in his bounty to those whose 
follies or graver faults would have received chastisement from a 
sterner commander. He often supplied them with money from 
his private means, when the regiment was not regularly paid off. 
He also conducted an extensive correspondence with the relatives 
and friends of his soldiers, and was ever prompt to give all the 
information in his power about the death, wounding, or capture 
of the men. From respecting him at first, the soldiers came to 
love him afterwards. His judgment they trusted in like chil- 
dren; and wherever he was willing to lead them for the glory of 
the flag, they were eager to follow. 'They knew that he was one 
who looked before leaping, uniting to a wonderful degree a care- 
ful appreciation of difficulties to be overcome, with an indomita- 
ble energy and an iron will to grapple with them at the most 
favorable moment and in the best way. 

When a battle was expected, he was perfectly cool, giving his 
orders with the same calmness and precision as when on drill. 
When the battle was over, and his men were, wearied, his first 
thought was to bivouac them where they would be least exposed 
to the enemy, and most comfortable. For this as for other rea- 
sons, he ever had their love and confidence. 

His exile from his wife, amid the trials and perplexities of the 


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camp, was made endurable by the streams of letters which passed 
between them. Every mail, back and forth, carried the written, 
most secret thoughts.of those loving, entirely sympathetic na- 
tures. On the march or in the camp, mounted or on foot, at 
noonday or att midnight, at all times and in all places, when he 
felt an impulse to talk to his absent one, out came his writing 
materials, and a letter, freighted with love, was hastily dashed 
off for the next mail. His wife, seated in her home, at a window 
looking toward the South, was, at the same time, perhaps, writ- 
ing to him upon whom her thoughts continually centered, filling 
page after page with that gossip of the heart cf which the heart 
that beats in unison with it can never grow weary. This prac- 
tice of constant correspondence with his wife was kept up by 
Louis Bell to the last, and contributed more than anything else 
to reconcile both of them to the pangs of separation. Carefully 
preserved for the eyes of those who are privileged to look upon 
them, are these evidences of untiring solicitude and unutterable 
love. From them only could be obtained a clear idea of the 
abundant goodness and gentleness of that nature which was 
always shy of exhibiting itself to the world. 

Another bond always brought him into close communication 
with his wife, however far they were apart. When he first went 
to the war, she presented him with a pocket copy of the Psalms, 
containing the following inscription: 

October 8, 1861. 

My Own Precious Louts:—May God bless and preserve you, 


give you victory over all evil, and save your precious life, and 
keep you for your child and Mollie, your wife. 


He, in turn, presented her with a duplicate copy of the little 
book, inscribed as follows: 


May all God’s best blessings and promises be given to my own 
blessed wife. May God support her in all trials, and be ever her 
guide and protector, and make our child forever a blessing to us, 
as my wife has been to me, will be the daily prayer of 

WOWMS: 


It was agreed that he was to carry the precious volume in 
his breast pocket, and ‘to read from it six verses every night 


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before retiring, and she was to read the same selection at the 
same hour. ‘This beautiful contract was religiously fulfilled by 
Bell; and often did his fellow officers and soldiers vainly guess 
what treasured book it was that their colonel held in his hand 
and perused so seriously by the smoldering campfire or by the 
dim candle light in his tent. 

Although connected with no church organization, Bell was a 
man of deep religious feelings. The aversion which he always 
entertained to the disclosure of his interior thoughts and emo- 
tions in the presence of strangers, and not any want of faith in 
Christianity, explains his reluctance to join the visible church. 
Under all circumstances his voice and example were on the side 
of religion and morals. The influence of a commanding officer 
upon those who are under him is great, either for good or evil. 
In him the soldiers found no excuse for profanity, gambling, or 
any of the vices which are the besetting sins of camplife. So far 
as the army rules permitted him, he exacted from his men a scru- 
pulous observance of the laws of morality. But in this matter, 
as in all others, he achieved results less by words than by acts. 

In the winter and spring of 1863, Colonel Bell occupied at 
Beaufort, as his regimental headquarters, a fine old mansion, 
last owned by one of the Rhetts. It faced the sea and had 
pleasant garniture of trees and flowers. To this bower, deserted 
by secessionists, he brought his wife and little daughter Marian 
and his cousin, Miss Eliza Nesmith, of Lowell, Mass., and revived 
something of the old graces of homelife which had once sancti- 
fied the dwelling. ‘The wives of other officers were also imported 
from their northern homes into that temperate climate, and 
quite a New Englandish air soon pervaded the lazy old village 
of Beauport. It was a strange episode of the war—the trans- 
planting of the domesticities and refinements of the North into 
the very midst of the Southern tempest. But there were true 
hearts and strong arms ready to shelter and protect those whose 
presence was a delightful reminder to all the soldiers of other 
loving circles far away. Serenades, excursions, picnics, were 
among the orders of the day, so long as ladies were permitted to 
gladden the grim Department of the South. Finally, one day 


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when a course of more active operations was determined upon, an 
order came that broke up these extemporized households, and 
sent home the fairer and tenderer portion of them amidst the 
general regrets of the soldiers, rank and file. 

During his brief vacation in New Hampshire, in 1861; the 
colonel had made many additions to his little store of military 
books, and took with him to South Carolina a valuable, though 
compact, library. Before him in his new field of labor were 
many interesting unsolved problems in the art of war, which 
his ambition, no less than his patriotism, impelled him to master. 
As fast as spare funds accumulated in his hands, he would send 
to New York for treatises (sometimes the rarest and ‘the costli- 
est) in that sphere of knowledge; and it was not long before he 
took a just pride in saying that he had the finest private collec- 
tion of standard military authors in that department. A dili- 
gent study of these works, combined with his natural aptitude 
and daily practice and experience in the actual operations of 
war, fitted him, in the opinion of those who knew him best, for 
a position of much higher responsibility than fortune allotted to 
his share. Most of the volunteer officers confined themselves to 
learning the duties of their particular arm of the service; but 
Bell was familiar with the details of cavalry, artillery, and engi- 
neering, as well as those of infantry. Att different times, as oc- 
casion demanded, he displayed his proficiency in those widely 
distinct branches of military attainment. 

Colonel Bell was placed in command of a brigade consisting of 
the Third and Fourth New Hampshire and Ninth and Eleventh 
Maine regiments—superb fighting material—and took a conspic- 
uous part in ‘the heavy operations on Folly and Morris Islands, 
including the siege of Fort Wagner and the bombardment o* 
Fort Sumter and Charleston. His brigade were almost con- 
stantly under the enemy’s fire, and suffered severely. A por- 
tion of the time he directed the bombardment of Charleston 
with a vigor and effect to which the refugees who nightly came 
within our lines bore witness. There were neither facilities nor 
ingredients at hand to test the colonel’s skill in the concoction 
of a substitute for “Greek Fire” (so called), which had been a 


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failure up to that time. But with such rude apparatus as he 
could command, and such combustible and explosive substances 
as he could gather from ordnance and quartermaster’s stores, he 
succeeded in accomplishing his object. The result of his experi= 
ments was a solid substance, capable of burning for several 
minutes with an intense heat, throwing out large tongues of 
flame, and inextinguishable by water.- This was filled into small 
cylinders of wood or brass, open at one end, and several dozens 
of them were enclosed in bombshells which were dropped from 
their high curving flight into the Palmetto city. The explosion 
of the shells scattered the terrible little firebrands in every direc- 
tion, and never failed (unless the shell exploded prematurely or 
did not burst) to start a lively conflagration. The feasibility of 
burning the lower part of Charleston, had that been seriously 
desired, was now demonstrated; but it soon became evident that 
such was not the earnest wish of the government, and “Greek 
Fire” was abandoned. His mechanical talent, no less than his 
chemical skill, came into play. While at Beaufort, he experi- 
mented extensively with a mortar upon a new combination shell 
fuse, which was designed to overcome several difficulties hither- 
to unsurmounted in shell practice. With fuses made by himself, 
with the assistance of the regimental blacksmith, in a coarse, 
inaccurate way, as he had not the necessary tools to work with, 
he attained a good degree of success. He intended to resume 
his experiments under more favorable auspices at some future 
time, which never came. 

The colonel’s wife and several of his relatives were anxious 
that he should wear breastplates, or an armor of some descrip- 
tion, when engaged in battle or exposed to imminent dangers. 
He laughed at the proposition, but his wife quietly caused the 
purchase in New York of a steel cuirass made of small closely- 
knitted rings, and fitting to the person like an undershirt, and 
also a steel-plated vest, which was at that time worn by many 
officers and privates in the army. ‘The latter was manufactured 
expressly for the colonel, none of the ready-made sizes being 
large enough for his ample chest. These were sent, carefully 
packed, to Beaufort, with the most emphatic admonition that 


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he should wear one or both of them on occasions of peril. The 
colonel might perhaps have been persuaded to put on 'the cuirass, 
or the vest, out of regard to the feelings of his friends, had he 
believed that either of them would turn a minie ball, which was 
the missile most dreaded in the army. Nothing but proof satis- 
fied his analytical mind; and so he set up the armor on a lay 
figure near his tent and tested it with poniard, bayonet, and 
pistol ball (all of which it “turned’’), and finally with the minie, 
which passed through the chains and plates as if they had been 
woolen fabrics. ‘These experiments were tried at short range, 
and did not do justice to either of the inventions, the excellence 
of which (especially of the breastplate) is certified to by many 
army officers of distinction. Minie balls striking the plate at 
an acute angle, even when delivered at short range, were almost 
sure to glance from it. ‘To this fact Bell opposed the assertion, 
which was corroborated by evidence that he had gathered, that 
the ball was apt to glance upward through the chin, or downward 
into the abdomen, inflicting a worse wound than it might have 
made if it had gone through some other portion of the body. 
For these reasons, and because of his heroic indifference to dan- 
ger, he put the armor into his cabinet of curiosities. 

Bell had a taste for historical researches, and an interest in 
collecting and preserving whatever was valuable in that line. 
In the multitude of his labors he did not forget, as most of our 
New Hampshire officers have done, the fact that there was an 
historical society in his native state, and room on its shelves for 
relics of the great rebellion. With an eye to the enrichment 
of the society’s collection of interesting objects, he took pains to 
procure and forward the following articles as presents tu the 
society, in 1863: 

1. A swivel, part of the armament of the old Fort San Marco 
in St. Augustine. 

2. A “wall piece” used on a pirate ship. 

3. A sabre captured from a rebel captain of artillery in the 
expedition against Pocotaligo. 

4. A pair of shackles taken from an escaped slave who came 
into Colonel Bell’s camp at St. Augustine and received his pro- 
tection and bounty. 


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5. The flag raised over the old United States forts (Forts 
Clinch, Fernandina, Florida, and Fort Marion, St. Augustine). 

6. Planking from the United States gunboat “Western 
World,’ showing the ravages made by the teredo in live-oak 
timber in twelve months in southern waters. 

Subsequently, Bell deposited in the society’s rooms: 

7. The flag of surrender on Fort Walker, Port Royal, South 
Carolina, November 7, 1861. 

8. Specimens of his improved “Greek Fire.” 

9. Two picks from Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Caro- 
lina, used by the rebels in defending the ditch of the fort. 

10. A fine collection of rifled shells and other missiles. 

These articles have not only an historical but a pecuniary 
value; and are among the most important contributions made to 
the society by any one person since its organization. Had the 
colonel lived to return from the war, he would have largely in- 
creased his donations. One of the gifts that he was intending 
to make was a complete suit of private’s uniform, including regu- 
lation clothing, shoes, cap, and all the multitude of things that 
a soldier carries about him when fully equipped and laden. 

Previous to the general movement of the armies in May, 1864, 
—that sublime swoop with which the American eagle pounced 
upon the rebellion, and tore its life out—most of the old Tenth 
Corps, originally taken to South Carolina by T, W. Sherman, 
including Bell’s Brigade, went to Fortress Monroe; and when 
Grant commenced his grand overland march against Richmond, 
the Tenth Corps and other troops under command of General 
Butler moved up the James river to Bermuda. There they soon 
found plenty of fighting. On the 9th of May, Bell’s Brigade 
took part in a battle north of Petersburg; on the 15th, in a severe 
engagement near Drewry’s Bluff, on which occasion he tempora- 
rily commanded a division; on the 17th, in the repulse of Beau- 
regard’s desperate attack on our intrenched lines; on the 20th 
and 21st, in repelling similar assaults of the enemy. ‘These on- 
slaughts were made in strong force, with marvelous intrepidity 
and a perfect recklessness as to losses, for the purpose of crush- 
ing Butler before Grant could effect a junction with him, but 


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failed, owing to the superior courage and endurance of the 
National ‘troops. 

When Grant crossed’ the Pamunkey river, a part of Butler’s 
command, including Bell’s Brigade, went by water to the head of 
York river, and marched overland to join the Army of the Poto- 
mac, taking McClellan’s old route. The movement was suc- 
cessful, and on the 30th of May, Grant’s army, thus reénforced, 
fought the terrible battle of Cold Harbor, in which Bell’s’ Bri- 
gade held the left of the line, and was handled with great cool- 
ness. A month of desultory skirmishing followed, when, about 
the last of May, Grant made another of his famous left flank 
movements (this time upon Petersburg). The Tenth Army 
Corps was the first to arrive opposite the Cockade City; and to 
Bell’s Brigade was entrusted the task of carrying two forts by 
assault. This was done in a magnificent manner, the colonel, 
as usual, leading his men, and being among the first to jump 
into the rebel enclosure. A colored brigade, with great gallan- 
try, captured a third fort, near by, at the same time. The rebel 
inmates had surrendered to the negroes, when the latter, remem- 
bering the Fort Pillow massacre (which had, indeed, been in their 
thoughts and on their lips all that day), were about to retaliate 
upon their captives, when Bell mercifully interposed and placed 
a guard of his own men over the prisoners of war for their pro- 
tection. 

Bell’s Brigade was also engaged in the stupid and unfortunate 
“Mine” assault upon the outer fortifications of Petersburg, July 
30, forming the second line of attack. While the first line was 
advancing to the dreadful work, through a storm of canister and 
rifle balls, his brigade were lying flat upon the ground, in the 
position assigned to them, ready to follow up the assault at a 
signal. During this time his men were exposed to ricochetting 
shot from the enemy’s batteries and rifle pits, and a number were 
wounded. The first line, after the advanced portion had gained 
a foothold in the crater of the mine, fell back, and it was in that 
retreat that one of the most sickening slaughters of the war oc- 
eurred. The rebel artillerists and sharpshooters poured death 
into the terrified and confused masses of men. Bell’s Brigade, 


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not having yet received orders ‘to advance or retreat, kept their 
places on the ground, and suffered but little. ‘The panic-stricken 
mob broke through his line, and carried it backward as on the 
crest of a wave. Bell did his best to check the stampede at that 
point and rally the men, but he might as well have tried to stop 
a tornado. The word then came for him to retreat, which he 
did rapidly, but in good order, until his men were out of range. 
It is worthy of record, that Colonel Bell was one of the few of 
the higher commanders, on that occasion, who were not in any 
way censured by the board appointed to investigate the causes of 
the failure. 

We next find him stationed near the Appomattox, in front of 
Petersburg, forming with his brigade an arc in the grand cordon 
which was gradually to be tightened about that city. Sharp- 
shooting and shell practice were constantly kept up on both sides, 
and no place in the neighborhood was safe. The daily number 
of casualties in our army was large. Bell, in the performance of 
his duties, necessarily often exposed himself to the enemy’s fire, 
and was once struck by a spent ball glancing from a tree, and 
also received several bullets through loose parts of his clothing. 

Butler’s troops recrossed the James river, and Bell’s Brigade 
were engaged in most of the fights, gallant but unsuccessful, 
which there took place for the object of enticing the bulk of 
Lee’s army from the front of Petersburg, and dashing into Rich- 
mond if the chance offered. How and why all these efforts 
failed the country now knows. 

On the afternoon of the 29th of September, when the lines 
were first established along the north side of the James—the 
enemy having been driven back in the early part of the day—it 
was decided to push forward the advantage thus gained, and 
Bell’s Brigade were ordered to charge a heavy and important 
rebel work, known as Fort Gilmer. In front of the fort, strewn 
over a space of nearly half a mile, was fallen timber. Behind 
this bristled two lines of abatis; on either side were formidable 
batteries. Of all these perils the brigade knew nothing, or, if 
they did know them, did not shrink from their duty. On pressed 
the colonel and his brave men, picking their way over the pros- 


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trate trees, their numbers fast thinning out under a galling fire, 
until they reached the abatis, when it became evident that to 
proceed further would involve the slaughter of the entire brig- 
ade. He then promptly gave the order to retreat, and brought 
back the remnant of his command to their starting point. The 
colonel’s own good judgment had been against this movement 
as incurring an unnecessary waste of life, and as he remarked 
the gaps in his ranks his eyes filled with tears. After this affair 
the brigade of four regiments actually numbered less than one 
full regiment. 

On the 27th of October an important demonstration was made 
against the enemy’s right. In this Bell’s Brigade participated. 
The colonel placed all his old soldiers in the skirmish line, and 
held his undisciplined troops in reserve. During the afternoon 
an order came to advance his lines; and the colonel, after a care- 
ful reconnoissance of the enemy’s works in person, returned 
word to General Terry that if he would send him a few old sol- 
diers as a reserve, to be substituted for the untrained men, he 
(the colonel) would rout the enemy and hold his advance. The 
veterans were promptly supplied, and the colonel made good his 
promise in a few minutes of sharp fighting. After the engage- 
ment Bell was warmly complimented for his good judgment and 
courage by the commanding general. 

Then came the expedition against Wilmington, and the dis- 
heartening failure of the first attack on Fort Fisher, the humilia- 
tion of which was keenly felt by Colonel Bell. In vain had he 
asked permission to assault the fort with his single brigade, confi- 
dent that he could have carried it. Information received by 
the commanding officer of the expedition, after the withdrawal 
of the troops, proved that Bell was right. Had his gallant offer 
been accepted, there is little doubt that the fort could have been 
taken with a slight loss, and we might have shaken our brother 
by the hand at this anniversary meeting instead of uniting in a 
tribute to his memory. The following extracts from a letter to 
his wife, written about this time, exhibit the degree of courage 
which he would have carried into the fight, and also reveal the 
exalted sentiments of patriotism which habitually animated him. 


He wrote: 


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5 . God knows I will not shrink from any necessary danger. 
If I live through the conflict I will live far more for my wife and 
children than for myself. If I die, do not forget, my own precious 
wife, that I die in defense of our country. Teach our children to 
die for it, if need be, and to regard death with it as far beyond 
life without it, be that life surrounded with however many bless- 
ings. Teach our children, darling Mollie, that liberty and free- 
dom are first freedom for all, and that for it we are bound to lay 
down our lives. Should I be killed, do not mourn me, precious 
wife. Let me be as one absent, soon to’ return, and while away 
gaining a history that will be remembered while history lives. 
Let me be buried near my father, and have carved on the north- 
easterly side of my father’s monument a broken sword and this 
inscription: (My name and title), “killed in battle’ (date and 
place), “aged” (— years), “fighting for the union of his country.” 
Let me be buried in uniform with my sabre resting on my breast. 
My last thought will be for the future of our children, and for 
the happiness of my own precious, darling wife, my own loved 
Mollie. 
LOUIS: 


Alas! that these mournful presentiments should have come . 
true at last. 

In a letter relative to 'the failure, Bell calls it the “Great Wil- 
mington Fizzle,” and says, with trenchant sarcasm, “My brigade 
and one other, Curtis’s, were the only troops landed, and we to k 
a look at Fort Fisher, and reémbarked. Our whole loss was four- 
teen men wounded—not one of them mortally.” 

The army and the people shared in the view of the first Wil- 
mington expedition so curtly expressed in the colonel’s epithet. 
When the order came for the second expedition, and the same 
troops were chosen for the redemption of their own and the coun- 
try’s honor, they responded with cheerful alacrity. Bell was 
lifted by the order out of the slough of despondency into which 
he had fallen. Always happy at the prospect of active service, 
he was peculiarly delighted at this opportunity of wiping out a 
stigma on a brigade which had never before smarted under dis- 
grace. 

It is not the purpose of this brief memoir to give anything 
like a detailed history of movements and battles, except so far 
as they serve as a background for the man whose death we 


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lament. Passing over, therefore, the story of the second expedi- 
tion, from the time of its departure to that of the landing of the 
troops (Saturday, January 14) on the beach, about half a mile 
north of Fort Fisher, under the cover of a heavy bombardment 
from our gunboats, we find Colonel Bell, cool, cheerful, setting 
a good example of courage and patience to his men, as he always 
did. He knew that he was to be among the foremost, a tall 
wide-breasted mark for the rebel sharpshooters, and that the 
enemy, having now been reénforced, would make a desperate 
resistance. But this thought did not drive the habitual smile 
from his lips or give a gloomy seasoning to his conversation. 
As he stepped upon the sandy beach, his eye, always on the 
alert for natural curiosities, espied a beautiful piece of white 
coral. He picked it up and dropped it into his pocket, saying 
to his adjutant, Lieutenant Sandford, “This will do for my little 
daughter.” 

That night the troops rested on the sand, behind hastily-con- 
structed breastworks, forming a line across \the narrow penin- 
sula. To veteran soldiers like those, there was nothing terrible 
in the prospect of the death grapple which was to take place on 
the following day. Officers and men talked as gayly and slept 
as sweetly as ever. Many of 'them, not unthoughtful of the 
possibilities of the morrow, scrawled brief letters to mother, wife, 
sister—words that death might render forever precious, because 
they were their last. Colonel Bell, sitting on the beach that 
night, with no tent to cover him, undistinguishable, except by 
the eagles upon his shoulders, from the thousands of gallant 
fellows who reclined upon the sand, smoking ‘their pipes and 
chatting low and pleasantly, pencilled upon his knee, by the light 
of the campfire, a note to his wife. Such a note, so overrunning 
with love, so full of the deepest heart-thoughts of the doating 
husband and father, it would be almost a profanation for others 
to read. There is no shade of anxiety in it, nor any allusion ts 
the perils that were overhanging him. Love, home, and a happy 
future were its only topics. 

The assault, which had been preluded by a bombardment of 
thirty-six hours from the gunboats, was made about 3 P. M. on 


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the 15th. The storming column of marines and sailors, as brave 
men as ever rushed into the jaws of death, had been beaten back 
with dreadful losses from the sea front. With the troops of 
Ames’s Division of the old Tenth Corps rested the fate of the 
fortress and tthe honors of the day. The disposition of the 
assaulting force was as follows: Bell’s Brigade, then consisting 
of the Fourth New Hampshire, One Hundred and Fifteenth 
New York, Thirteenth Indiana, and One Hundred and Sixty- 
ninth New York, were marching by the right flank from the sea- 
side to the road or causeway leading from the fort; Pennypack- 
er’s Brigade were on their right in advance, in motion; and Cur- 
tis’s Brigade on the extreme right, also in motion, enjoying the 
advantages of slight irregularities of ground. Abbot’s Brigade 
constituted the reserve. 

Bell’s Brigade formed the third line of attack, and were not 
to move except upon a signal from General Ames, as agreed 
upon at a consultation between Terry, Ames, and Bell. The 
colonel, with a ramrod in his hand as a walking stick, had led 
his brigade to battle from \their camping ground, and after reach- 
ing the position assigned him, awaited the signal. The advance 
troops were already heavily engaged. General Ames had ridden 
close up to the fort, and was obscured from view by the artil- 
lery smoke. No signal from him could be visible. But soon, 
above the battle clouds, appeared the stars and stripes floating 
from the second traverse of the fort. Seeing this, Bell turned 
to General Terry, and asked if he should not move to the attack. 
The general assented. 

“Forward! Double-quick!” 

The soldiers advanced with close front rapidly, bearing their 
regimental colors aloft, exposed to a terrible fire from the sharp- 
shooters who lined the parapets of the fort. Colonel Bell, as 
was his wont in.making charges, was in advance of his men. 
His eye was watchful along the column, to detect any faltering 
or flagging. Ait one moment, owing to some inequality of the 
ground, a small portion of the line, he thought, had fallen a lit- 
tle behind, and he despatched an aid to have it straightened out. 
This done, his face glowed with pride, and he said to one of his 


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staff officers, “How well the brigade are coming on under so 
severe a fire!” 

As the brigade, pressing on with resistless valor, neared the 
fort, and were about to cross the slight bridge which covered the 
ditch in front of it, the colonel, who was at that moment on 
the bridge, received his fatal bullet from a sharpshooter who 
lay crouching on the top of the embankment, which rose at a 
sharp angle fifty feet in height before them. ‘The shot was a 
plunging one, striking the colonel in the left breast, and pass- 
ing out in the lower part of the back. He fell to the ground, 
saying as he did so to his adjutant, Lieutenant Sandford, who 
was at his elbow, “My arm is broken.” But that officer, who had 
heard the bullet as it struck, was confident that it had passed 
through ‘the colonel’s body, and a glance at the prostrate form 
discovered the rent in his coat. Several officers and privates im- 
mediately left the ranks to attend to their fallen commander. 
The others cast back looks of sympathy and pity for the man 
whom they so deeply loved, and then rushed on to victory—their 
colonel’s eyes following them with hope and pride, forgetful of 
himself. 

As the men gathered about him to raise him from the ground, 
he said, “Lift me up a little, if you please,” with the same cour- 
tesy which he always used in addressing others. He was then 
borne slowly to the rear, and laid down on ‘the grass until a 
stretcher could be procured. 

Dr. Dearborn, surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire, was by 
the colonel’s side as soon as possible after he fell. The coat, 
stiff with blood, was tenderly cut away, and the surgeon looked 
at the ghastly rent in that athletic frame. “Is the wound mor- 
tal?” calmly asked Bell. “I am fearful it is, colonel.” ‘Well, 
I thought as much myself.” As through life, so in death—calm, 
patient, undemonstrative. 

Before he was carried off ‘the field, three of the traverses had 
been taken, and the glorious victory of the National troops as- 
sured. Half raising himself on the stretcher when this news 
came to him, he said, “I want to see my colors on the parapet.” 
The next moment, as if in obedience to the dying man’s wish, the 


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flag was planted there. He looked at it, a smile of contentment 
playing upon his pale lips, and said, “I am satisfied!” 

Everything that skill and affection could suggest was done to 
make him comfortable; and it is a consolation to know that the 
sacrifice which he that day offered up for his country did not 
involve any protracted or acute physical agony. He sank into 
his last sleep gently, peacefully, as he might have glided into a 
grateful slumber after a hard day’s work. 

All night, until the gray morning hour, when the stars and 
stripes began to show proudly above the rebel works, tthe colonel 
lay dying in his tent, watched over and cared for by loving 
friends. From about the time that the surgeon had pronounced 
his wound mortal, his mind had wandered. ‘The booming of the 
cannon, the rattle of the musketry, tthe shouts of the victors, 
sometimes almost brought him back to consciousness. He would 
murmur broken phrases about his “Brigade,” “the sea,” “the 
beach,” “the fort,” and several times asked, “Is the fort taken?” 
‘Vith 'these were mingled expressions of love for his mother, | 
wife, and children; and finally, his lips forming their last falter- 
ing articulation, pronounced the name of his wife; and, with 
that thought in his heart and upon his tongue, he died. 

The death of the colonel caused a feeling of profound sorrow 
throughout the whole division, dampening ‘the exultation which 
followed the great victory. The commanding officers of the 
higher grades mourned the loss of one who had ever been to 
them an able and trustworthy coadjutor and a beloved friend. 
But his untimely fate was to the officers and men of his immedi- 
ate command a real personal affliction. ‘To lose a commander 
who has been for four years distinguished for his bravery, his 
skill, his high honor, his perfect justice, his liberality and kind- 
ness to his men, is like losing a father or a mother. It is a de- 
privation which is acutely felt through all the ranks. Could 
Bell’s Brigade have had their choice, they would not have pur- 
chased the victory at such a price. 

Secretary Stanton, General Terry, and General Ames, in their 
official bulletins and reports of the affair, paid just tributes to 
the memory of the gifted soldier. The secretary of war, who 


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arrived at the fort the day after its capture, conferred, by direc- 
tion of ‘the president, upon Colonel Bell the brevet of brigadier- 
general, to date from the 15th of January, the day upon which 
he received his fatal wound. For him it was but an empty honor, 
tardily bestowed. But, although it came too latte for his earthly 
advantage, it is none the less prized by his surviving relatives, 
and those who were his intimate friends when living, as a mark 
of appreciation from the government which he had served so 
well. 

Many obituary notices published in papers throughout the 
country testified to the general esteem in which the fallen hero 
was held. 

To the peaceful home where his mother and wife were waiting 
for his return, the dreadful tidings came like the crashing of a 
thunderbolt through the roof. The venerable mother had, 
within a few years, lost two of the staffs of her declining age— 
Dr. Charles Bell, of Concord, and George Bell, Esq., of Cleveland, 
Ohio, young men of high promise in their respective professions. 
Of her two remaining sons, Louis and John—the latter a sur- 
geon in the United States Army,—one was now taken away, and 
under circumstances painful and aggravating in the extreme. 
The colonel had been expecting to come home after the defeat 
of the first Wilmington expedition, and wife and mother had pre- 
pared everything for his reception. lLouis’s wishes, Louis's 
tastes, were all consulted and gratified in anticipation. A note 
written to his wife on ithe eve of sailing from Fortress Monroe, 
_ had informed her that another expedition was under way. He 
did not tell its destination, but she was under the belief that it 
was some unimportant movement that would occupy but a few 
days, when the ttroops would return to their old camping-ground 
north of the James, leaving her husband free to come back to 
her. This impression was so strong upon her mind that she was 
looking for him on the very day that Secretary Stanton’s dis- 
patch announcing the “fall of Fort Fisher,” and “Colonel Bell 
dangerously wounded,” reached her. 

The shock was terrible to both those waiting hearts! But 
Louis had a strong constitution, prodigious vital energy; and 


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what might be considered dangerous to a weaker man might not 
be so to him. His wife, buoyed up by faith and love, which 
could not admit the possibility of his death, immediately set 
about preparing to go to him. All night long she sat up, pack- 
ing her trunk and cheating her fond heart with the thought 
that she would soon be at his side. How or when she was to 
get there she had not planned. Next day she would have started 
for Derry on her long journey, and had her bonnet and cloak 
on ready to leave, when the door opened and her father stood 
before her. 

One glance at his face divined the sad mission upon which 
he had come. Her heart had heard the story before it could 
be told to her ear. She fell, in a paroxysm of grief and anguish, 
into her parent’s arms. The mother, entering the room, was the 
next to receive the terrible news. Upon tthe scenes that followed 
—such as have been witnessed in many a household since 1861 
—the curtain must be dropped. 

The broken heart is a sacred thing! 

On the twenty-seventh day of January, 1865, Louis Bell was 
at home again. The promised visit, so fondly hoped for, was 
made at last. The son, the husband, the father, had returned 
to those he loved. He was clad in the full-dress uniform which 
was so becoming to his noble figure. The sword, never un- 
sheathed save in a righteous cause, rested by his side. Upon his 
breast was a cross of flowers, whose perfume filled the air. His 
face was pale, and his eyes were closed as if with weariness; but 
upon his lips was the same smile which he had always brought 
into that house. His mother, his wife, his children, and many 
relatives and friends from far and near, were gathered there, not 
to welcome the hero covered with glory, but to mourn his early 
death, and bear him to the portals of the Silent Land. 

And, yet, could he have spoken to them out of that coffin, 
would he not have bidden them not to weep, but rather to 
rejoice that it had been permitted to him to lay down his life 
for his country, for union, for liberty? Would he not have 
said that the ambition he had felt from childhood to achieve an 
honorable fame had been satisfied? Looking upon earthly things, 


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not as we survey them, but through immortal eyes, would he 
not have gently upbraided the mourners, saying: 

“T am not lost to you, but only absent for a time. In the 
land where I am there are no sighs nor tears. Mourn not, but 
rather envy me that I am here, away from the temptations and 
troubles of earth. ‘To me, the bodily life which you drag slowly 
along day by day, seems but a little span. Tomorrow we shall 
be a reunited family in Heaven. Weep not, therefore, for be- 
yond the night that looks so dark is the sunshine of God’s 
eternity. So live that you may be prepared to enter upon that 
perfect day.” 

But the words of hope and cheer which it was forbidden to 
those cold lips to utter, were spoken with none the less truth 
and emphasis from the Holy Book by God’s ministers. Whait- 
ever balm was that day poured out for the mourners came from 
that source alone, which still yields its gracious healing long 
after the fountain of tears has been wept dry. 

One of the most touching incidents of the melancholy occasion 
was the solemn baptism of little Louis Bell in the presence of 
his dead father, who, living, had never seen him. It was the 
consecration of the child by the side of that coffin, as by an altar, 
to the high purposes of religion and virtue. May the pledge and 
the promise of that sacred baptismal rite be redeemed hereafter! 
May the child live to be like his father in moral excellence and 
intellectual graces, and recall to the eyes of those who are to 
watch over and protect him, the brother and friend whom they 
have lost! 

To the bereaved wife, that day, the whole sad ceremony 
seemed but a dream. Long reluctant to believe that her hus- 
band was dead, until his remains had been seen and identified 
by her beyond the hope of a mistake, she appeared to regard the 
funeral as a phantasm of the brain, in which she and all else 
were only shadows. By tthe natural reaction from a long-contin- 
ued and excessive grief, her sensibilities had happily become tor- 
pid, and she was enabled to go through the trying ordeal with a 
calmness and patience which, to those who knew her not, prom- 
ised well for her ultimate resignation to widowhood. 


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But could the dark veil have been lifted from the future, that 
day, the spectacle would have been revealed of another grave 
close by the one that was to receive her husband, to which an 
irrepressible sorrow had carried another victim. ‘To her, of all 
living beings, was it given alone to foresee, as she did with confi- 
dent and marvelous prescience, the fate which was ihe only 
thing left for her to covet. 

Under the snow, in the frozen ground, was placed all that is 
mortal of Louis Bell. He was laid in the spot of his own choos- 
ing, next to the shaft which marks the grave of his honored 
father. In the same quiet churchyard are sepulchered others of 
his kindred. Separated in life, dying in various parts of the 
‘country, some in distant lands, here they have come together 
again, many of them, as they sometimes. met when living around 
the hospitable hearth. * It is a painful story, that of the almost 
blotting-out of those two families, the ornaments and pride of 
the little village of Chester. Their children’s children will 
come, sometimes, it is hoped, on pilgrimages to their ancestral 
homes, and gather lessons of wisdom and virtue from those 
graves. And above the resting-place of Louis Bell, may they 
vow in their hearts renewed fidelity to the Union and to the 
sacred cause of human liberty, for which he cheerfully laid down 
his life in the fulness of its blossom and fragrance. 


“How sleep the brave who sink to rest, 
By all their country’s wishes blest. 
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 
Returns to deck their hallowed mould, 
She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod. 


“By fairy hands their knell is rung, 

By forms unseen their dirge is sung. 
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 
To bless the turf that wraps their clay, 
And Freedom shall a while repair 

To dwell a weeping hermit there.” 


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In the month of May, when nature was instinct with new life, 
and the spring flowers were rehearsing the mystery of ‘the resur- 
rection, almost the same group of mourning friends had assem- 
bled in the same place to attend another funeral. It seemed 
harshly out of place in ‘the midst of all that verdure and music 
of the birds. But the death which so jarred upon the fitness of 
the season, had come a not unwelcome guest to the solitary cham- 
ber of the inconsolable widow. ‘The weary load of unspoken 
sorrow which she had carried for four months was now laid down 
forever. Her broken heart had found its cure in death. She 
had gone to her other and shining home, on the further side of 
the dark river—the only home in which her spirit seemed to 
have lived and moved since the joy of her life on this hither’ 
shore had been extinguished, 

The day before her death she had visited her husband’s grave, 
as she was wont to do every fair day, and had planted a white 
rose bush in the green sod, little thinking, and scarcely daring 
to hope, how soon ‘the emblematic flower would be shedding its 
perfume above their united beds. The next day, after breakfast, 
she remarked to her mother-in-law that she would go out to the 
fields behind the house and pick a few wild flowers, also for the 
decoration of that sacred spot. She put on her hood and cloak, 
and, as the elder Mrs. Bell supposed, left the house for that pur- 
pose. She had been absent about two hours, and Mrs. Bell be- 
gan to be alarmed, fearing that her beloved daughter might 
have been seized with a fainting fit, such as she had been subject 
to, while in the fields. Search was immediately made for her 
out of doors, but without success. Her own room was then 
looked into, but she was not there. It was then thought that 
she might have picked the flowers and gone directly to the 
churchyard with them, nearly half a mile away, without passing 
through the house as she usually did on those errands. But all 
conjecture was, unhappily, put to rest when little Marian Bell, 
who had been up-stairs, came down and said innocently to her 
grandmother, “Mamma’s hood and cloak are on the bed in the 
front room, but mamma is not in them.” 

‘Her grandmother hurried up stairs, and lo! on the bed was the 


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inanimate form of the missing one. The artless remark of the 
little child was true. Her tender, loving mamma was not there. 
She had gone to join her husband and her first little Louis, and 
the long procession of her relatives and friends. Gone from our 
earthly gaze forever, but leaving behind her the imperishable 
memory of her virtues and of her consistent Christian example. 

A physician was instantly sent for, and every attempt made to 
rekindle the extinct spark of life. Alas! it is probable that she 
had been dead nearly two hours when found. All the external 
symptoms, as well as the history of her case, disclosed in previ- 
ous attacks, proved that she had died of an affection of the 
heart, hastened, and brought to its crisis, as that disease always 
is, by an agony of grief which could not be allayed. It is sup- 
posed that she had been taken with a fainting turn while up- 
stairs in that room for a moment, and had thrown herself hastily 
across the bed, and died without one shock of pain—summoned 
away and escorted into the unseen world by we know not what 
angelic messengers; passing in a single moment from a state of 
sorrow to one of bliss, exchanging the martyr’s cross for the 
crown, the white robes, and the palm! 

She had made every preparation for her death, not only in her 
heart and soul, but in the details of her life. When loving 
friends came to look through the trunks, the chest of drawers, 
and other places where her little treasures were kept, they found 
the saddest evidence of her forethought. Every relic of her 
happy wedded life was packed away with care. All the presents, 
the letters, the minutest tangible reminiscences of her husband 
were preserved and labeled for delivery to her children when 
they should be old enough to appreciate them. Woman’s love 
enwrapped and suffused everything. Upon the last letter which 
she had received from Louis, written on the night before the 
fatal day (and which did not reach her till some days after the 
tidings of his death), were inscribed those two terrible words, 
“THe Last!” <A note was discovered, addressed to one of her 
surviving sisters, Mrs. Noyes, commencing with the remarkable 
expression, “The life of my life is gone!” speaking confidently 
of her own approaching death, and naming the guardians of her 


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children, whom she desired to be brought up in the fear of God, 
in the light of whose Word she had always walked. 

The services at the house were beautifully appropriate. Rev. 
Mr. Tomlinson, the pastor of the village church, in a few well- 
chosen remarks bore his ‘testimony to the Christian life and the 
many social graces of the deceased, and skillfully applied such 
consolation as it was possible to administer to the roomful of 
weeping kindred. Two voices, fitly attuned, from the church 
choir, sang this sweet pean of victory and trust: 


LOVE, REST, AND HOME. 


Beyond the smiling and the weeping 
I shall be soon; 
Beyond the waking and the sleeping, 
Beyond the sowing and the reaping, 
I shall be soon. 
Love, rest, and home— 
Sweet hope! 
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet 
The dear ones all at home! 


Beyond the blooming and the fading 
I shall be soon; 
Beyond the shining and the shading, 
Beyond the hoping and the dreading, 
I shall be soon. 
Love, rest, and home— 
Sweet hope! 
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet 
The dear ones all at home! 


Beyond the parting and the meeting 
I shall be soon; 
Beyond the fatewell and the greeting, 
Hearts fainting now, and now high-beating, 
I shall be soon. 
Love, rest, and home— 
Sweet hope! 
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet 
The loved ones all at home! 


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Then the coffin was borne from the house, out upon the piazza 
which the living feet of the two dear ones had often pressed, 
through the green garden where they had together tended the 
flowers and interpreted their meaning, and down the long hill 
to the churchyard, over the same road which they had traveled 
many a time in the old days of peace and love. 

The procession paused not till it stopped opposite a grave 
nestling close to that where Louis. Bell was sleeping. There the 
casket that held so much that was precious was laid away, and 
upon it were dropped, from faltering hands, wreaths of flowers, 
typical, to the spiritual eye, of the fadeless beauty of the two 
lives which death had not long divided. 

And, through the calm evening air, heavy with the odors of 
spring, came, like a voice from the skies, these chanted words: 


There is an hour of peaceful rest 
To mourning wanderers given; 

There is a joy for souls distressed, 

A balm for every wounded breast: 
’T is found alone in heaven! 


MARY ANNE BELL. 


By E. N. 


The story of Louis Bell’s life would be incomplete without a 
character sketch of the true, sweet woman who was his dearly 
beloved wife, the strength of his strength, and his hope and con- 
solation. 


Well may the poet say, for her own nature brings it home: 


Heroic males the country bears, 
But daughters give up more than sons. 


The man takes his life in his hand to rush undaunted to the 
field. It isa grand sacrifice of self, but he finds often a certain 
zest in the excitement of peril—sometimes even a frantic joy 
in the tumult of battle. But the woman left behind is left to 
brood upon her loss in quiet dreariness—to waste away in fever- 
ish alternations of wild anxiety and deathly dread. Easier— 
were it not?—to “flash the soul out with the guns” at once, than 
thus to sicken slowly with a long suspense, with a fierce, hope- 
less hunger that ever seems denied. 

When the Lord reckons up His jewels—the rare and dazzling 
deeds of earth—to place within His crown of light, close beside, 
perhaps above, the burning rubies that were blood-drops once 
poured for liberty, will there not be a diamond radiance of 
transfigured tears? Such tears as once from woman’s eyes 
dripped in their bitterness, checked oft, wrung from the mere 
sore weakness of flesh; while yet the will, unfaltering, held 
its offering forth for freedom and for God! Andi in the stern 
wrestling for our country’s destiny, that has but just now closed 
in triumph, all honored be the hero who flung his early manhood 
into the strife—proud to be worthy of a soldier’s death! But let 
her still not be forgotten—the delicate young wife and mother, 


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who from afar had ever cheered him on, and held him up with 
her unwavering love! 

She fell as really in the cause as he. The bullet that struck — 
him to earth pierced her heart as well. 

A most remarkable affection united Colonel and Mrs. Bell. 
Companions from early youth, love had corne to them combined 
with the tenderest and most enduring friendship. It had grown 
with their growth and deepened with every thought of maturer 
years, until they had each become in truth a part of the other’s 
being. Heart, mind, and soul attuned to perfect unison! 

To all who knew them their mutual devotion was a delight, 
as an embodiment of real love; as an example of the true mar- 
riage, that marriage which has been chosen to symbolize many 
spiritual mysteries—type among the rest of the Redeemer’s 
union with His church. 

The first two years of Mrs. Bell’s married life passed in almost 
cloudless peace. Then broke the thunders of civil war; the land 
was astir; and foremost among the first her husband rushed to 
arms. She would not hold him back, though it was as if he 
bore away with him her vital air. The three months of that 
first campaign were worse to bear than all his after absence—so 
she often said. It was the freshness of the trial that was so 
keen. She was “perfectly miserable”; and to one who knew her 
naturally sanguine disposition and customary serene content, 
that confession ‘told of intense suffering. 

But he returned. ‘Nothing shall induce me to consent to his 
going again,’ she had written beforehand; and he would not 
have gone against her will, but he felt his duty not yet done, 
and was most eager for a longer service. And how could she 
oppose that wish? She, in whom the sense of right was so much 
stronger than her own desires, yielded, gave him up, this time 
for years. 

Then followed health and sickness; joy and sorrow crossing in 
light and shade the path of the wide-parted, undivided pair. 
Continual correspondence, and an occasional brief reunion, eased 
somewhat the burden of their separation. And one great boon 
—a winter passed ‘together at Beaufort—was granted them. It 


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was a tranquil, happy season, giving them almost their longed- 
for home again, although beneath the brighter sun, amid the 
richer bloom of the South. 

But through all the loneliness and distress, through all the 
weary watching Mrs. Bell was called upon 'to undergo, there was 
heard from her no weak repining, no vain lamentation. The cry 
of craving love there might be, but it “unnerved him to hear her 
grieve,” so even that she strove to restrain. But she gleaned 
every bit of interest and pleasure from a rather monotonous 
existence, to relate to him, to amuse, and to enliven. 

Her letters were charming always. The most lively fancy, 
delicate thought, and tender sentiment flowing along in a style 
as clear and sparkling as a New England brook. Think what 
they must have been to her husband, amid the toil and turmoil 
of an army life! A refreshing, reviving draughit, proffered by 
the most dear of hands! In her letters her soul was seen. Oh, 
that only time and space would allow her thus to tell her own 
story! To show the winning kindness, buoyant cheerfulness 
and steadfast principle that formed her character! 

All fascinating gleams of mirth played in her above a serious 
undercurrent of reflection, relieving and enhancing an earnest 
reverence for all things pure and holy. Humor was one of her 
striking traits. She had the keenest discernment of the ludi- 
crous. But hers was no biting wit, nor hard sarcasm, only the 
gentlest “fun,” warmth and cheer to herself, entertainment and 
gratification to her associates. 

Mrs. Bell was thus eminently fitted for society, as also by her 
easy address, genial temper, ready tact, and cordial bearing. She 
possessed, however, a wonderful power of adaptation to circum- 
stances; and since her life was for the most part passed in com- 
parative seclusion, she turned the gay sportiveness, whereby she 
could have shone in liveliest scenes, with just as bright enchant- 
ment, into the narrower channel of her daily cares, touching 
with glamour the common things around her, until one marveled 
’ at their strange allurement. So would she have suited herself 
to every station in life, making alike a lofty or a lowly place sub- 
servient to her interior grace and dignity. 


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She was born to be popular; full of good-natured considera- 
tion for others; a world within herself of companionship and 
sympathy; the sunshine of every household into which she en- 
tered, and, from a certain vividness and force of her individu- 
ality, the center of the small circle of kinsfolk in which she 
habitually moved. Much tendance of the aged fell to her lot in 
life, and much ministering to the wants of children. She was a 
faithful daughter to a revered grandparent, and an affectionate 
guardian to little ones who claimed her charge. As a mother 
she was rarely equaled, wisely and lovingly ruling and caressing. 
God be thanked that her orphan children are yet too young to 
realize their irreparable loss! 

Mrs. Bell owned many gifts both of person and of intellect. 
The soft brown hair, the beautiful blue eyes, the refined, ele- 
vated expression of the fair face—who that has ever seen them 
can soon forget? She possessed a strong and particularly well- 
balanced mind; its groundwork practical good sense and sound 
judgment, the solid counterpoise to the more brilliant talents 
wherewith she captivated admiration. But in her personally, as 
in her noticeable letters, the ability was lost sight of in the ani- 
mating spirit. Her mental qualities were rounded to one excel- 
ling attribute, leaving one chief impression, that of pervading 
womanliness. She had real and appreciative love for music and 
poetry. Sadly her friends must long recall the silver voice, 
sounding even of old not all unmeet for Paradise; and among 
the hymns and pleasant rhymes of which she was so fond, one 
latest favorite, for its plaintive aspiration, sung as her cold, still 
form was laid away, leaves a most grateful memory. Oh, bliss 
to know that now at last, “Love, Rest, and Home” are hers for 
evermore! 

So much has been said of Mrs. Bell’s amiability, that one 
almost: fears justice has not been done to the strength which 
underlay her sweetness. She was a person of uncommon forti- 
tude for enduring bodily or mental pain. She possessed cour- 
age, energy, and a resolute, vigorous will. If she showed a 
peculiarly gentle courtesy of speech, it was quite as much the 
result of her constant endeavor to adjust to daily walk and con- 


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versation the Christian law of charity, as of her inborn kindli- 
ness of thought. For her life was governed by a calm, religious 
faith, without one particle of bigotry or intolerance. So had it 
been from girlhood’s opening; and from that youthful consecra- 
tion to God’s work, a blessing surely came, the promised one, 
to help her through the struggles of her riper years. 

In view of the religious element in Mrs. Bell, and also of the 
elasticity which appeared a component part of her being, it was 
once remarked, in an affectionate half terror, how well she was 
fitted to be tried through great affliction. But it proved scarcely 
so, not enough allowance having been made for her frail 
physique, and especially for the extreme sensitiveness of her ner- 
vous organization. And when terrible trouble came, it fell with 
the most appalling violence, stunning and paralyzing, crushing 
with fearful suddenness the gladdest and most ardent anticipa- 
tions. What wonder that the subtle fibres of her nerves were 
wrenched at once, and torn! In a mind less evenly regulated 
madness must certainly have ensued; as it was, dreadful mental 
struggles, temptations, the horrors of thick darkness, over- 
whelmed her, coming between intervals of worse torture still, 
states of torpor when she said “she could not feel”; times of 
apathy, when she declared that she was “dead,” “her heart was 
ashes.” But it was the delicate human frame that was amiss; 
not the nobility within. In her direst agony the meek sub- 
mission, ingrained by years of trust, was touchingly manifest. 
To no furious raving, nor bitter rebellion, did her lips give utter- 
ance. Stricken though she was, the seal of God was on her still. 
Hers was the prayer of faith through all her torment; for peace 
must come she knew, but she “must wait” she said. How pa- 
tiently she tried to wait! striving to breathe some savor into 
every task, some salt of love, from utter disregard of self. 
Already was the dark hour lifting, and they who loved her were 
rejoicing, hoping that even here below some measure of repose, 
if never more of joy, would be her own. But it was ordered 
otherwise—and better! 

The strain had been too great; as the tension on the nerves 
relaxed, strength came not to meet reaction. The poor heart, 
wrung and aching, broke! 


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Was it not permitted him, with whom, she said, had gone the 
“life of her life,” and whose spiritual presence had been continu- 
ally impressed upon her since his death—no barriers of sense 
sufficing, it would seem, to keep apart the two who loved each 
other so—was it not allowed to him to enter the lonely chamber 
where she lay, weeping those last tears, and to draw her up in 
his strong arms above? We cannot tell. But, in the solemn 
trust that they are now together in the Lord, we cannot mourn, 
we can but render praise, for memories of lives and deaths like 
theirs are sacred to our gratitude. 

Romance must pale before this real history, the plain narra- 
tion of whose beautiful experiences is beyond all poetry. 

One word has been chosen to best express the soul of her of 
whom we have discoursed,—Harmonious. 

She was an instrument of music, attuned by nature to most 
exquisite vibrations. The fingers of destiny swept over the 
chords, now rippling them in merriment, now soothing to a me- 
lodious lullaby. Again striking the strings to exulting notes, te 
soaring bursts of praise: 


But discord on the music fell 
And darkness on the glory. 


With cruel force Death flung away the lyre! It broke, un- 
strung, lay dumb—. But heavenly skill can bring new wires and 
set it fresh in tune, and heavenly masters touch the chords, 
most rapturous tones to tell! 


TRIBUTE TO, THE. MEMORY. OF LOUIS, BELL. 


By Lieut. Cou. F. W. PARKER, FourTH REGIMENT N. HE. Vo.Ls. 


Early in the war was assigned to Colonel Bell, as to many oth- 
ers, the arduous task of molding into disciplined soldiers a 
thousand sterling citizens, whose very natures revolted at the 
idea of perfect obedience ‘to officers composed of their former 
fellow-townsmen, who had little, if any, more military experi- 
ence than themselves. That comparatively few regimental com- 
manders who grappled with these difficulties succeeded, the rec- 
ords of the volunteer army will abundantly testify. Indeed, one 
of ithe highest encomiums I can bestow on Colonel Bell is, that 
he overcame these obstacles, falling at the dawn of peace uni- 
versally beloved and lamented by the noble brigade he had so 
long commanded. 

Through the spring and summer of 1862 he commanded the 
post of St. Augustine, Fla. Just at that time the policy of the 
government underwent a change in respect to slavery, and the 
rendition of those who came within our lines to their former 
masters. It was a difficult matter for the commandant of a dis- 
tant post to steer clear of the changing notions of department 
commanders, urged on by the sticklers for an extreme system of 
philanthropy. Thus, an act for the better police of the city was 
construed as hostile 'to freedom, and the burden of being a pro- 
slavery man was wrongfully put upon Colonel Bell, when I per- 
sonally know that he was among the first advocates of emancipa- 
tion. His regiment understood his position, and were his ardent 
supporters. Many officers, wanting his cool judgment and 
undaunted patriotism, would have thrown up their commissions 
in disgust. He fearlessly stood the test and came out victorious. 

The skirmish at Pocotaligo, which we then thought a battle, 


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and the siege of Charleston, constitute some of the principal 
events in the history of the Fourth Regiment. The latter was 
one of the most protracted severe duties we ever performed— 
harder even, in many respects, than the last eventful year of the 
war; on a narrow strip of sand, environed by marsh and ocean, 
flanked and fronted by numberless batteries pouring upon us an 
incessant fire of every missile known in warfare, scorched and 
blinded by a South Carolina sun, our feet parboiled by the warnt 
tide that filled the trenches—the hot days rendered more disa- 
greeable from ‘the fact that even a hand above the light sand 
protections was a mark for the enemy’s ‘vigilant sharpshooters, 
the cooler nights lighted by the constant glare of bursting shells 
and meteor-like whizzing fuses! 

Under such adverse circumstances we toiled on. 

In the fierce excitement of a fight it is comparatively easy to 
face death; but to advance upon the enemy’s impregnable works, 
slowly, by a series of parallels and saps which require weeks to 
build, is a kind of lingering torture that demands the firmest 
nerves to withstand. Disease, also, fastening upon hundreds, 
mingled its horrors with those of shot and shell, and added to 
the already long line of graves that stretched along the sandy 
beach, almost beneath the shadow of Fort Sumter. Through all 
these arduous and perilous duties Colonel Bell bore a conspicu- 
ous and active part, urging his men to sustain fatigue and brave 
danger, sharing all their trials with them. 

Passing over many important events, we come to the last terri- 
ble year of the war. A glance at the thinned ranks of the 
Fourth Regiment, and a thought of what it was one year ago, 
adds force to the phrase, “The last terrible year of the war!” 
Drewry’s Bluff was the opening scene. In the consequent con- 
fusion of a retreat after a hard-fought battle, Colonel Bell took 
command, rallied the brigade, and covered the retreat in a mas- 
terly manner. Our numbers were lessened by one hundred and 
forty-two men. Here the genial, noble face of Major Sawyer 
faded from our sight forever. 

The retreat to Bermuda Hundred. and the indecisive bloody 
skirmishes that ensued, the battle of Cold Harbor, the success- 


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ful charge upon Petersburg Heights, followed by the long siege, 
form an important part of the work of the eventful year. Colo- 
nel Bell’s Brigade held one of the most important positions on 
the whole line from Deep Bottom to the Weldon road. His 
headquarters were within pistol-shot of the enemy’s works, and 
subjected to a heavy fire. ‘oo illustrate the danger of his posi- 
tion: It was his custom each Sabbath to have divine service at 
his headquarters. I remember once during the solemn exercises 
a shell came whizzing through the air and fell close to the little 
congregation. The preacher paused, and all involuntarily 
bowed to the messenger of death. Those were dark days for us, 
and as one by one from our already shattered regiment. was car- 
ried away bleeding and dying, the sad feelings that filled our 
hearts could only be overcome by the strongest will and a firm 
reliance on Him “who doeth all things well.” 

Colonel Bell was always active and vigilant. Already within a 
few yards of the enemy’s lines, he managed to get still nearer. 
Ever guarding against surprise, he was cautious, never exposing 
himself carelessly, and always where there was need. 

The 30th of July changed the scene from the steady siege to 
the disastrous Battle of the Mine, a fight ever to be remembered 
and regretted. It was my lot to mark the colonel’s gallant bear- 
ing, his cool and determined action, on that occasion. Rallying 
his brigade, under most demoralizing circumstances, he held the 
line. It is in defeat that true soldierly qualities shine the bright- 
est. Deep Bottom, Chapin’s Farm, came in quick succession. 
Under the stern tutorship of continued fighting and the guidance 
of its honored leader, the Third Brigade became noted for its vet- 
eran ‘bravery, fitly prepared for ‘the last terrible fight and glori- 
ous victory at Fort Fisher. 

Notwithstanding a mortifying failure, General Grant had de- 
termined to take that Malakoff of the rebellion, and he carefully 
selected from out the vast army of veterans the Second Division 
of the old Tenth Army Corps, twenty-five hundred strong (com- 
manded by the gallant General Ames), including Colonel Bell’s 
Brigade, which consisted of the Fourth New Hampshire, Thir- 
teenth Indiana, One Hundred and Fifteenth and One Hundred 


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and Sixty-ninth New York Regiments. The long-continued roar 
of more than five hundred cannon rendered the sturdy veterans 
almost insensible to sound. Landing amidst the fierce surging 
breakers, they silently formed on the low sandy beach. In the 
rear lay Hoke’s Division, their old antagonists, ready to pounce 
upon them when they advanced. Before them, where the iron 
storm was pouring, was a fort upon which the wealth of England 
and the engineering skill of West Point had been expended, 
stronger than the Malakoff, defended by confident and deter- 
mined men—a place which an able engineer (Weitzel) had de- 
cided could not be taken by assault; and, indeed, the awful pre- 
cedents of Fort Wagner, Port Hudson, and Fort Gilmer were 
strong vouchers to the truth of his decision. 

Well may the cheeks of that noble division blanch as slowly 
they move forward over the sandhills, with their eyes fixed upon 
the deadly work before them. With sinews stiffened, lips com- 
pressed, and teeth clenched, first suffering a prayer for the dar- 
lings at home to escape them, they advance over the mounds par- 
tially obscuring the fort from their sight. Now, now is the 
moment on which hangs the destiny of great hopes! They must 
gain the gate; that gate is the key to the fort, and the fort the 
key to’ Wilmington and the whole of North Carolina. Between 
them and the gate is a narrow road and a broken bridge, en- 
filaded and crossed by a murderous fire. At the head of his bri- 
gade, Colonel Bell dashes on, almost gaining the bridge, when a 
shot strikes him, and he falls—falls in the arms of victory, for 
the next moment the colors of his own regiment, which he had 
loved so well, and under which he had fought so long, are 
planted on the first mound of the fort! 

Thus fell our leader, dearly loved and deeply mourned by his 
brigade. Indeed I do not know of any brigade commander who 
had so entirely won the respect of his men. Dignified yet 
genial, brave yet cautious, never sacrificing lives uselessly when 
he could avoid it, ever ready to share danger and hardship with 
his men, no influence or peril could deter him from doing his 
duty or shake a resolution once formed. 


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Forr FisHer, February 12,.1865. 

At a meeting held by the officers of the Fourth New Hampshire 
Infantry this day (February 12, 1865, Fort Fisher, N. C.), the fol- 
lowing preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: 

Whereas, Our noble leader, Col. Louis Bell, Fourth New Hamp- 
shire Infantry, commanding Third Brigade, Second Division, 
Tenth Army Corps, has fallen in battle, thereby bringing pro- 
found grief to many hearts; therefore 

Resolved, That we, the officers of his regiment, avail ourselves 
of the sad privilege of expressing our love for him as a soldier, 
and respect for him as a commander. 

Resolved, That in the loss of Colonel Bell we are deprived of a 
brave leader, a noble man, and a beloved comrade. He fell, at 
the very dawn of peace, leading his brigade in a terrible charge, 
which resulted in a glorious victory, a martyr to the holy cause 
of “Liberty and Union.” 

Resolved, That his memory shall live with us so long as our 
lives shall last, inspiring us to noble thoughts and heroic acts; 
and when time with us shall fade away, may we meet him above. 

Resolved, That we respectfully tender to his friends, and espe- 
* cially his mourning widow and orphans, our unfeigned sympathy 
in this their irreparable loss. May God sustain them through this 
agonizing trial. 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to his 
widow, and to his biographer for publication. 

(Signed) F. W. PARKER, 
Lt. Col. Fourth N. H. Vols., 
Comd’g Regt., 


President. 
Wm. R. Norton, 


First Lieut.; Co. €, Fourth N. H. V., 
Secretary. 


FOURTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE 
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 


( FOUR YEARS ) 


By FRANCIS W. PARKER, Late LigEUTENANT COLONEL FOURTH REGIMENT 
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, BREVET COLONEL 
UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS. 


Nearly two hundred men were left over in organizing the 
Third Regiment, and they were ordered from Concord to Man- 
chester, to form the nucleus of the Fourth Regiment. The 
regiment consisted mostly of natives of New Hampshire, with 
the exception of Company G, in which was a large number of 
stout-hearted Irishmen. It is said that the majority of the’ 
regiment were Democrats, politically. Quite a number of the 
officers had been officers in the New Hampshire militia, notably 
Major Drew, Captains Sleeper, Greenleaf, Newell, Bagley, Bur- 
leigh, and Badger. The first colonel, Thomas J. Whipple of 
Laconia, was a veteran of the Mexican war. Four lieutenants 
came from Dartmouth College,—Fuller, Hobbs, Carleton, 
and Kendall; one lieutenant, Parker, was a schoolteacher from 
Illinois; the lieutenant colonel, Bell, was a young lawyer. Com- 
pany A enlisted at Dover; Company B, at Nashua; Company D, 
at Laconia; Company F, at Great Falls; Company H, at Salem; 
Company I, at Derry; Companies C, E, G, and K were mostly 
Manchester men. A few of Company E were enlisted at Pitts- 
field. Company I were recruited about Derry. 

The regiment was mustered into service at Manchester the 
18th of September, just two weeks after the Third had left 
the state. The regiment left Manchester for Washington 
the 2%th of September. There it remained until the 9th 
of October, when it joined, at Annapolis, Gen. T. W. Sher- 


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man’s expedition to Port Royal, S. C. It embarked on one of 
the great ships of the fleet, the “Baltic,” a side-wheel steamer, 
suffered a terrible storm of three days off Hatteras, and a severe 
fright in striking on Frying Pan Shoals; arrived at Port Royal 
November 7, and saw from the ship’s masts the attack upon Port 
Royal, the demolition of Fort Walker and the capture of Hilton 
Head. 

Here upon the sands on the beach of Hilton Head, close to 
the roaring surf, the regiment remained for three months, vary- 
ing the monotony of camp life by an expedition to Tybee Island 
on the 3d of December. On the 26th of January the regiment 
embarked on ships, and started for the expedition on the 
Southern coast. It took part in the capture of Fernandina, Jack- 
sonville, and St. Augustine, Fla. Seven companies garrisoned 
at St. Augustine, while the other three companies did duty on 
James Island and Beaufort, 8. C. 

In September the regiment. was ordered to Beaufort, S. C., 
and General Mitchell assumed command of the department. 
Active operations began which resulted in ‘tthe battle of 
Pocotaligo, on the 22d of October, 1862. The regiment went 
into winter quarters at Beaufort. The monthly return of the 
regiment for September, 1862, after a year’s service, shows 
six hundred and thirty men and twenty-one officers present for 
duty, the actual loss for the year being one hundred and eighty- 
nine, or nearly one fifth of the active number. . 

The spring of 1863 opened with an attack upon Morris Island, 
then followed the siege of Charleston. Gen. Q. A. Gilmore 
commanded the expedition. The division in which the Fourth 
New Hampshire found itself was commanded by Gen. A. H. 
Terry. The Fourth brigaded with the Third New Hampshire, 
Sixth Connecticut, and a battalion of sharpshooters. This bri- 

gade was commanded by Col. Louis Bell of the Fourth. ‘Two 
long sandbar islands on the coast just south of Charleston har- 
bor formed the basis of an attack upon Charleston. Folly 
Island was captured with very little resistance. The Fourth 
New Hampshire worked twenty-one nights in building batteries 
to attack Morris Island, which is separated from Folly Island by 


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a narrow creek. On the 10th of July the Fourth participated 
in an attack on Morris Island. The successive charges on Fort 
Wagner were repulsed by the enemy. On the 23d of 
July the Fourth dug the first trench and planted the first 
chevaux-de-frise, for the long siege of Fort Wagner. From the 
23d of July to the 7th of September may be looked upon 
as one continued battle under the blazing sun of South 
Carolina,—digging trenches, advancing lines, repelling attacks 
and doing severe outpost duty. 

The morning of September 7, when the line was formed for 
the final charge, the news came that the fort was evacuated. 
The capture of Fort Wagner resulted in the immediate capture 
of the whole island. Then from the 7th of September until 
the 11th of February, 1864, when we were sent to Beaufort, 
S. C., the regiment took part in the siege of Charleston. 

Here three hundred and eighty-eight men reénlisted for three 
years, or during the war. The enlisting officer was Capt. F. W. 
Parker. The regiment was afterwards ordered to Jacksonville, 
Fla., to support General Seymour, who had been repulsed at 
Olustee. Once more the regiment was returned to Beaufort. 

In the spring of 1864 the reénlisted veterans, under command 
of Colonel Bell, were furloughed. On the 12th of April, the 
remaining detachment, under command of Lieutenant Colonel 
Drew, was ordered to report to Major General Butler, command- 
ing the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. It landed 
on Gloucester Point, York river, where the furloughed veterans 
joined them. Gen. Adelbert M. Ames commanded the division. 

On the 4th of May, the Army of the James sailed by the 
James river, for an attack upon Bermuda Hundred, the famous 
“bottle,” or neck of land south of Richmond. Bermuda Hun- 
dred was taken and immediately fortified. The first advance 
movement was made upon the enemy on the 9th of May. Gen- 
eral Ames’s division tore up several miles of the Richmond & 
Petersburg Railroad, and then, by a hasty march, joined the 
Eighteenth Corps at Swift Creek, where the enemy was 
attacked, and after a sharp fight driven to the defenses of Peters- 
burg, on the Appomattox. At night the rebels, in turn, charged 





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upon our lines, but were severely repulsed. While preparing 
to renew the advance in the morning, heavy firing was heard in 
the direction of General Terry’s command, which had been sta- 
tioned at Lempster Hill, to repel any advance.from Richmond. 
General Ames’s division immediately joined General Terry’s 
command, and the whole Army of the James moved “on to Rich- 
mond.” 

The two armies met at Drewry’s Bluff. There on the 14th, 
15th, and 16th of May, the Fourth New Hampshire was in 
action. On the 16th, the regiment formed part of a line of 
advanced skirmishers. In the morning of that day, the enemy 
broke through our lines, doubled them up, and the Fourth 
Regiment was left alone, a thin line of skirmishers in the 
advance without flankers. A brigade suddenly appeared on the 
right of the line, and the regiment was to all intents and pur- 
poses captured, but in their innocence of capture they suddenly 
retreated. The loss at Drewry’s Bluff was great. Company E 
went in with forty-two men, and lost. twenty-eight killed, 
‘wounded, or missing. Lieut. Frank B. Hutchinson fell while 
firing his revolver within a few feet of the enemy; Maj. Charles 
W. Sawyer received a wound which caused his death. Gen- 
eral Butler was driven back from Bermuda Hundred again and 
“bottled up.” Several ineffective attempts were made to break 
the Confederate line. 

On the 28th of May, the division under General Ames was 
ordered to report to Gen. W. F. Smith, of the Eighteenth Corps. 
The corps was ordered to report to General Meade, commanding 
the Army of the Potomac. It was taken by transports to the 
White House on the Pamunkey river, and took part in the 
battle of Cold Harbor on the 3d of June. Eight days of living 
and fighting in trenches followed, and on the 12th, it marched 
with the army in its change of position to the right bank of 
the James river. 

On the morning of the 16th of June, the attack on Peters- 
burg commenced. The regiment was engaged in the first attack 
upon Petersburg. Colonel Bell’s brigade took 125 prisoners and 
several pieces of artillery. Then began the siege of Petersburg. 


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The siege of Charleston had prepared the Fourth Regiment for 
the duties of trench and fortification work. For thirty-six days 
Colonel Bell’s brigade remained in one position—on the left 
of Fort Stedman and joining the right of the Ninth Corps. 
The picket line of the brigade was within twenty feet of the 
Confederate outpost. The regiment lost fifty men killed or 
wounded while performing ordinary trench duty. 

The Fourth New Hampshire was again brigaded under com- 
mand of Colonel Bell with the Thirteenth Indiana, Ninth 
Maine, One Hundred and Fifteenth New York, and Ninety- 
seventh Pennsylvania. The division was commanded by Gen- 
eral Turner. 

On the 30th of July, the regiment was in the Crater Fight, 
or the “Battle of the Mine.” For hours it held the line on the 
right of the exploded fort close to the ravine, across which came 
a terrible enfilading fire from a battery. The regiment was 
quite small—two hundred men—and out of this number fifty 
men were killed or wounded. Captain Clough was severely 
wounded, and Captain Parker took command of the regiment. 
In the fight the flagstaff was cut off twice, and fifty-five bullets 
and shells put through the flag. That night, what was left of 
the regiment marched back to Bermuda Hundred. 

On the 13th of August, a movement was made under Gen. 
W. S. Hancock north of the James river. The Tenth Corps 
crossed the river and began a series of skirmishes which culmi- 
nated on the 16th of August in a severe battle, with Gen. Rob- 
ert E. Lee in our front. The battle is called, generally, the 
battle of Deep Bottom. Deep Bottom is situated at the rear of 
Malvern Hill. Three commanders of the brigade were wounded 
in succession—first, Colonel Osborne, of the Twenty-fourth 
Massachusetts, then Major Walrath, of the One Hundred and 
Fifteenth New York, followed by Captain Parker, of the 
Fourth, who received a very severe wound in the neck. Cap- 
tain Hobbs, of Company A, took command of the regiment, and 
the Tenth Corps withdrew to Bermuda Hundred. A captain 
was in command of the brigade, and only one captain was left 
for duty in the Fourth. 


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On the 18th of September, 174 men, who had not reénlisted, 
left for New Hampshire, under command of Lieutenant Colonel 
Drew. In the spring of 1864, the regiment was nearly one thou- 
sand strong. At the charge of Fort Gilmer (or New Market 
Heights), only forty men could be mustered for the fight. 
Sergt. Willard K. Cobb, of Company E, who had just recovered 
from a severe wound, was killed. The Fourth was under the 
command of Capt. L. W. Hobbs. 

The regiment was in the two expeditions against Fort Fisher 
—the first under General Butler, and the second under Gen. 
A. H. Terry. In the second and successful attack on Fort 
Fisher, the Fourth Regiment did some brave fighting. Colonel 
Bell, commanding the brigade, was killed on the corduroy road 
leading to the gate of the fort. In the long struggle in the 
fort under command of General Ames, the flag of the Fourth 
New Hampshire was locked with the Confederate flag on the 
top of a mound. Capt. John H. Roberts was in command of 
the regiment during the fight. The night of the victory, a 
number of the Fourth New Hampshire were killed by the ex- 
plosion of a magazine. 

The regiment remained at Fort Fisher until the 11th of 
February. Captain Parker was commissioned lieutenant colo- 
nel, returned from the hospital and took command. ‘The 
Army of the Ohio, under General Schofield, advanced upon Wil- 
mington and captured it. General Sherman was steadily 
advancing from Savannah. The Army of the Ohio and Sher- 
man’s Army joined at Cox’s Bridge, near Goldsborough. The 
Fourth New Hampshire was ordered to guard the railroad 
between Wilmington and Little Washington, in order to for- 
ward supplies to Sherman’s Army. After this duty was done, 
the regiment was ordered to rendezvous at Magnolia. Colonel 
Parker and Adjutant Challis were captured near Magnolia, and 
spent the rest of their time with the Army of General Johnston 
in its retreat to Greensborough. The regiment was quartered 
at Raleigh, N. C., until ordered home. They arrived in Con- 
cord and were mustered out on the 23d of August. 

This is a brief compendium of the history of the regiment— 


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so brief that no personal mention can be made of bravery and 
endurance on the part of many heroes of the old Fourth still 
living, and of those, the larger number, who await us at the 
final roll-call beyond the lines of earth. 

The Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers was attached to, and 
a part of, Sherman’s Expeditionary Corps, October 28, 1861, to 
March 31, 1862; at various stations in Department of the South, 
March 31, 1862, to April, 1864; First Brigade, Third Division, 
Tenth Army Corps, April 25 to June 19, 1864; Third Brigade, 
Second Division, Tenth Army Corps, June 19 to December 3, 
1864; Third Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-fourth Army 
Corps, December 3, 1864, to April 2, 1865; Third Brigade, Sec- 
ond Division, Tenth Army Corps, April 2 to July 13, 1865; 
First Brigade, Second Division, Tenth Army Corps, July 13 


to August, 1865. , 

Port Royal, S. C. ; : } f : Nov. 7%, 1861 
James Island, 8. C. . ; ak ' June 10, 1862 
Pocotaligo, 8. C. ; : Oct. 22, 1862 


Siege of Fort Wagner, leet fava ‘Ss. Of 
July 10 to Sept. 6, 1863 
Siege of Fort Sumter, 8. C., Sept. 7, 1863, to Feb. 11, 1864 


Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church), Va. . May 9, 1864 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. . : ; : May 14-16, 20, 1864 
Near Bermuda Hundred, Va. _ . May 17-19, 21-28, 1864 
Cold Harbor, Va. : ; é ; . dune 4-12, 1864 
Petersburg, Va. : ; : : June 16, 1864 
Siege of Petersburg, Va. . , Tae 23 to July 29, 1864 
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, Va. : July 30, 1864 
Deep ‘Bottom,’ Vari. : . Aug. 14-16, 1864 
New Market Heights (Fort Gilmer), Va. . Sept. 29, 1864 
Port..Hisher, Nwu@s 77, E F F Jan, 15, 1865 


Fort Anderson, N. C. : : : : Feb. 18, 1865: 


A RUNNING SKETCH OF SCENES THROUGH 
WHICH I PASSED WiTH THE BOYS IN BLUE. 


By MARTIN VAN BUREN RICHARDSON, First LIEUTENANT Company C. 


At the organization of the Fourth New Hampshire many of 
the returned members of the old First New Hampshire, which 
came home from the upper Potomac, August 9, 1861, having 
served three months, reénlisted, and a number of them became 
officers in this three-year organization. 

The Second Regiment had already been heard from at the bat 
tle of Bull Run, and the Third Regiment was about ready to 
leave its encampment at Concord, and its surplus recruits had 
been sent to help fill the Fourth Regiment, some two hundred 
men, and recruiting went briskly on at Manchester, Nashua, and 
the smaller towns surrounding Manchester. In two weeks the 
whole number was filled and the regimental organization com- 
pleted. 

Many of the boys after a few weeks at home were anxious to 
return to the front. The country was under a terrible excite- 
ment, and the idea of remaining at home after a “smell of the 
battle from afar,’ and allowing the war to be ended and not 
take a hand in it, was not to be thought of for a moment. The 
city of Manchester was in a white heat of excitement. Boun- 
ties were not a consideration then; pure patriotism was the in- 
centive; and every hall and armory in the city was the scene of 
work and preparatory drill of the raw recruits by the “war-worn” 
veterans who had returned from the front where experience 
was invaluable. 

_ After the quota had been filled and the companies had been 
officered for the most part, there-began that squabble for shoul- 
der straps which was so detrimental to the efficiency of the 


service later on. 
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After some delays our regiment had its official head an- 
nounced, and September 27, 1861, took up our line of march 
down Elm street to the station, passing through a throng of 
anxious and loving ones, whose vision was bedimmed with tears, 
and whose lips trembled as they uttered the parting words to 
the husband, father, son, or brother. And though our most 
excellent regimental band, under the leadership of Prof. Walter 
Dignam, was playing its finest quicksteps, yet in the hearts of 
the thousands who stood about the depot on that memorable 
day a dirge would have seemed more in keeping with the feel- 
ings. How different unto the soldier! Although his heart was 
ready to give way in the relief of tears, yet he put on the most 
cheerful look, and tried to assure the dear ones that he would 
come out all safe and soon return to them again. 

Then the last clasp of the hand, the parting look, and the 
train moved slowly from the station, carrying with it heavy 
hearts in manly bosoms of men, some of whom instinctively 
felt that they gazed upon their friends and the familiar scenes 
of home for the last time. 

The regiment passed through Nashua and Worcester to the 
Norwich line of steamers, making brief stops at the two points 
named, reaching Philadelphia the next day, and was supplied 
with a hearty meal at the Cooper shop, all having a chance to 
wash and rest before proceeding farther on their journey. ‘This 
institution was started by Mr. Cooper, a Philadelphian of 
wealth, who, by the way, carried on the cooperage business, and 
the shop was at the foot of Washington avenue, where now 
stand the warehouses and elevators of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company for grain shipments. Mr. Cooper commenced to aid 
the soldiers by soliciting as well as providing coffee and sand- 
wiches for the passing regiments, and the necessities soon became 
so great that he cleared his large building of lumber and tools 
and converted it into a dining hall. The sidewalks he covered, 
and there placed bowls, towel-racks, and soap, with plenty of 
running water, so that the regiment could perform ablutions in a 
short time and then partake of an excellent breakfast, dinner, 
or supper, as the case might be. This was free to all soldiers, 


Fourth Regiment New [Hampshire Volunteers. 56 


and was maintained to the very end of the war, and until the 
last squad of soldiers had passed through the Quaker City on 
their way home. The tables were waited upon by the fairest 
ladies of the city, who were untiring in their devotion to the 
work of feeding our hungry and tired soldiers. 

The journey to Washington was accomplished without special 

incident. The rebels of that “city of monuments” had become 
convinced that the experiment of storming loyal troops was a 
costly one, and they kept at a respectful distance. We arrived 
at Washington on the 30th, and went into camp at Bladensburg, 
some two miles from the Capitol, northeast or north, and rear us 
was the Ninth Maine. While here we received visits from the 
Second boys, who were recruiting and resting after their severe 
campaign of the July before. We remember meeting Captain 
Platt and others, who gave us graphic accounts of the Bull Run 
battle. Captain Platt remarked, “We are in for a long and 
tough war,” and the poor man was truly a prophet. He gave 
up his life in the struggle which he foresaw was to be a hard 
one. 
_ Our time was occupied in drill and routine work until the 7th, 
when we received our arms, the Belgian rifle, which was one 
one-hundredth too small in bore for our regulation cartridges, 
and after three or four discharges needed wiping out, and in fact 
was almost useless for active service. On the 9th of October we 
started for Annapolis, on box and platform cars, amid one of the 
hardest rains I ever experienced. We remember with gratitude 
the kindness of the Seventh Connecticut, who, being quartered 
in buildings at the academy, volunteered to pitch their tents 
for us for that night until we could pitch our tents and lay 
out our own camp. 

We were finally organized as a brigade, under Brig. Gen. 
Horatio G. Wright, Sixth and Seventh Connecticut, Ninth 
Maine, and Fourth New Hampshire. Col. John L. Chatfield 
commanded the Sixth, Col. Alfred H. Terry the Seventh, Col. 
Richworth Rich the Ninth, and Col. Thomas Whipple the Fourth, 
and a better set of regimental commanders could not be found 
in any brigade. 


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Ten days of active drill and preparation were followed by a 
grand review by Brig. Gen. T. W. Sherman, known in the 
regular army as “Old Tim,” who commanded the famous 
Sherman’s Battery in Mexico and on the plains before our 
late war, and who was a martinet in military matters. 

General Sherman was put in charge of a secret expedition 
down the coast, the point of attack remaining a profound 
secret to all except the department and the general in charge. 

On the 19th the Fourth embarked on board the ocean 
steamer “Baltic,” Captain Comstock, and with us was General 
Wright and staff, Maj. Z. K. Pangborn, and a detachment of 
engineers and signal corps officers and men. The whole 
number was about 1,150 men on board; besides, the hold 
was filled with army stores, and, forward, the ten-inch 
Columbiads, horses (in stalls), and heavy mortars, and the 
steerage was filled with our troops. This load caused the 
steamer to draw nearly one foot more water by the bow than 
by the stern, which later proved to be the salvation of all on 
board, as I shall try to describe later on. The stevedore 
stored, although faultily, “better than he knew.” 

After remaining on board at Annapolis, Md., two days, we 
steamed for Fort Monroe, where we met a large fleet consist- 
ing of war ships and transports and vessels loaded with sup- 
plies for the expedition when it should reach its destination. 
For one week we laid at anchor, with no special duty on 
board except to see that the men were well cared for, and to 
talk of the probable point of destination. Occasionally the 
monotony would be broken through the day by some one call- 
ing out, “There comes a rebel ram around Sewell’s Point!” 
when all hands would rush to see a possible dreaded monster 
coming to crush and sink us. But our navy was well in 
hand, and the determination was to run down and sink any 
rebel boat that came in range. 

We had now become tolerably well accustomed to our 
quarters on board the “Baltic,” and had learned the names of 
the civilians on board, and the leisure hours passed pleas- 
antly, for a soldier soon learns not to borrow trouble, because 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 57 


it will come soon enough without calling. Among the nota- 
bles on board was the veteran sea captain, Jack Eldridge, of 
Cape Cod, certainly the most thorough-going old sea-dog ever 
seen, a perfect ideal sailor, who acted as sort ofassistant master 
of the steamer, under Captain Comstock, who was another 
splendid specimen of a real sea captain. We made a sketch of 
Captain Jack, which, proving to be a good likeness, was pre- 
sented to him, and he was very much pleased, saying, “Ill 
send it to Mrs. Eldridge, who will have it framed.” We 
learned that he kept his word, and after the war met him in 
Boston and received a most hearty grip from the honest old 
tar. Next was a correspondent named Edge, who represented 
the London Star, and who had been to the Crimea as cor- 
respondent. He was a genial fellow and a good artist, too, 
but had a tendency to belittle and underrate anything Ameri- 
can, “you know.” We remember being in the smoking 
room, aft, one evening, and the jolly Maj. Z. K. Pangborn had 
been treating the company to some of his well-told stories, 
when the conversation turned upon ordnance; and, in fact, a 
very large gun had been planted near Fortress Monroe. Mr. 
HE. heard them through and remarked that they had much 
larger guns in England, giving the bore and calibre, etc., 
when an officer of the Fourth New Hampshire said, “Oh, 
that’s nothing! When we left New Hampshire, they were 
casting a gun at the foundry of the Amoskeag machine shop 
that would outweigh anything of the kind in the world.” 
“How large is it?” asked the Englishman. “Well,” replied 
the lieutenant, “I don’t exactly remember the weight of the 
whole gun, but the touch-hole weighs four tons.” Which 
reply completely settled poor Edge, and the crowd fairly 
howled with laughter. Edge settled, like a man, and became 
a pretty good Yankee later. 

On the 29th of October we finally got under weigh and 
steamed seaward, and as we got outside, the fleet came into 
double column, the inside being led by the “Wabash,” which 
ship set the course for the rest of the fleet by signals daily. 


58 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


The 30th of October the wind began to breeze up from the 
southeast, and the sea began to be rough, and at evening our 
staunch ship passed through the rough cross currents off Cape 
Hatteras, and the smaller crafts had a hard time of it. For 
instance, a little river boat from the Kennebec river was 
loaded down to her guard rail with the Eighth Maine Regi- 
ment, and she was in danger of swamping. The sea grew 
more and more boisterous, and at half past twelve, midnight, 
October 31, one of the pilots came aft to take his “watch be- 
low,” when the writer heard him remark, “D—n this steering 
by other men’s compasses,” meaning that Dupont had set 
their course the afternoon before, which was too near in 
shore, and an experienced sailor well knew the water was 
shallow from the short, choppy seas running. At 2.30 A. M., 
the vessel struck, and as the writer was officer of the guard on 
deck, and having had experience at sea as a sailor, instinct- 
ively knew what to do, he at once seized an axe and cut the 
starboard hawser which towed the big bark, “Ocean Express,” 
while the first mate did the same by the port hawser, each 
calling loudly to the look-out watch on the “Ocean Express” 
to “hard aport,” which was answered promptly by an, “Aye, 
aye, sir!” 

All the while, as the sea would settle from under the “Bal- 
tic,” she would come down with a tremendous thump upon 
the hard, sandy shoal, known as the “Frying Pan.” ‘There 
was the utmost terror and confusion below, and fearing the 
men would rush upon the deck panic-stricken, and not only 
impede the working of the ship, but possibly jump overboard 
to certain destruction, we put the guards at each companion 
way, and fairly held the men at bay, until the vessel was 
finally backed off the shoal, and then calmed the men below 
by the assurance that we were all right and safe. 

We went below as soon as the vessel was free from danger 
and assured the passengers in the saloon that they could 
again retire, for they were terribly alarmed, for the gale now 
began in earnest. 


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“There were two other lieutenants besides the writer who 
had been seamen, Lieutenants Charles H. Drummer and 
Charles W. Hurd, and we three were called upon to stand al- 
ternate watches on deck in charge of the guard, which re- 
lieved Captain Comstock of much anxiety regarding his live 
freight and passengers. 

We had, as I before remarked, so much more weight for- 
ward than aft that the vessel drew nearly twenty-two feet for- 
ward and only twenty-one feet aft. Had it been trimmed as 
is usually the case, more aft than forward, we should have 
Tun upon the shoal with such force as to have rendered it im- 
possible to get off, and the “Baltic” would have been a 
wreck, with a probable great loss of life. So the hurry and 
imperfect loading of our ship proved to be our salvation. 

November 1 was a rough day. The “Ocean Express,” 
which had been picked up after we cleared the shoals, now 
was laboring hard. Our steamer was making just turns 
enough to keep steerage-way, and finally, the strain being too 
great, the ten-inch hawsers parted at about the same hour, 
and the “Express” had to make sail to clear us. ‘The fleet 
sought safety in separating as much as possible to avoid col- 
lision. During the gale the ship took fire, but it was quickly 
subdued and the soldiers knew nothing of it. 

The transport “Governor,” having on board a battalion of 
marines in command of Major Reynolds, was found to be in 
a sinking condition, and the gunboat, “Isaac Smith,” threw 
her gun overboard and went to her assistance, and every man 
was brought safely from the “Governor” by the whip and 
hawser just before the ill-fated vessel went down. The 
“Commodore Perry” was also lost, and the transport “Tll- 
nois” lost her upper deck railings, smokestack, etc., and was 
leaking badly when she reached the port. 

On the 4th of November the fleet assembled at Port Royal 
bar, amidst one of the finest sunsets ever seen. The “Baltic” 
was ordered out to search for the missing bark, “Ocean Hx- 
press.” It returned next day, after an unsuccessful trip, and 


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later the bark came in. The steamer “Union” went ashore 
on the North Carolina coast, and Quartermaster Sergeant 
Kelly, with a squad of men and crew, were made prisoners. 

The morning of the 7th of November, 1861, was as sweet. 
and calm as a northern June morning. Nature seemed to 
bear the peculiar hush which precedes a terrible storm or 
tornado. The movements upon the war ships and transports 
were so quietly performed that one would suppose it was a 
Sabbath day. The ocean was as smooth as glass. The tide 
(9 A. M.) was beginning to ebb, and the position of the trans- 
ports was just inside the bar and about half a mile from the 
east shore of the island of Hilton Head. The fleet under 
Dupont was anchored ahead of the transports, and about 
two miles southeast of Fort Walker on the left, and Beaure- 
gard on the right. The Broad river is three miles wide be- 
tween the two forts, and our position was at the apex of the 
triangle. All hands were agog for the first movement of the 
fleet, and the writer took a position on the port side of the 
foresail yard-arm, where he could take a close observation of 
all that took place. 

Presently the signal at the fore of the “Wabash” was set, 
ordering the fleet to clear away for action. The shrill whistle 
of the boatswain was heard even at our distance, and in a 
short. time the “Pawnee” took the lead, with the men on the 
fore chains heaving the lead, and the men on the forecastle 
looking out for obstructions, torpedoes, etc. The “Sabine” 
next was put into line and then the “Wabash,” followed by 
the “Pembina,” “Ottawa,” and all the smaller vessels. The 
vessels followed, each in single file, bearing to the right so as 
to go near Fort Beauregard on Bay Point, and then make a 
turn to the left and get an enfilading and later a broadside 
and raking fire at Fort Walker, and so on, making an oval- 
shaped course up and down Broad river, paying its compli- 
ments to each fort on their return. 

By and by a boom came to us, followed by a puff of smoke 
emanating from the port of the “Pawnee,” then as the sand 


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flew on the works of Fort Beauregard another and another 
shot followed in quick succession, until each in turn put in 
their solid shots and shell, firing by detail, pouring a constant 
stream of iron into the doomed works. Beauregard replied 
with a good deal of vigor, and soon the location of the fort 
from our point of view was lost in smoke. Away beyond and 
to the left sat the “Mosquito” fleet of the rebels, in command 
of Admiral Tatnal, and tas our boats made the turn on the 
upper end of the course, they sent a shot or two at the John- 
nies, who at once put back and around the rear of the island 
through Skull creek, thence to Savannah, badly demoralized, 
and it was the last part they took in the battle. They had 
previously taken ladies on board some of the boats, that they 
might see the Yanks “blowed out of the water.” 

Dupont came down the first ‘turn training his guns in order 
on Walker, which had kept up a regular fire, and the men 
in the works manned the guns nobly, but the combined fire 
of the whole fleet was too much for such a force to longer 
contend with, and it was simply a matter of time for its sur- 
render to be announced. As the engagement was drawing to 
a close, Lieutenant Budd of the navy, commanding the little 
tug boat “Mercury,” mounting one howitzer and one Parrot, 
ran a boat in shore directly under the guns of Walker and 
where they could not depress enough to hit him, and there he 
plugged away at the fort, and in one case hit the gun “Jeff 
Davis” squarely in the muzzle, breaking off both trunnions 
and smashing the carriage into kindling wood, the infantry 
in and around the fort popping away at the tug boat; but, 
nothing daunted, Lieutenant Budd kept up his fire until 
about 3 p.m. The rebels were seen kilting across the open 
Space in rear of the fort, towards Seabrook and Pope’s planta- 
tion, where they could retreat to the mainland. 

During tthe battle the troops watched the proceedings with 
great interest and were impatient to get ashore. Captain 
Comstock of the “Baltic” became so absorbed in the scene 
that, with his hand on the pilot bell, he caused the engineer to 


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steam ahead, so that we came within easy range of the fire 
of the forts; and General Wright sent back word to the cap- 
tain to drop down nearer the buoy, out of range. But we 
did not do so, for at that time some of the navy had landed, 
and as the rebels had failed to strike their colors, the sailors 
first ran up a white flag to cause the fleet to cease firing, and 
then soon after hoisted the Union flag, amid shouts and cheers 
from the entire fleet. The smoke clearing away, the war ves- 
sels came in view, one by one, looking like full-blooded race 
horses just after a heat, and the little boats, tugs, and tenders 
were dodging here and there to take men and orders from 
ship to ship, and to prepare for debarking ‘the troops. 

The Fourth New Hampshire got on board the “Isaac 
Smith,” which took us up to a point just in the rear of the 
Pope residence, at the north of the fort, where she ran in as 
close as she could. ‘There being no wharf, our men jumped 
overboard into the water, from three to four feet deep, wad- 
ing ashore, but keeping good care of their guns and cartridges. 
The regiments were marched to the rear of the works and 
formed into their respective brigades, and pickets estab- 
lished; also scouting parties sent out to see what force yet re- 
mained on the island. Fort Beauregard was silenced first, 
then Walker, and troops and marines were landed to take 
charge of the guns. Walker mounted seventeen guns, and 
had a redoubt south of the regular work mounting two more 
guns, ‘thirty-two-pounders. Walker had eight ten-inch 
Columbiads and nine thirty-two-pounders, with a reserve of 
several field pieces. 

As soon as our regiment had battled for a bivouac for the 
night, some of our officers went to inspect the work. We 
found it to be a bastion sand work, with moat in front and 
sides north and south, with deep ditch in rear and sally port 
covered by two guns, and traverses two feet projection by 
eight feet wide and eight feet high between each embrasure. 
At each corner of the work northeast and southeast were gal- 
leries leading down to the bomb proof, one of which was 


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erushed in by a ten-inch shell from our fleet, burying one 
assistant surgeon and several poor fellows who had been taken 
below for treatment. At each of the sea angles were rifle 
pits, and in rear of center of the fort was the magazine. Most 
of the heavy guns were more or less injured by our fire, and 
the work badly ploughed up, but was soon after put in order 
by refilling the sand bags and using the spade freely. 

The trenches and moat were literally filled with killed and 
wounded. As fast as their gunners were killed their com- 
rades would throw them over the parapet into the ditch, 
and the sight presented was rather revolting to one who had 
not become excited by an active part in the carnage. The 
troops finally took coffee and then made their beds upon the 
bare ground, and were soon lost in sleep. 

Early on the morning of the 8th the Fourth was ordered 
forward, and the Companies C and D were sent out as 
skirmishers. As we passed along the road leading to the 
Pope plantation and ferry at the northwestern end of the 
island, we found the way strewn with the rebel dead, mangled 
in a terrible manner in most cases. About a mile in the rear 
of the fort we came to a deserted residence, which was partly 
used as a storehouse for cotton, and here we found five 
wounded men. One poor fellow was just inside the first 
room. Never shall I forget the incident. As I stooped down 
to raise his head and put the canteen to his lips, he gasped 
the words, “Doctor, water!” and almost immediately expired, 
and placing his body ready for burial, I proceeded to inspect 
the others. One man underwent amputation in a rear room 
at the hands of Doctor Eastman of the Fourth and Doctor 
Richardson of the Eighth Maine. One lad, fourteen years old, 
had a fracture of the skull and was wild at times. Another 
had a leg badly shattered by a shell, but he looked up smil- 
ing as I went to him and said, “Wall, ef ye can git this thing 
off easy, I'll go home.” His leg was amputated at the third 
section (near the thigh), but he died the same night and 
went home. As this was the first experience I had had of 


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real results of war, it made a sad and lasting impression on 
my memory. 

The rear guard of the rebels were covering their retreat 
from the island and they kept up the desultory firing with us 
all day. We gathered fifty or sixty wounded and as many 
dead, and had General Sherman sent forward a_ sufficient 
force, we could have bagged a greater part of the rebel garri- 
son before it could have left the island. 

The troops were finally assigned their ground for camping, 
and were in brigade order. We found acres of sweet pota- 
toes, and the poultry houses and the yards of the planters 
were soon despoiled of ‘their stock. Our boys ate with a 
greedy relish the good things found ashore, having been fed 
on salt pork and split pea soup for nearly a month on ship- 
board. 

On the 10th details were called for to unload the supply 
ships and for building fortifications, covering approaches to 
our position from all sides, south, west, and north; and the 
work was very fatiguing and incessant for the first three 
months. Men were compelled to work waist deep in the 
water unloading lighters, and that with the deadly malaria 
arising nightly from the decaying vegetable matter in and 
upon the ground caused terrible sickness, and our ranks were 
being depleted fast. 

Each evening, from each regiment, could be seen a firing 
party and funeral cortege wending their way to the newly 
consecrated graveyards, bearing the remains of some noble 
soldier who had become a willing sacrifice upon the altar of 
liberty. 

The brigade under Brig. Gen. H. G. Wright remained 
unchanged as to regiments, which were: The Sixth Con- 
necticut on the right, Seventh Connecticut next, Fourth New 
Hampshire, Ninth Maine on the left. Our camps were lo- 
cated on the beach, south of the Head proper nearly half a 
mile, and the ground being perfectly level and well cleared 
of roots and vegetation, soon made a good parade ground. 


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South of our position was a deep wood of oak and palmetto, 
and west of us were farm lands for about a mile, roads lead- 
ing west and south to Braddock’s Point, on Calabogue Sound. 
We were called upon for many details daily, including picket 
duty, work on trenches and fortifications, and for the quarter- 
master’s department, so that the men were on fatigue duty 
every other day. 

One day, at inspection of arms, Colonel Whipple reproved 
one man for having a rusty gun. The soldier replied: “I 
know my gun is dirty, but I’ve got the brightest shovel you 
ever saw, Colonel!” The soldier’s wit was duly appreciated 
by the colonel. 

The terrible ravages of malarial fever made sad inroads 
upon our ranks, and as a consequence many became quite seri- 
ous as to their religious convictions. Quite a revival was re- 
ported in one of the regiments, and word reached our colonel 
that a dozen men in the Eighth Maine had been baptized the 
morning before; upon which Colonel “Tom” is reported to 
have called the chaplain, who, on reaching headquarters, was 
ordered 'to have twenty men detailed for baptism the next 
morning, as he (the colonel) “would be d—d if the Fourth 
New Hampshire was to be outdone by any other regiment on 
the island.” 

I remember the suddenness with which death followed the 
symptoms of the disease which carried away so many of our 
good boys. One Henry S. Ober, of Company C, had just 
come in from company drill one forenoon, and, after reaching 
his tent, sent word for me to call on him. I did so at once, and 
saw that he was much flushed, and I called the attention of 
Surgeon Greeley to his case. Ober was conveyed to the hos- 
pital tent, and in an hour he was dead. He was one of our 
best boys, and we felt the loss keenly. Some were sick 
twelve to twenty-four hours, when death would ensue. 

It was noticed that as soon as the grounds had become 
thoroughly policed and freed from the decaying vegetable 
matter, the fever subsided, and Hilton Head was one of the 
healthiest spots on the southern coast; and later one of the 


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large general department hospitals was erected on the same 
site formerly occupied by our brigade. 

There was something to relieve the hardship of too much 
fatigue duty occasionally, and various amusing things oe- 
curred. Among them was an affair of honor, which, at the 
last moment, flashed in the pan. One of 'the captains of the 
Fourth—who, when a boy, was an enlisted pontonier at West 
Point, and who always claimed he graduated—was prone to 
remark that “We did not do so at West Point.” At last, one 
of our old reliable captains, who had seen much service in the 
state militia, lost his patience, and said, “Oh, go to h—I1 with 
your West Point!” which remark was deemed an insult which 
nothing but blood could wipe out. So the West Pointer in- 
timated through a friend that an apology would be accepted 
or pistols for two would be demanded. The genial captain 
of Company — was alert, urged matters on. Captain No. 1 
would not apologize, and Captain No. 2 insisted on pistols. So 
matters wagged until nearly midnight, each party’s friends 
working the thing secretly to a white heat. When it became 
certain that Captain No. 1 would shoot, Captain No. 2 (the 
West Pointer) began to weaken, and urged his friends to take 
charge of his body, personal effects, etc., and was in a high 
state of excitement, counting the moments in which he could 
gaze upon things mundane, when, at midnight, the officers 
interested, having had enough fun, urged Captain No. 1 to 
send the desired apology, and thus stop matters where they 
were. So Captain No. 1 went to his desk-and wrote the let- 
ter, and the writer was with Captain No. 2 when it was re- 
ceived; the effect of which was to cause No. 2 to jump and 
yell with delight at thus being relieved of the possibility of 
taking the scalp of Captain The reaction was fearful 
to behold. The letter received, which healed the wounded 
honor of No. 2, read as follows: 

Hitton Heap, S. C., , 1862. 

Captain ; Dear Sir,—I hereby take back the offensive 


words spoken today. As Paul the Apostle says: “None of us 
are perfect—no, not one.” 











Yours truly, 





Co. ©; Fourth Ne Eve 


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Neyer was a country more calm after a terrible earthquake 
than was the Fourth Regiment after the letter had been fully 
digested, and we all returned to peaceful dreams. Many are 
still living who knew the facts of the above, but the regiment 
was kept in ignorance of the matter. We remained at Hil- 
ton Head till March, meantime going to the front picket line 
for a week at a time, leaving our camp in charge of sick and 
disabled officers and men. 

I remember one Sunday, at Pope’s plantation, we heard 
singing in the chapel near by, and Colonel Bell and Major 
Emery of the Ninth Maine, and several others, proposed to 
attend the meeting of the colored people. We went in and 
were politely tendered seats upon benches. Colonel Bell was 
asked to read selections from the Scriptures, which he cheer- 
fully complied with. The meeting was full of Methodistic 
enthusiasm, peculiar to the colored South, and after much 
praying and singing, exhortations and remarks were in order. 
Finally, an old gray-headed patriarch, blind with age, rose to 
his feet, and having been informed who it was who had taken 
part in the meeting, spoke as follows: “May de Lord bress 
de d—d Yankees. When did we ever befo’ have de white 
bredden come in to join us in praisin’ de Lord?” We under- 
stood the good old darky perfectly; and as he had never 
heard the Yankees alluded to by any other prefix except 
d—d, he thought it the proper title, and we accorded to him 
the right so to allude to us there. 

The 3d of December, 1861, Major Drew, with six companies 
from the different regiments, went to Tybee Island, some 
twenty miles south. ‘The object of the expedition was to 
make a reconnoissance to see if the rebels were upon the 
island in force; also to see if a fort could be erected to play 
upon Fort Pulaski. No troops were found upon the island. 
Captain Gilmore decided that Pulaski could be reduced by a 
work constructed upon Tybee Island, and so reported. 

Early in January, 1862, Chaplain Martin W. Willis resigned 
on account of ill health. On the 21st of- January, 1862, the 
Fourth, with other regiments, sailed from Hilton Head down 


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the coast. The Fourth embarked on board the steamer 
“Delaware,” and on the 26th came to an anchorage in War- 
saw Sound, Ga. The troops were landed on Warsaw Island, 
a marshy, unhealthy spot, and remained there and on board, 
awaiting the arrival of the navy, until the 28th of February, 
when the expedition started again, and ‘the next day arrived 
to within twelve miles of Fernandina. 

Saturday, March 1, at 10 a. m., the navy crossed the bar 
and passed around Fort Clinch on the left, and the gunboat 
“Mohican,” leading, saw a train filled with troops leaving the 
town across a railroad bridge on the Tallahassee Railroad, 
when she sent an eight-inch shell into the departing train. 
The transport then commenced crossing the bar on the 2d of 
March: The side-wheel steamer “Belvidere,” whose captain 
and mates were too much loaded with commissary “B,” suc- 
ceded in running on the bar at the point nearest Fort Clinch. 
One sailor in the fore-chains was swinging the lead line as 
they were running in, when he called out: “By the mark! 
by the mark! ground, by G—d!” when, thump, they went 
down on the shoal, and all around the boat. The strain 
parted the hog-beams and the vessel had to go into dock later. 
We went ashore next day and encamped. On the 8th of 
March Companies E and IF, under command of Captain Towle, 
were left at Fernandina, where the balance of the regiment 
embarked on board the steamer “Boston,” and, in company 
with six gunboats, proceeded down the coast and anchored for 
the night. I forgot to mention that the Fourth Regiment 
was on board the old New Orleans packet, “Empire City.” 

One afternoon, as Quartermaster Kelly was issuing whiskey 
to the men, he had the barrel “hossed” up, and with a faucet 
at the front end, he was issuing the “fluid” as each man pre- 
sented his dipper. Presently he tumbled to the fact that 
men were getting chipper who had not been to him for grog, 
and also to the astonishing fact that the barrel was getting 
low, and on looking around found Luce Legg and others 
drawing from the other end of the “bar’l.” “Uncle John” 
gave one of his smiles, which is the same whether it pre- 


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cedes a blessing or a blast. The joke was too good; the bar- 
rel was plugged up and rations stopped. 

On the 9th of March the Fourth Regiment was dieated 
among the gunboats as sharpshooters. On the flood tide 
the first boat crossed the bar, and the battery at Mayport 
Mills was found to be deserted, as also the fort at Yellow 
Bull. On the 11th of March all the fleet had got inside the 
bar, and on the morning of the 12th of March the fleet 
steamed away, up the river St. John’s, and on either side of 
the river every sawmill and lumber yard was in flames. We 
passed very near Yellow Bluff, on which the rebels had 
mounted four large guns; but they feared a flank movement 
by land forces and skedaddled before we got there. We 
reached Jacksonville at about noon and at once landed our 
troops, who were deployed so as to surround the town. The 
best hotel in town then, the “Judson Hendson,” was in 
flames, and all property owned by Yankee capital was de- 
stroyed. 

As soon as possible after landing our infantry and artillery, 
skirmishers were sent out to the different approaches to the 
town on the north and west, and the boat howitzers from the 
navy, manned by soldiers, were put in position on Bay street, 
so as to be ready ‘to dispatch to any point needed. The reb- 
els fired a few parting shots at us, but soon put a good dis- 
tance between themselves and our forces. The non-combat- 
ants seemed to welcome our arrival most heartily. I remem- 
ber a Mr. Remmington, formerly of Connecticut, who was 
almost beside himself with delight as he came down to the 
wharf, exclaiming, “The d—d rebels have skedaddled towards 
Baldwin’s, and have cleaned us Yankees out pretty thor- 
oughly.” There were two rebel gunboats nearly completed 
just above Jacksonville, which the rebels fired before leaving. 
Every deserted house in town showed signs of the most pre- 
cipitate rush, leaving their goods, and even tables spread for 
their last meal, which they did not partake of for fear of the 
dreaded “Yanks.” The day was employed in putting troops 
in quarters, and sending Company C to Mayport Mills to, gar- 


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rison the fort at the entrance of St. John’s river. This fort, 
or six-gun battery, was commanded by and named after a 
Captain Steele, a renegade from Lowell, Mass., who, years be- 
fore, cut up some shine that compelled him to flee to parts 
unknown, and we heard of him as a Confederate officer whose 
back weakened as soon as he saw the gallant sons of his own 
part of the country coming to reclaim what had been stolen 
from the nation. He was one of those who flee when no 
man pursueth, but he could not escape his conscience, which 
made a coward of him—Bert Idegress. 

The second day Company H, commanded by Captain 
Clough, was ordered out to establish the picket line, sup- 
ported by Company K and a squad of sailors with howitzers, 
the line taking in the whole town radius from the river on 
the west around to the river on the east of us, describing a 
half circle, with the railroad running to Baldwin and Talla- 
hassee departing from a northwesterly direction, and the 
“King’s road” (plank) running nearly parallel towards the 
north. We had word that a force was coming down to retake 
the town. The report was heeded to the extent of placing a 
strong force as reserve at various points on the picket line, 
and the gunboats were put in position on the river so as to 
drop shell into any advancing column that might come, sig- 
nals, meantime, being arranged so as to get prompt response 
in case of need. I remember being ordered out to the post 
between the railroad and King’s road one night, and Com- 
pany G was lying down on their arms just in my front, with 
companies to the right and left. As there was no occasion 
for alarm, and being weary with marching, we were soon 
asleep—except, of course, the picket. There was a quaint 
genius in Company G, who had a son also in the company. 
He and his son were of the Canadian type, large, muscular, 
and bony, with voices like the screech of a steam whistle or 
a Whitworth shell. The old man imagined he saw some one 
creeping towards a building just in front of our position, © 
when he gave one of his howls mingled with a screech, and 


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away went his gun and back he came into the reserve line, 
wild with fear, exclaiming, “The rebels are upon us and we 
are all in hell in a minute. Where’s my John?” Of course, 
the excitement for a few moments was intense, but it soon 
subsided. The writer was detailed as sigual officer and it was 
his duty to let off a Roman candle to let the fleet know of 
danger and get ready for action. Never shall I forget how long 
it took me to strike a light to touch off said candle. If it had 
been attached to a wheel revolving six hundred times a minute 
I could have lighted it easily, but the candle being still and 
my hand slightly unsteady, it took a long time to average the 
motion. It is needless to say that the second candle, which 
would cause the fleet to fire, was not needed. Peace and 
quietness reigned the rest of the night. 

A few nights later at the post near the railroad, known as 
the brick-yard station, there was a deserted chapel with a door 
at the east and west side of it and a huge fireplace at the 
northend. The picket post was ten rods to the east, down a 
slight declivity, on which was posted Private James Blaisdell. 
At a little after midnight Lieutenant Paddock, with a com- 
pany of rebel infantry, approached this building from the 
grove in the rear, one platoon coming around in front and 
the other in the rear, and as they reached 'the doors they fired 
upon the inmates without a word of warning or a command to 
surrender, killing two, wounding three, and taking away four 
more. One man’s head was blown completely off, the muzzle 
of the gun being placed so near as to burn the clothing of the 
victim. The picket on the railroad fired on the party, and, 
it is said, wounded Lieutenant Paddock, who died of his 
wounds later. The rebels retreated at once, leaving the dead 
and wounded in the building. We buried our dead and 
cared for our wounded the following morning. One of the 
wounded being shot through the body—the ball entering the 
right side and coming out at the left just above the hips— 
was thought to be mortally wounded, inasmuch as his bowels 
had been cut, but by the best of care and surgical treatment at 


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the hands of Surgeon Eastman he finally recovered, and the 
last I knew of him he was at work in M. This case wag 
regarded as one of the most wonderful in the annals of 
surgery. Captain Clough, with Company H, made a march of 
five miles into the country, but returned without meeting 
with any force. 

The pass system was rather loose, and men whom I was 
certain were rebels came in and out daily on the passes issued 
by General Wright, and of course they kept the rebels posted 
as to our strength and position. At last General Wright 
issued an order to challenge and fire, and not to be too par- 
ticular about challenging first, as we had lost some good men, 
and the feeling prevailed that we were betrayed by some of 
the men having passes. One night the men on King’s road 
were concealed by bushes, and about 2 a. M. they heard and 
finally saw through the gloom two crouching objects moving 
towards them. They fired, then challenged, and lo! two poor 
darkies who were trying to escape into our lines were killed. 
Although this was not what we intended, yet it had a whole- 
some effect upon the rebel creepers who used to come in 
under cover of night, and it put a stop to their prowlings. 

Capt. R. A. Greenleaf was appointed provost marshal, and 
he had a very delicate and responsible position to fill, and I 
believe that he, as well as all survivors of that campaign, will 
never forget the uniting of Companies G and A. The 
wonderful instinct of the boys for ferreting out the “crathur” 
is proverbial, and the rebels before leaving had stowed away 
underneath the building and wharves sundry demijohns of 
whiskey, gin, and brandy where they supposed no eye would 
ever search; but the boys were on the lookout for game, and 
while some were in a boat they espied the demijohns hanging 
by their handles to pegs under the floors of the wharf and 
store-sheds. They kept the matter quiet from the officers, 
and by evening they were drunk as lords and much more 
turbulent. The officer of the day went to the quarters of 
Company G, and commanded them to keep quiet, which was 
replied to by oaths and defiance. Captain Clough took in the 


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situation at a glance and ordered out all the quarter guard, 
and then trouble commenced. 

Some of Company A were in the next building, and they, 
too, were “high.” When the guard arrived the men were 
again commanded ‘to keep quiet, which they refused to do. 
The guard were then ordered to fire into the building, which 
they did, and just at this time Private Martin Stanton, who 
had been asleep in the rear room, arose to a sitting posture, 
and was shof through the heart by a stray ball. Captain 
Bankhead of the gunboat “Pembina,” came ashore with irons, 
and the men were seized one at a time and ironed and taken 
to the calaboose up town. In the melée Captain M. O’Flynn 
was wounded in the leg by a bayonet-thrust from one of his 
men. ‘The men in some cases were wild and crazy from drink, 
and it is a wonder that) so few were hurt. The guardhouse 
contained over one hundred of the boys, who, the next morn- 
ing, felt sore and badly enough over their folly. In a few 
days order was completely restored. 

Among the notable men found in Jacksonville was the 
noted Colonel Titus who figured in the border ruffian war in 
Kansas in 1858, 1859, and 1860. This Colonel Titus was of 
Singular appearance. He was short in limb, but very long and 
muscular of body. His face was handsome—almost as fine as 
a woman’s—hair long and black, eye as bright as an eagle’s, 
and just a slight pink to his complexion. His teeth were 
white and even, and his smile easy and assuring—to a 
verdant. He protested that he was loyal, but we had 4 feel- 
ing that he was a fraud and a spy, yet he was protected by 
a passport from General Wright, which had to be honored. 
One day he rode alongside of me as I was visiting the picket 
line, and gave me an urgent invitation to go deer-hunting 
just outside the lines. I assured him I came South for a 
different purpose, and would leave the deer for him. I re- 
membered his record in Missouri and Kansas and knew 
him to be a cut-throat, and had a sketch of his crimes, later 
on, which occurred while I was at Mayport Mills. 


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On the 17th of March Colonel Whipple tendered his resig- 
nation. The causes which led to it were of a personal and 
private nature, and when it became certain that the colonel 
was really to leave us a deep feeling of regret was felt by a 
large majority of the command, which was shared by General 
Wright and his staff, who regarded him as one of the best 
commanders in the service. 

The duties at Jacksonville were arduous. On the 8th of 
April, General Hunter, assuming the command of the De- 
partment of the South, ordered the evacuation of Jackson- 
ville, and Colonel Bell, with seven companies, was ordered 
to St. Augustine, while Companies B, H, and K, commanded 
by Major Drew, were sent to Fort Clinch, near Fernandina, 
and on the 8th of June were ordered to James Island, S. C., 
on their arrival at which place they were temporarily attached 
to the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Welch 
commanding, and were in the skirmishes and engagements with 
Brig. Gen. H. W. Benham, without loss. 

On the 12th of June the detachment, under the command 
of Major J. D. Drew, was sent to Beaufort, S. C., and re- 
mained as part of the garrison there until joined by the 
balance of the regiment later in September. 

While Company C was stationed at Mayport Mills, Capt. 
G. E. Sleeper in command, the writer was ordered to join the 
company. One day a voice was heard in the palmettoes back 
of the creek which separated the fort from the mainland, and 
some of our boys went over the causeway and found a 
negro with shackles on his ankles, which forced him to take 
very short steps. Our boys brought him inside the works 
and broke off the irons, and the freed man was overjoyed at 
the kindness of the soldiers, who, to a man, felt a deep in- 
terest in the runaway. The negro had been with us a few 
days, when one afternoon up rode Colonel Titus, demanding 
to know if his “nigger” was with us. I met his question with 
the reply that I did not know such to be the case. He replied 
that he knew the “nigger” was here, and had an order for his 
delivery to him signed by Captain Sleeper. I demanded to 


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see the order, when, lo and behold! I saw Sleeper’s note re- 
questing me to aid in the delivery of the negro in our custody. 
I protested, but was advised to obey the order—which, had I 
then the experience that I later gained, I would not have 
done. So the man was called from his concealment, and as 
Titus got near him he took a rope or lariat, and making it 
fast around the negro’s neck and waist, hitched the other end 
to the ring of his saddle, and, mounting, started off over the 
causeway towards his plantation, some twelve miles distant, 
saying to the negro as he started, “Come along, you black 
! Vl teach you to run away from me.” The sight of 
such brutality fairly made the boys’ blood boil, and some of 
them sprang for their guns, and would have fired but for a 
word from me. 

When Captain Sleeper returned from his visit to some of 
the natives I asked him what he meant by sending a slave to 
his master, and pointed out to him the meanness of his act. 
The captain replied by saying that Titus took him by 
surprise, and, displaying a pistol, ordered him to sign an order 
on me for the delivery of the slave to him. Had Sleeper 
been at his post, as he ought to have been, he would not have 
been weakened by the bulldozing of the ruffian Titus. We 
learned that later the negro escaped 'to Fernandina, and Titus 
got some one to call the man outside the town, when Titus 
deliberately killed him with a bar of iron. Titus had scars 
on his arms and hands, which were disfigured by knife-cuts 
in battles which he had fought, and a brother of his was shot 
and killed in Jacksonville by the sheriff in 1860. This same 
Titus has since figured as a Democratic bulldozer in Florida. 
The fact that General Wright gave him a pass to go anywhere 
in the department caused Wright’s defeat as a major-general 
for more than a year after the appointment was made. 

The companies under Lieutenant Colonel Bell arrived at 
St. Augustine April 10, and at once took possession of Fort 
St. Marke (old name), or Fort Marion, as now called, and 
part of the command was quartered at ‘the barracks in the 
south part of the town. The fort was in a badly dilapidated 





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condition, but under the direction of Lieutenant Tardy, of 
the engineers, it was soon put in good condition for defense— 
guns being mounted and destroyed forts restored; we soon had 
a comfortable and safe defense against all comers. 

The able-bodied natives of the male gender were in the 
rebel service, and only a few old men remained behind to care 
for the women and children. JI remember an old man, who 
had been clerk of the United States District Court, but who, 
since the war began and our company was dependent upon 
“Uncle Sam’s” quartermaster for provisions to eat, felt as 
proud as ever, and his family shared the same feeling and 
were bitter secessionists. 

One of our captains celebrated his birthday by ta little 
social gathering at his headquarters, and he invited a few of 
the citizens to join in the good time. Old Mr. D. was on 
hand, and during the evening imbibed freely of the “punch,” 
and when the party broke up two of the officers offered to 
escort the old gentleman home. On the way the old gent 
got the impression that he was being robbed—which was 
superlatively ridiculous, from the fact that he had not seen 
a cent for months, and the status of the officers with him 
would preclude the entertainment of such an idea for a mo- 
ment. But the old man bore down heavily upon his friends, 
and ‘as they neared his home he straightened up, and, with a 
mighty effort, exclaimed, “I’m for the Constitution un- 
impaired—otherwise I’m a rebel, by ——!” 

It was the most comically ludicrous scene ever witnessed, 
and the boys fairly roared at the old man’s sentiment. The 
fair daughters came to the gate and took charge of their 
patriotic sire, and as the group disappeared into the house 
we could hear the old man exclaiming, “I’m for the Constitu- 
tion unimpaired, by !’ Then came silence, which, let us 
hope, brought needed sleep, and on the morrow better ideas 
of his duty as a citizen of his grand republic. 

The vacancy caused by the resignation of Colonel Whipple 
was filled by the promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Bell to 
colonel, and G. E. Sleeper to lieutenant colonel, and Capt. 
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The routine of picket and guard duty was not too hard. 
The weather was very warm, but each day from 8 A. M. to 
4 p. M. we were sure of good trade-winds from the southeast 
which offered great comfort, especially while under !an awn- 
ing. Each morning guard mount, and evening, dress-parade. 
One time during the change of department chief quarter- 
master we were left for six weeks without communication 
with Hilton, and our forage and stores giving out, we were 
obliged to live on short rations for several days. A launch 
was rigged and a crew sent to Fernandina for supplies and 
mail, but two days later the welcome call from the tower on 
the fort announced the arrival off the bar of a steamer with 
Union colors; then there was joy in the camp. 

The boys will remember Mr. Carr, who kept a drugstore 
and a general variety of goods besides. Mr. Carr was very 
deaf, and he answered accordingly; so one of the boys called 
in one morning and said, “Mr. Carr, you are as deaf as h—l!” 
Carr replied, smilingly, “Oh, yes, thank you; the same to you 
and all your family.” Colonel Buffington kept the Magnolia 
House. He had lost one son at the first Bull Run battle, and 
his eldest son commanded a rebel battery—but the colonel 
was loyal and kept a good house, at which many of the officers 
took their meals. 

Some of the natives, in applying for their weekly allowance 
of grits, beans, pork, or beef, used to have some queer ex- 
periences. “Uncle John” was quartermaster, and he knew 
his business, too. If a poor, faded, clay-eating native came 
up and wanted rice, Uncle John would say, “No, you can’t 
have any rice, by 1? “Well then, can’t I have some 
grits (corn meal)?” “No, you can’t have any grits—you can 
have some rice,” and so it would go through the whole string 
of waiting paupers. Uncle John was not going to be told 
what he should issue. 

_ The only accident that happened while there was that to 
Lieutenant Edgerly, who, as an officer of the day, was riding 
to the picket posts, and in passing a narrow lane a cow came 





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out and ran directly in front of his horse, causing a collision 
in which horse, rider, and cow were piled into a heap. 
The lieutenant sustained ia dislocated arm, and soon after 
went home on recruiting service, and never rejoined the 
regiment again. 

In September Gen. O. B. Mitchell took General Hunter’s 
place in command of the department. ‘The Seventh New 
Hampshire Volunteers arrived, and a few days later we em- 
barked for Beaufort, S. C., where we were joined by three 
companies under Major Drew, and were sent out to Pigeon 
Point—one of the most detestable places ever assigned for a 
site to encamp upon, and it was rumored that our captain was 
the cause of such a selection. We made such a vigorous pro- 
test that we were finally given a nice spot of ground in a field 
northwest from the town, with good soil and a nice grove in 
the rear for shelter. It was not long before General Mitchell 
made plans for inland excursions, and on the morning of the 
21st of October the Fourth went on board a steamer and sailed 
for Hilton Head, during which day part of the regiment 
was put on board the double-ender gunboat “Connemaw.” 
The expedition got in line and steamed up Broad river, the 
object being, as understood, to break the railroad connection 
between Charleston and Savannah. The following regiments 
were in our division of the expedition, under the command 
of Brig. Gen. John M. Brennan: Sixth and Seventh Connecti- 
cut, Eighth and Ninth Maine, Forty-seventh and Fifty-fifth - 
Pennsylvania, Thirteenth Indiana, and Third and Fourth 
New Hampshire Volunteers, altogether about seven thousand 
infantry, and one section of the First United States Artillery 
(Guy V. Henry commanding), also two boat howitzers, under 
the command of Midshipman Porter. We arrived off McKay’s 
Point at about 11 Pp. M. and dropped anchor for the night. 

The landing of our forces who went to operate against the 
main forces of the enemy in the vicinity of Pocotaligo took 
place at about four o’clock in the morning of the 22d of 
October, 1862. ‘The debarkation occupied a little over an hour, 
and as soon as the artillery was ashore the regiment formed 


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into brigades and advanced north and westerly and soon 
came upon the rebel pickets. It transpired that our plan had 
been discovered in time for the enemy to intrench himself 
at different points along our line of advance. During our land- 
ing a part of the expedition, under Colonel Barton, Forty- 
eighth New York Volunteers, proceeded farther up Broad 
river and made a landing, and soon after—before opposition 
could be offered—marched to the Charleston & Savannah 
Railroad, tore up and destroyed several sections of the road, 
blew up culverts and demolished several bridges and trestle- 
works, and then returned to their transports, receiving a fire 
from the enemy during their retreat, but without material 
loss on our side. 

Our column advanced some four or five miles inland to 
McKay’s Point—where we landed and the base of our sup- 
plies—till we came to Frampton. Our flankers and videttes 
reported a force of the enemy in front in the woods near 
Frampton bridge. In front of the woods which skirted the 
creek they had dug a trench, which was used as a rifle-pit and 
was filled with the Fourteenth South Carolina Infantry. Gen- 
eral Terry came to the front and at once ordered the Forty- 
seventh New York to deploy forward on the first company, 
the right resting on the road through the cotton field, while 
the Fourth New Hampshire was ordered to file right and face 
to the front, the left company resting upon the road, with 
Henry’s Battery in the center, assisted by two boat howitzers 
manned by sailors under the command of a midshipman. 
While thus forming, the rebels opened on us from the rifle-pit, 
which was only a hundred yards in our front, and they cut our 
lines badly for ten or fifteen minutes. Lieutenant Henry mean- 
time opened with his Parrots and howitzers at the rate of four 
shots each per minute, and he did most effective work until a 
ease-shot from the enemy, exploding directly in front of one 
section of his battery, killed four and wounded three of his 
men, which for a few minutes caused him to pause in his fir- 
ing until new details could be made. The guns were soon at 
it again, and the Forty-seventh were ordered to charge, which 


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they did in fine style, and the rebels dusted out of the rifle- 
pits and skedaddled across the bridge in their rear. While we 
were standing in line of battle we were getting the case-shot 
altogether too plentifully for comfort, and our men were im- 
patient for the word “Forward.” But our colonel stood lean- 
ing upon his saber and seemed to be dazed by the onslaught. 
Finally General Terry came up and ordered us forward, and 
the men rushed to the woods to the right of the bridge, and 
remained there in a somewhat mixed condition until other 
troops had come up and the bridge had been rebuilt or 
planked. 

While under the galling fire of the enemy at Frampton an 
incident occurred that raised a laugh, notwithstanding the 
serious aspect things were taking on. Our men had been 
impressed with tue idea that if they lost their guns or they 
got destroyed by their carelessness, they would be charged to 
their account and be deducted from their next pay. So while 
waiting for the order to charge forward a shell burst over our 
line, und a fragment hit Private Tinker in the head, and 
another fragment hit the barrel of Private Hall’s gun (Com- 
pany C), and the blow was so hard that it not only doubled 
the gun-barrel into a siphon, slivering the stock, etc., but 
knocked young Hall flat upon the ground. He scrambled ta 
his feet again in an instant, and asked, “Shall I be charged 
for this gun?” The idea was so comical that we had to 
laugh, while admiring his solicitude for the safety of his gun 
rather than his person. 

As the engineers were relaying the planks, General Brennan 
ordered the Fourth New Hampshire to cross diagonally the 
marsh and creek to the right to cut off a rebel gun which was 
in the road to the left in our front—which road was a few 
rods farther west—to a right-angle to the north, and by thus 
getting to their rear we could capture the gun. Our colonel 
hesitated, as did some of his newly appointed and promoted 
officers, and yet the men were eager to go ahead. Finally 
the first lieutenant of Company C offered to lead the charge, 
and was told to go ahead, which he did, jumping into the 


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marsh and wading the creek (the tide being at low ebb), fol- 
lowed by a host of the boys of several companies, who got to 
the road in season to capture a caisson and several prisoners, 
and just then Henry had crossed the bridge and was send- 
ing shot after shot into the ranks of the retreating rebels. 
The writer was put in command of the right line of skir- 
mishers to support the battery, which he did to the end of the 
engagement. 

The Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers sustained quite 
a loss at Frampton, and the Forty-seventh New York was cut 
up by the first fire. Our troops hastened on the road through 
the woods, which were remarkably free from underbrush, and 
every few minutes would halt and fire and then resume their 
march. Our men suffered seveicly from the want of water, 
and the only supply was at a well at Frampton, where only 
a few could get a drink, as the men were crowded forward 
with all haste. Captains Sawyer and Parker came up with 
reserves and continued to the right of the road to Pocotaligo 
ereek, where the regiment was deployed to the right and left 
of the road, which was the center of the line of battle. The 
firing continued, with slight intervals, from noon to 5 P. M. 
Pocotaligo Creek is in the middle of a wide marsh from three 
hundred to four hundred feet in width, and the route crossed 
over a causeway, high and narrow, covering which, on the 
rebel side, were nine heavy guns, supported by two brigades 
of infantry and several field-pieces, under the command of 
Brigadier-General Walker, who commanded the forces be- 
tween Charleston and Savannah. It soon became evident to 
our general commanding that to cross that causeway under a 
concentrated fire of a dozen guns hurling grape and canister 
would be a useless and terrible sacrifice of men, and that all 
we could do would be to keep up the engagement until even- 
ing, thus holding the enemy there while the other part of our 
expedition was cutting the railroad up Broad river, as al- 
ready described. 

Our casualties were many in killed and wounded. The 
Seventh Connecticut, under Colonel Hawley, were lying down 


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in line of battle just in the rear of our skirmish line, and as 
the color sergeant was partly up to support the colors erect, a 
solid shot whizzed by my post, and as my eyes followed its 
direction I saw it take off the head of the color sergeant, while 
the poor fellow’s brains were strewn in the faces of his com- 
rades. It was a sickening sight, but, being surrounded hy <o 
many wounded and killed, it was almost impossible to realize 
the horrors of the scene. Captains Wallace and Mann were 
hit by the same minie-ball, and after it was extracted from 
the wound of Captain Wallace it was divided and each kept 
half. Private George W. Cook, of Company OC, brother of Ex- 
mayor Cook of Nashua (who was also a member of the same 
company), was wounded in the neck, the ball passing directly 
through to the left of the windpipe. He pluckily walked the 
whole distance back to McKay’s Point—ten miles—and after¢ 
ward came out all right. Colonel Bell was hit in the leg by 
a piece of bark splintered from a tree near which he stood, 
which caused him to limp and feel uncomfortable for a few 
weeks. The Sixth and Seventh Connecticut got many 
wounded men by being under fire, and yet not having a 
chance to return fire. A corporal strayed away from his regi- 
ment, the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, which was down in our 
rear half a mile, and came up and joined our skirmishers, and 
was in the act of loading for the second or third time when, 
standing with his side towards the enemy, he was wounded 
through both knees, which finally proved fatal. 

General Brennan ordered up the several regiments, to give 
them a chance at the Johnnies, who would rise up every little 
while and give their peculiar yell, when our boys would let 
drive a volley and down they would go. 

Henry was one of the best artillery fighters the war pro- 
duced, and his discipline was perfect. He did great execu- 
tion, right in the face of the hottest kind of artillery fire. 
At 4p. M. the rebels received reinforcements, and as the time 
approached we could see them hustle out and rush down into 
the works. Our fire was directed to picking off the gunners, 
and we succeeded in keeping the fire down to the minimum. 


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At 5 p. M. General Brennan ordered the retreat, which was 
the hardest part of the expedition, as the men were short of 
rations and dying from thirst, and then the wounded must 
be transported the whole distance upon stretchers made from 
poles and blankets, and almost every man was needed by the 
rear regiments to carry either the wounded and many of the 
dead, or else to carry extra guns. 

It fell upon the Fourth New Hampshire to cover the retreat, 
destroy all extra ammunition, take up bridges and otherwise 
obstruct the advance of any force in pursuit. General Terry 
in this engagement evinced qualities which portended an able 
as well as a brave and cool general, and our troops had the 
utmost confidence in his skill and judgment. 

The entire night was consumed in getting back to the 
landing, where, as we appeared in sigh't of the Point, we could 
see bonfires which had been built by those reaching there first, 
for the night was bitter cold, and a rousing fire felt grateful 
The scene at the Point was what usually follows a battle. 
There was only one house, which was used by the sur- 
geons for an amputation room, probing and dressing of 
wounds, ete. Rows of soldiers were lying outside who had 
been or were to be attended to, and many a spirit took its 
flight ere the morning sun arose, leaving behind a 
mangled body which had fearlessly gone forth to battle for 
liberty. 

I remember one poor comrade of the Seventy-sixth Pennsyl- 
vania, whose entire lower jaw, tongue, and tip of nose had been 
carried away by a shell, and yet he was in possession of his 
senses, and would answer our inquiries by a movement of his 
eyes or hands. He was cheerful, shaking his head when asked 
if he feared death, which was inevitable, and in a day or two 
at the farthest. A wide bandage was drawn over his muti- 
lated face, concealing the ghastliness of his wound. He in- 
spired feelings of mingled sorrow and admiration in the 
hearts of all who saw him. ‘This being our first real engage- 
ment, I dwell more upon certain details. Our weary soldiers 
lay down upon the ground to gain the much needed rest be- 
fore embarking for a return to our respective pests. 


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The preparations and details for an expedition were left 
almost wholly uncared for, except to get the men ‘there and 
back. Hardly a man had sufficient rations for a three days’ 
trip, and there was only one single-horse ambulance for the 
whole expedition of six thousand men, and two horses were 
driven to death in carrying the wounded to the rear. Chap- 
lain Billings made himself useful in attending to the wounded. 
The Fourth lost three killed and twenty-five wounded, and the 
casualties were three hundred and sixty, all told, in the expe- 
dition. Some of our dead were necessarily left in the hands 
of the enemy for burial. 

The expedition is regarded by some as a failure. Certainly 
the object accomplished was not worth the expenditure of 
men involved. We reached our headquarters at Beaufort, 
S. C., where we went into winter quarters, and routine duty 
occupied our time for the next five months. 

During the fall and winter of 1862-63 our regiment had its 
full share of picket and quarter guard details, as well as fur- 
nishing details of men for provost duty down town (Beaufort), 
and those not on guard duty were called upon for squad, 
company, and regimental drill five days in the week, so that 
the time was well used up and the men fitted nicely for the 
more rugged duties that were in store for them on the coming 
ing of the new year, 1863. 

Our regiment was nicely provided with comfortable cook- 
houses and dining-halls. Each company had its pavilion, 
large enough to cover the dining-room, 20x50 feet in size, 
.and from our company savings we provided plates, cups, 
knives and forks, brushes and blacking, white gloves and 
polishing materials; so that when inspection day came we 
looked as bright and clean as do regulars in barrack life. 
There was plenty of fun going on during the hours of recrea- 
tion, and all of the boys remember the jolly George Harris of 
Company E, and Sergeant Smith, also the queer genius Gay 
of Company B, who became famous for catching opossums and 
*coons and taming them. If there was a ’possum within ten 
miles of our camp, Gay would smell him out and capture him. 


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Our company had for a pet a Cochin China rooster, which was 
plucked of all his feathers except a tuft to protect his oil- 
sack. The boys would sometimes throw upon the ground an 
old forage-cap, when ‘the rooster would jump at and fight it 
by the half-hour, much to the amusement of the spectators. 
It was a funny sight indeed. 

The marshes abounded in curlew, plover, and marsh 
chickens—all very palatable—and the creeks were ful! of 
oysters, so our boys could get a good dinner by taking the 
trouble to go for it. We had an occasional tour of picket 
duty of ten days’ duration at Port Royal Ferry at the north- 
west end of the island, guarding the approaches from Charles- 
ton by the old shell road, and it took a full regiment to keep 
the line good. And it was on these tours of duty that we 
liked to go, for while we could see and oftentimes converse 
with the rebels, there was hardly ever any firing by either 
side. All the islands between us and Charleston were 
picketed by our troops, backed by the gunboats and patrols. 

On one occasion the Fourth New Hampshire acted in 
connection with the First South Carolina, colored troops, 
Col. T. W. Higginson commanding; also with our two regi- 
ments was Henry’s Battery, and we used the Barnevell resi- 
dence for our headquarters. The house was large and square, 
walls skim-finished, and each room had its open fireplace, and 
in ante-bellum days the owner must have taken solid comfort 
in his home, surrounded by the most beautiful natural scenery 
—stately elms, festooned with southern moss drooping almost 
to the ground, while flowers of seemingly endless variety grew 
in profusion, and the air was filled with sweet perfume. All 
cooking was done in the cook-house outside, and thus the 
house proper was kept free from any disagreeable odors and 
smoke arising from the pitchy wood used. One day Colonel 
Higginson suggested to me that we decorate the walls of our 
lodge room with curtains illustrating the cause and progress of 
the war for the Union. We heartily agreed, and entered upon 
the work in our spare moments as a diversion, which was a 
more rational way than putting our time to a more profitless 


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use. The colonel insisted that it was well done, and covered 
the ground graphically. 

Several runaways with dark skins came across from the 
mainland under cover of night, and we gave them their lib- 
erty, which seemed to be a boon that they could hardly real- 
ize at first. 

One day while at Chimney Point we sent over the creek 
for a man whom our boys had heard calling for quite a long 
time. ‘The darky had eluded the rebel pickets to his left, 
and made one grand appeal to us for help, which was 
answered by several members of Company C, who took a barge 
and pulled around the bayous and got close enough for the 
negro to get alongside and into the boat, when he got as low 


into the bottom of 'the barge as possible and begged our men 


to “Pull fo’ de shore quick, fo’ de love of God!” Our boys 
needed no urging, for the rebels had made a rush for that 
point and sent a few shots at our retreating boat, but without 
harm. The man had irons on his ankles, made so as to afford 
a step of perhaps eighteen inches, and he said he had traveled 
nights, concealing himself days, for a week, and had come 


from a point forty miles inland. He was willing to do any- 


thing for the boys who had delivered him. 
We had all heard of the blackbird-pie, “four and twenty, 
fit for a king,” and Lieutenant Carleton and Captain G. in- 


vited the writer to join them in a day’s hunt on an adjacent — 


island, where they were doing picket duty. So we took our 
boat and crew, with the colored boy “Primus” (who had a 
good shot-gun), and sailed around the island to the hunting 
grounds. We bagged a few quail and curlew, when along flew 
a flock of what appeared to be blackbirds. Said I to my com- 
panions, “Now, let’s bag a lot of these birds and have a pie 
fit for a king or any other good fellow.” In fact, while think- 
ing of it our mouths fairly watered, as it were. Our party 
divided, each taking a side of the field, and driving the flock 
from side to side, we bagged a couple of dozen or so, which 
we thought would be ample. I noticed on looking round 
that my servant “Primus” was grinning to himself, but said 


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nothing. At last we assembled at Captain G.’s headquarters, 
where he had a good cook and plenty to do with, and when 
the work of plucking the birds was over, and while the baking 
was going on, other preparations for the feast were being for- 
warded. Meantime a drop of “suthin” was esteemed indis- 
pensable to brace us up for the charge upon our viands. When 
all was ready I was called. upon to do the honors of the table, 
and while we had “snapped crabs,” oyster patties, sweet pota- 
toes, and nice bread and fixings, we all waited with bated 
breath for the grand dish of all. Never shall I forget the 
big yellow dish in which it was baked. The crust was thick 
and faultless in appearance, and the cook had just laid him- 
self out in his art. After sharpening the knife we put the 
point into the pie so as to divide the crust into six equal 
parts, when, lo! mother of saints! such an odor as greeted the 
sense of smell was enough to knock down a horse; and then 
“Primus” ventured to remark that it was “de fuss time he 
ever knowed crows was good to eat.” We had bagged two 
dozen of the carrion crows (a little larger than our robins), and 
it is needless to say that we abandoned the pot-pie and fell 
back upon the more natural repast spread before us. 

The army had its followers both in the ranks and outside, 
as, for instance, in the quartermaster’s department civilians 
were employed ostensibly as teamsters or forage men, hostlers, 
etc., but who proved to be regular experts at cards and who 
laid low for “flats” and “suckers.” Nor were civilians the 
only ones who were sharp, but soldiers and officers took a 
quarter-a-corner occasionally. 

One of our lieutenants had a faculty for getting picked up 
by every sharper that came along. He thought he was smart, 
but that’s what beat him. He had drawn four months’ pay, 
and instead of reimbursing his brother officers for money bor- 
rowed, he thought he would take a hand at “draw” and add 
to his “stake.” He fell among the Philistines and was com- 
pletely “strapped.” He came into camp “dead broke” and de- 
moralized. He was soundly berated for his folly, and got no 
pity from his friends for the time. Next day, pitying the 


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fellow and feeling for his friends at home, we concocted a way 
to get back his money from these same sharpers, first getting 
his promise never to gamble again, but to avoid all such 
companions. We took into our confidence a private of Com- 
pany —, who was one of the best card players in the country, 
furnished him with one of our dress coats and caps, and, 
getting leave from his commander, took him down to meet 
the gentlemen who had fleeced our friend, to endeayor to 
get the money back. The private in officer’s coat and cap 
excited no suspicion, and after a few preliminaries the game 
commenced. No great stakes were made during the first 
hour. Our friend was as cool as a cucumber, andi listlessly 
put down his ante, passed the buck, saw it, and went one, 
two, three, or more better, as the case might be. Finally the 
party began to hedge and cross bets, but it did no good. Their 
pile was going sure and fast. Bluff was no good against his 
nerve and his hand (cards), which he generally did hold in 
case of a “call,” and by 1 o’clock, Pp. m., had in his front 
pocket $500 in crisp notes as his winnings for the evening. 
Said he, quietly, when appealed to play still longer, “No, not 
tonight; will call again tomorrow night.” And so, being clear 
of them, we returned to camp, and he restored the lost money 
to the lieutenant, who was more than grateful, and who kept 
his promise not to play for money, so far as I know. 

The foregoing is no fancy sketch. The private has long 
since been called to his last account, and I hope that his 
generous deeds more than outweighed his shortcomings in the 
judgment of the all-wise and just God. 

The spring of 1863 opened with a grand naval expedition 
against the defenses of Charleston, which was mainly the work 
of the navy, and was unsuccessful. 

On the 4th day of April the Fourth New Hampshire Volun- 
teers received marching orders, and, having embarked on 
transports, proceeded to Hilton Head, where it was brigaded 
with the Third and five companies of the Seventh New 
Hampshire and Sixth Connecticut (Colonel Chatfield). This 
brigade was commanded by Colonel Putnam, of the Seventh, 
and the division by Gen. Alfred H. Terry. 


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The next day the troops sailed from Hilton Head for Stono 
Outlet, which was reached at night, and where they lay aboard 
the transports awaiting the results of the bombardment of 
Fort Sumter by the navy. In this position they remained 
for six days, when, on the 7th of April, the expedition having 
proved a failure and the navy not having succeeded in making 
any effective impression upon the walls of Sumter, the troops 
were carried back to Hilton Head, and the brigade organized 
having been discontinued, the regiment went into camp. 

On the 17th a new brigade was organized, consisting of the 
Third and Fourth New Hampshire, the Sixth Connecticut, and 
a battalion of sharpshooters, all under command of Col. Louis 
Bell of the Fourth, and assigned to General Terry’s division. 
The next day marching orders were received, and another ex- 
pedition against Charleston was inaugurated, under General 
Gilmore, who had succeeded Gen. David Hunter in command 
. of the department. 

On the 19th the transport arrived at North Edisto river, 
and the troops had another season on shipboard awaiting the 
arrival of the navy, until the 28th, when, it having been de- 
cided to abandon the expedition, both land and naval forces 
set sail for Stono river, and the brigade was again broken up. 
The next day the Fourth arrived at Stono Inlet and disem- 
barked on the south end of Folly Island and reported direct 
to General Vogdes, commanding the United States forces on 
Folly Island. 

Folly Island is a long, narrow strip of sandy, undulated 
land, covered with pine, scrub oak, and palmetto, which, with 
Morris Island, separated from it by a narrow inlet called 
Lighthouse Inlet, naturally forms the outworks of the 
defenses of Charleston. General Gilmore took advantage of 
the enemy’s neglect to fortify the island, and prepared to 
advance on Charleston by this route. Stono river passed up 
by the south side of James Island, and Legreeville on the left 
and Secessionville on the right were familiar places to many 
of our troops forming this expedition, especially the boys of 
the Third New Hampshire. 


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The Fourth encamped about two miles from the north point 
of Folly Island, and, with other regiments, was called upon 
daily to furnish details for digging earthworks. Just across 
the Lighthouse Inlet were the southern defenses of Morris 
Island. Our camp was located in a growth of pines, from the 
tops of which Charleston harbor, with its surrounding forts, 
could be plainly seen. Active operations were delayed for 
several weeks, during which time our boys were kept very hard 
at work building fortifications and picketing the northern 
extremity of Folly Island, which brought our pickets within 
about fifty yards of the rebel pickets across the inlet on Morris 
Island. The pickets politely agreed not to fire on each other, 
and employed the time in a far pleasanter manner by ex- 
changing tobacco, coffee, and newspapers, sent across in 
miniature boats. 

The ladies of Charleston occasionally came down to look at 
the “Yanks,” and no doubt with their fine glasses discerned 
that this class of the species was in all essential respects very 
like those they had been accustomed to associate with. 

The rebels at this time did not dream of our having any 
considerable force upon Folly Island, and all our movements 
were made under cover of darkness. On the 1st of June the 
rebels, to save the cargo of a blockade-runner which had 
grounded just off Lighthouse Inlet, midway between the two 
islands, opened a heavy fire upon our pickets, who, to protect 
themselves, built “splinter-proofs” and “gopher halls” in the 
sandy hillocks that line the shore of the inlet, covered with 
thick bushes. In the background an excellent position was 


afforded for building our masked batteries; and it may be well 1 


to remark that the rebels opposite, supposing all the sand- 
works they could see were merely protection for pickets in- 
stead of batteries, as they really were, had neglected to 
strengthen their fortifications, which might have been made 
impregnable to any direct assault by our forces. Thus the 
attempt to save the blockade-runners’ cargo led to the capture 
of the island. 

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steal quietly down to the wreck and get a lot of the goods and 
return to their posts, but the rebels got most of the cargo, as 
to have sent a force large enough to cover the wreck would 
have disclosed our strength too much, 

It was on the night of June 17 that Company B, of the 
Fourth, commenced building the first work in the last long, 
siege of Charleston, and during that night one man was killed. 
For twenty-one nights and nearly as many days the regiment 
constructed masked batteries, working in silence, no one being 
allowed to speak above a whisper. On the morning of the 
8th of July the works were completed. Forty-four guns and 
mortars were in position, the magazines filled, and the trees 
in front of the embrasures “girdled,” ready to let fall when all 
should be ready for the assault. Severe labor and want of 
sleep had so exhausted the men that they were obliged to re- 
linquish the work they had so faithfully commenced to fresh 
troops drilled for the purpose. 

The Fourth joined General Terry’s command and partici- 
pated in a diversion upon James Island. It must be remem- 
beredi that during all this time of building batteries we were 
upon one of the most God-abandoned places in the known 
world. The water was brackish to the extreme point of nau- 
seating the drinkers, and the men were stricken down by 
hundreds from its use, and those who survived death were 
made fit subjects for skeleton regiments, so glibly talked about 
since the rebel brigadiers have got into Congress. We had 
upon our regimental rolls about seven hundred men, and at 
one time there were only one hundred and seventy-five fit for 
duty; and had we remained much longer we should have all 
left our bones upon the sea isles. 

The boys will remember with a crawling sensation the 
wood-tick, which wanted to form an intimate relation with 
them—even to boring into their very flesh; and then, sand- 
fleas, midgets, gnats, etc., with a liberal supply of mosquitoes, 
made up the complement of the comfort of the island. It is 
not to be wondered at that the rebels did not apprehend any 
force staying on the island long enough to build works, inas- 


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much as the cussedness of its natural inhabitants was a good 
ally, sufficient to keep away any less determined men than 
the loyal sons in blue. 

When all was in readiness on our side, troops were moyed 
to the north end of Folly Island on the 9th of July, and on 
the morning of the 10th, at early dawn, the signal was given, 
and each embrasure was cleared by felling the trees in its 
front, and the batteries opened. all along the line, the forty 
odd guns belching forth a deadly fire upon the rebel lines and 
camps, who were taken completely by surprise. A _ rebel 
officer, while surveying our pickets through a glass, suddenly 
exclaimed, “By ! the Yanks have mounted guns over 
there!” at the very moment the forty-four “peacemakers” 
rained iron around him. The chivalrous son of the South 
doubtless left for safer quarters, as he lived to tell the story. 

The charge across Lighthouse Inlet was soon ordered, and 
was stoutly resisted by the rebels, who were in rifle-pits near 
the shore on either bank of the inlet. At last our boats and 
launches were filled with men, who crossed over and soon 
routed the rebels, and the latter fell back upon Wagner later 
in the forenoon. We made several captures, among which 
was a rebel lieutenant of artillery, who was taken before he 
could complete his toilet, and was in light marching order 
when he surrendered, but, through the courtesy of his captors, 
soon put on his “trousers,” and felt more at ease in our select 
company. The Fourth did not participate in this charge, 
but was ordered up to the inlet the same day, and crossed over 
the next night with camp equipage. 

Early in the morning, after the first assault upon the lower 
part of Morris Island, Major Dan Rodman, of the Sixth Con- 
necticut, made a rapid march upon Wagner with three hun- 
dred men and with promised support to follow quickly on 
after him. He gained a point near enough to cover the gun- 
ners of Wagner, and could have taken the fort at that time 
had his support come as agreed upon, because the garrison of 
Wagner had only three hundred men, which was not a cor- 
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assault, such as we might have given it at the time. Major 
Rodman kept his men well in hand for nearly an hour, and 
even though wounded through the thigh, was reluctant to 
retreat, and urgently appealed by messenger for more troops 
to hurry up before enforcements could be sent to Wagner 
from Charleston. But no! our general was so elated with a 
small success that he could not follow it up by a greater one 
within his grasp, and so, as a consequence, we had a long and 
terrible campaign before us. 

Major Rodman and his command fell back, and General 
Gilmore advanced his lines to a point within about one and a 
half miles south of Wagner and commenced operations for a 
grand attack, to be supported by the navy. 

After the terrible assault upon Wagner on the evening of 
the 18th of July, the Fourth was ordered to report to Major 
Brooks of the engineers, of General Gilmore’s staff, and in 
charge of the siege works. The approaches, consisting of 
five parallels connected by covered ways, or “zig-zags,” 
were carried for five hundred yards over a sandy strip of land 
not three fourths as wide as Fort Wagner, and bounded on the 
east by the ocean and west by the marsh. At spring tide the 
surf filled the trenches. In front were Forts Wagner, Sum- 
ter, and Gregg. A little to the right, in line, lay Fort Moul- 
trie, across Charleston harbor; and more to the left, Fort 
Johnson; and a long line of batteries on James Island, desig- 
nated by the men after their respective characters, as “Bull 
of the Woods,” “Mud-Digger,” “Peanut Battery,” etc. The 
combined fire of these batteries was concentrated on this nar- 
row compass, the workshops of thousands, upon which Colum- 
biads, Blakeleys, Armstrongs, Brooks, and Whitworths, and 
shells of every caliber and kind—from the 13-inch mortar to 
the vindictive Whitworth—uneeasingly fell. Shout “Cover!” 
to any survivor of the terrible siege, and he will unwittingly 
look in the air for a coming shell. This storm of iron was at- 
tended by a continual “zeeb” of bullets from Fort Wagner. 

The Fourth did not take an active part in the bloody assault 
of the 18th, but were held as reserves, although at the council 


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of war Colonel Bell offered his regiment to lead in the as- 
sault, but the offer was declined. 

Well do I remember the column as it passed up the beach 
on the evening of the assault. I remember Lieut. Virgil 
Cate, of the Seventh New Hampshire, who was leading his 
horse, and he remarked that the horse was tired and ought to 
have a rest. Cate was a good and true man, with kindly feel- 
ings even for the brute creation. As Acting Assistant Adju- 
tant General Libby, on Strong’s staff, passed by, he called out: 
“Good-by, ‘Rich, there’ll be music in the air before we get 
through.” 

The navy had been pouring in a terrible fire most all day, 
for the purpose of displacing guns on Wagner and to prevent 
reénforcements from landing, and General Seymour had de- 
cided that the fort could be carried by storm, although Put- 
nam had protested; but Putnam was ready for the ordeal. 

Many a soldier can remember the fact of some comrade 
who had a presentiment of coming death in some special case 
or fight. On the afternoon of the 17th Lieut. S. 8. Stearns, 
acting assistant adjutant general, with brigade headquarters, 
Colonel Chatfield commanding, called at my tent, and I no- 
ticed he had become shorn of his moustache, which was one 
of his marked features, as it was very heavy and long, and I 
remarked upon it. He replied, “I’m going into the charge and 
am not coming out alive, and I want to go clean shaved!” at 
the same time handing me a package of papers to send to a 
friend in Connecticut in ease he should fall, which trust I ac- 
cepted, but assured him that he stood as good a chance as any 
to survive the charge on the enemy. On the 18th, during the 
belching of grape and canister, poor Stearns was shot through 
the heart, and his little roan horse, turning broadside to the 
fire, lost his tail close to the crupper, then, turning to the rear, 
bore the body of the lieutenant within our lines. ‘Thus, it 
proved that the lheutenant’s presentiment was real and veri- 
fied. 

The description of the battle is graphically described in the 
record of the Seventh New Hampshire, and when the his- 


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torian of that regiment comes to these pages he can do it 
more justice than I can, for he was on that seething work 
during an eternity of time to those who were there without 
the needed help that Seymour had promised to have at hand 
promptly. Seymour was unfortunate, and, although an old 
soldier, he seemed to lack the ordinary judgment so necessary 
to win at the critical moment. He was wounded in the foot, 
but not until Putnam was killed. As Seymour was in charge 
of the storming column, it was his duty to know who was on 
the right, also to know, without being called wpon, that it was 
important to give Strong and Putnam all the men possible 
and at once, and had he done so, Wagner would have fallen 
into our hands and saved us a forty days’ siege later and a 
useless sacrifice of lives. 

The loss among the officers was very great, showing that 
they did not skulk or leave their men. ‘This was especially 
true of the white troops, but not so with all the officers of 
the colored troops, some of whom turned back and left their 
men to get out the best they could. One of the Beacon- 
street kid-glove “fellers,’ whom the noble John Albion 
Andrew had placed so much confidence in as to give him a 
commission, turned back, and was confronted by a colored 
sergeant, who clubbed his musket upon the officer and 
threatened to brain him if he did not return to his post of 
— duty. 

The colored troops were on the marsh side of the narrow 
strip of land, while the white troops were on the ocean side, 
and it was well up to the ditch that the noble and gallant 
Colonel Shaw fell and was buried by rebels in a trench be- 
neath a mass of his colored troops who had fallen in the ter- 
rible hailstorm of iron. One can imagine how slim were the 
chances from destruction when it is known that on the south 
face of Wagner twelve 42-pound colonnades were sending 
grape and canister at the rate of four shots each per minute; 
besides, several howitzers, Parrots, and other guns were play- 
ing away from embrasures and en barbetle, the whole being 
flanked by infantry, who fired with great regularity. It is a 


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wonder that a soul escaped who got within range of their fire. 
Among those killed were Adjutant Libby, of the Third, act- 
ing assistant adjutant general; Sergeant McPherson, of the 
Seventh; Lieutenant Cate, formerly of Manchester, of the 
Seventh; Captain Brown, of the Seventh; Col. John Chatfield, 
Sixth Connecticut, mortally wounded; Gen. George C. Strong, 
mortally wounded—and he was one of the noblest officers in 
the service. 

The scenes of that night will never be effaced from the 
memories of the men who took part in the struggle. The bru- 
tality of the Southern rebels was something appalling. ‘They 
had planted torpedoes along the island in the path to be taken 
by our men, and one torpedo was concealed beneath the corpse 
of a negro, who lay stretched on his face, entirely nude of 
clothing and partially covered by the drifting sand. Under- 
neath the body was a plank, the slightest movement of which 
would release the strip of paper which held the plug of the 
torpedo in place—and then an explosion. But our men were 
cautious, and a party to collect unexploded shells, under 
charge of an ordnance sergeant, went near the decoy, all 
lying flat upon the sand. They took a long pole, touched the 
body, and away went the torpedo, causing a great explosion 
and making a great hole in the sand, but without injury to 
any one. A rebel sergeant, who had placed, or knew where 
most of the torpedoes were planted, was ordered to point out 
their location, and in some cases was made to dig them up, 
much to his discomfort. 

Around the ditch or moat of the fort were placed pointed 
sticks and iron pikes, known as the “John Brown” pike, made 
at Harper’s Ferry. These were put at an angle of forty-five 
degrees, and were intended to impale the Union troops as 
they came down to cross the ditch in the dark. But our 
boys pushed them aside or pulled them out altogether and 
passed through the cordon of pikes. 

Then the treatment of prisoners was cruel. While their 
men in our hands were treated kindly, they put all of our 
generals, field and line officers, in a building in Charleston 


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under the fire of our guns. As soon as our general heard of 
it he had built a stockade on Morris Island, in range of their 
guns, and placed a lot of their officers inside. He then sent 
word to Beauregard to fire away, that two could play at that 
game. ‘The result was that our men were put in a place 
of safety from our fire, and we in turn put their men in places 
out of range. Had this policy been inaugurated by all our 
department or navy commanders, the hellishness of Wirtz 
could not have been vented upon the poor victims at An- 
dersonville. And when I think of the chief rebel, Davis, 
living in peace under a government he spurns, who was the 
responsible head of these cruelties, it makes—well, let us 
keep cool. 

After the failure to capture Wagner by storm, it was de- 
cided to reduce it by regular siege and approaches—con- 
structing batteries at each available spot on the way, mount- 
ing guns at intervals so as not to cover the range by those in 
the rear, and details were called for working parties, day and 
night, and these men constructed covers and bomb-proofs at 
easy distances, where they might take cover from the shot 
and shell of the many points of fire. It soon became a 
familiar cry of the lookout pickets, “Cover, Johnson!” “Cover, 
Sumter!” “Cover, Gregg!” “Cover, Moultrie!” “Cover, Wag- 
ner!” and “All down, quick!” 

Sometimes a ball, say an eight-inch shell, would seem to 
be nearly spent in force and would be rolling across the island 
in the direction of the hard beach towards the surf. One 
day, as two soldiers were walking up the beach, they saw one 
of these slow-moving balls rolling along, and one of the men 
essayed to push it aside from its course with one foot, when, 
to his horror, his foot and ankle were smashed badly, causing 
amputation. Casualties were of daily occurrence in the 
trenches and “zig-zags,” and the boys dreaded the detail, but 
met it manfully for over forty days. 

It must be borne in mind that the constant discharge of 
projectiles of all sizes from our guns was effecting great 
damage to the rebels’ forts, and as we “slumbered not nor 





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slept,” the lost in men and works was more than the rebels 
could readily repair between times. That formidable work 
from the channel front, Sumter, was reduced to a pile of 
brick and mortar débris—an indefensible pile of brick-dust. 

The “Swamp Angel” has been constructed on the marshes 
at a point in the rear of the fort, in a position where the first 
projectors of the work never for a moment anticipated that 
a foe could make a lodgment to harm them, of course. We, 
as a nation, had only to prepare for a foe from abroad; but 
as the men who had the construction and completion of the 
fort were educated in our own army and were on the Union 
side, we had an advantage of their knowledge of all the salient 
points, and so, when the time came for reducing the work 
from its weak sides, no better engineer than Gen, Q. A. Gil- 
more could have been selected for that purpose. The marshes 
between Morris Island and James Island had several islands 
which afforded more or less footing for the establishment of 
the sand-bag works, provided enough sand could be forwarded 
to make a solid terra firma. Surveys were made and the 
estimates duly submitted as to sand (in bags), lumber, ete., 
and here I must relate an incident. A lieutenant under 
Colonel Sorrel, of the New York Engineers, was ordered to 
make a survey and estimates as to men and material sufficient 
to complete the work at the proposed point of the battery. 
The lieutenant reported that it would take one lieutenant and 
ten men eighteen feet tall to reach bottom or hardpan, and 
so much sand and plank to afford a cover, ete. This joke 
cost the leutenant a suspension for a few weeks, when he was 
restored to duty as being an invaluable man for the work. 

This lieutenant was of the Miles O’Reilly (Charles G. Hal- 
pline) stamp—full of wit and practical good sense—and he 
saw the chance to admonish the department commander that 
while it was practical to build a work at the point designated, 
yet the work was hardly commensurate with the probable out- 
lay of men and material. This foregoing experience will 
strike many as being true to their observations during the 
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Well, as good luck would have it, the “Swamp Angel” did 
good work in thumping Sumter in the rear, and where the 
projectiles came from was for a long time a mystery. Our 
gunners would select a foggy morning for their work, and, 
having gained the range and distance, could plant their pro- 
jectiles into the work at night as well as day, and occasionally 
would change range and send compliments into Charleston, 
much to the discomfiture of the Charlestonians. 

On the morning of the 7th of September the lines were 
formed for a final charge upon Wagner, and it was deter- 
mined to take the work now at all hazards. Some one, more 
venturesome than the rest, crept up to the work and found it 
deserted, except by a few sick and wounded. ‘The news 
spread rapidly, and the column, which had entertained such 
grave apprehensions of what was to come, went joyously up 
the beach and marched into the works, finding there quite a 
number of rebels who had been left, and who offered no re- 
sistance to the occupation of the works. 

One quite smart fellow, who had a broken arm, said, “We 
heard your shovels under our works, and feared you would 
mine us and blow us up; so our folks skedaddled.” For once 
the shovel triumphed over the bayonet. 

Fort Gregg shared the fate of Wagner, and both were soon 
afterwards rebuilt and named after General Strong and 
Colonel Putnam, who fell in the process of their reduction. 

The cool autumn air brought renewed health, and the 
winter was passed on the ordinary routine of garrison and 
fatigue duty in the various forts, and on picket duty on the 
island. About the middle of January, 1864, the Fourth was 
ordered to Beaufort, S. C., where it was on garrison duty. It 
was here that under the call for three hundred thousand more 
men, men were reénlisted for three years, or during the war. 

While the work of enlistment was going on the Fourth 
received orders to report to Hilton Head. This was on the 
20th of February, 1864. The next day they proceeded on 
transport up the Savannah river:to a point on Whitmarsh 
Island, seven miles east of Savannah, for the purpose of cap- 


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turing a number of negroes engaged under the direction of 
the rebel troops in erecting fortifications to defend the ap- 
proaches to the city. The forces consisted of the Fourth New 
Hampshire, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under 
command of Col. Joshua B. Howells of the latter regiment, 
and a finer disciplinarian and a more faithful officer and 
gentleman the army never saw. The expedition did not carry 
out its designs, owjng to a lack of codperation from the de- 
partment commanders, and after a skirmish the command re- 
embarked, when a dispatch was received from department 
headquarters ordering the Fourth New Hampshire to proceed 
at once to Jacksonville, Fla. 

On their arrival there they soon learned that the Union 
troops had been badly beaten on the field of Olustee, and 
were then falling back upon the defenses of Jacksonville, 
where they expected another attack. The troops were badly 
mixed up and demoralized as they came in by squads, each 
cursing the man who was so absurdly foolish as to march a 
column into the enemy’s country without as much as a flanker, 
vidette, or skirmish line in advance. 

The fact was that a captain with a company of the Seventh 
Connecticut, armed with Henry repeating rifles, had been as 
far as Olustee and had made a defense behind a lot of cotton 
bales on the public square for more than an hour against a 
superior force, finally driving them hack towards their army 
under Gen. Mike Finnigan, the Henry rifle proving too quick 
a shooter against the muzzle-loaders. After this engagement 
the captain with his company fell back to our lines, and then 
it was that General Seymour ordered his column to advance. 

As those familiar with that country will remember, most 
of the roads are for most of the way between towns very nat-— 
row and sandy, and flanked on each side by an almost impene- : 
trable thicket of scrub oaks and palmetto, and our men 
marched single column of fours, infantry on the right, and 
occasionally a section of artillery and a few cavalry to give 
variety. Generals Finnegan and Walker well knew every rod 
of the way, and deployed their men in ambush on either flank — 


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of our column, and so let us pass quietly, until by accident some 
of our stragglers ran into a group of rebels, and then com- 
menced the popping of muskets. There was a part of the 
route where there were no roads running parallel, and at this 
point our troops got in just the position where the rebels 
could “paste them in good shape.” As a matter of course, 
General Seymour was at the rear, where fancy paper-generals 
of the Halleck stripe are supposed to be located, so as not to 
see at once the ever-changing needs of their commands. 

The Third, Seventh, and Thirteenth Regiments will long 
remember the tight spot they found themselves in. Our 
regiments were badly cut up, confusion reigned, and a good 
army soon became a mob, so far as that battle was concerned, 
and only for the coolness of the individuals in the leading 
regiments, and especially of Capt. Jack Hamilton of the 
Third United States Artillery, who, although badly wounded 
in the arm, stemmed the tide of battle and reformed broken 
lines till something like order once more prevailed, the dis- 
order would have been worse. 

General Seymour had made his second serious mistake and 
failed to fill the bill, and, although a very fine man, seemed to 

overlook the most important matters as being of too trivial 
a nature, inasmuch as they did not originate under the cap of 
a West Point cadet. How many thousand men were wasted 
through just such folly as was in this ease so sadly depicted! 

The Fourth were assigned to the brigade under General 
R. 8. Foster, who found plenty of work for them to do—with 
the familiar spade—building forts and defenses against the 
expected rebel attacks. As the enemy did not appear, the 
regiment, being no longer needed, received orders on the 26th 
to return to Beaufort, S. C., which point was reached after 
a sail of twenty-four hours. 

Meanwhile, the list of veterans had increased to three hun- 
dred and eighty-eight men, the largest number reénlisted in 
any New Hampshire regiment. The reénlisted were now 
entitled to a furlough of thirty days, and were anxious to 





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reach home in season to vote at the March election, and under 
Colonel Bell reached home on the 7th of March, 1864. 

Besides the government bounty, the veterans received $100 
from the state and $100 from the town, and later from $500 
to $1,000 was paid for substitutes, most of the money in many 
cases falling into the hands of the land-sharks, who made a 
regular business of gulling the government, state, town, and 
soldier. Many a poor white has found himself in barracks— 
not knowing how he came there—stupefied from drugs, with- 
out a penny, and in a terrible fever of apprehension; but the 
“bounty-broker” knew how he got there, and had drugged the 
man, enlisted him, got the bounty, and pocketed the whole, 
which of course could not be successfully carried out without 
some “understanding” with men supposed to be strictly hon- 
orable in high positions. I could tell of some very crooked 
transactions, but as it could do no good at this late day, Pll 
let it pass, because, should another occasion require similar 
methods to raise men for service, fools and dupes would not 
be lacking to feed these hungry, unscrupulous hounds, who 
are ever on the alert for a “simple sucker” from the rural dis- 
tricts. 

After disposing of the Fourth Regiment and seeing it off . 
for New Hampshire, we who remained at Hilton Head were 
very busy getting other regiments home, and never did. Port © 
Royal harbor present a livelier appearance than during 
March and April, 1864. 

Those who did not reénlist were placed under command of 
Lieut.-Col. J. D. Drew, who still remained at Beaufort until — 
April 12, when this detachment sailed for Fortress Monroe, | 
with orders to report to General Butler, commanding the De- 
partment of Virginia and North Carolina. They arrived at 
their destination three days later, and were ordered to Glou- : 
cester Point, York river, where they encamped for the night. 

During the month the veterans returned, and the Fourth 
was. brigaded with the Eighth Maine, Fifty-fifth and Ninety- 
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of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, Gen. Adelbert Ames com- 
manding the division. 

On the 15th of April, 1864, the detachment of the Fourth 
arrived at Fortress Monroe, and were ordered to Gloucester 
Point, York river, where they encamped for the night, being 
the first troops of the Tenth Corps to land. Later in the 
' month the veterans returned, and the .Fourth was brigaded 
with the Eighth Maine, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, and Ninety- 
seventh Pennsylvania, under command of Col. Richard 
White, of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, Gen. Adelbert Ames 
commanding the division. The Army of the James, of which 
the Tenth Army Corps formed a part, started for Ber- 
muda Hundred on the 4th of May, on transports up the 
James river, where it landed on the 6th. 

A line of works extending from the Appomattox to the 
James (west), about six miles from the Bermuda Hundred, 
was immediately thrown up. ‘The first advanced movement 
was made on the 9th of May. Ames’s division tore up several 
miles of the Petersburg & Richmond Railroad, and then, 
by a hasty march, joined the Eighteenth Corps at Swift 
ereek, where the enemy in force were attacked, and after a 
sharp fight were driven to the defenses of Petersburg, on the 
Appomattox. At night the rebels in turn charged our lines, 
but were severely repulsed. 

While preparing to renew the advance in the morning, 
heavy firing was heard in the direction of General Terry’s 
command, which had been stationed at Lemster Hill to repel 
any advance from Richmond. Without a moment’s delay, 
though the heat was intense, Ames’s division hurried to the 
scene of action, but only arrived just as the enemy in heavy 
force had been handsomely repulsed. One day’s rest, and the 
Army of the James started “on to Richmond.” Slight skir- 
mishing occurred on the first day. At night a heavy rain set 
in, and our troops lay down to rest, in the mud, where the 
rebel General Hoke had encamped the night before. 

The next day the Fourth advanced along the railroad, the 
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left. A few hours brought them to the first line of the de- 
fenses of Richmond. Skirmishing at once commenced. Two 
pieces of artillery were brought up on a car and were opened 
on a fort directly on our front. A rattling fire was kept 
up until nearly five o’clock in the afternoon, when General 
Terry’s division, having made a detour, came upon the 
enemy’s flank, and the Third New Hampshire, supported by * 
the Seventh, made a desperate and bloody charge. The 
Fourth received orders to charge the work in front. Forward 
they rushed, over fences and ditches, and planted the flag on 
the ramparts which the enemy had hastily left. General 
Gilmore now rode up, amid repeated cheers. The Eighteenth 
Corps captured the right of the line the same evening; thus 
the outer line of defenses was secured. 

The storm had not ceased, and now reopened with in- 
creased fury. News was received that a cavalry force was ad- 
vancing on our line of communication to cut off our supplies, 
and through the deepest of Virginia mud, over swollen and 
almost impassable*creeks, and through thicker than Egyptian 
darkness, wet to the skin by the drenching rain, the Fourth 
hurried to guard against this threatened danger. At Chester- 
field Court House, five miles from the starting point, while 
busy pulling their tired limbs out of the “sacred soil,” a 
volley from the enemy’s carbines brought them to “atten- 
tion.” Two companies were quickly thrown out as skir- 
mishers, and the regiment was formed in a hollow square to 
receive cavalry, and there, having reached the point to be 
guarded, they remained all night, with strict orders to keep 
awake, orders which the cool night air made it comparatively 
easy to obey. In the early morning, before coffee could be 
made or a little mutton or poultry, which had “offered” itself 
to the men, could be cooked, the regiment was ordered back 
without delay to assist in taking the second line of rebel 
works on Drewry’s Bluff, which is near the James river. 

All day May the 14th the Fourth supported a battery, 
under a provoking fire, and at night relieved a portion of the 
skirmish line on the right or north side of the railroad. In 


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front, between them and the rebel lines, for a distance of 
five hundred yards, was a thick growth of underbrush, afford- 
ing a fine cover for the enemy. The next day, which was 
Sunday, was passed in continual sharpshooting, and at night 
a breastwork was thrown up. On the morning of the 16th, 
which was to prove an eventful day, a dense fog covered the 
earth. The rapid rolling of a heavy fire of musketry was 
heard on the right. Some of the videttes reported the enemy 
advancing in force on our front, and every rifle was laid over 
the rails. 

While our men calmly awaited the coming of the foe, sud- 
denly a line of graybacks sprang out of the mist, as if by 
magic, within three rods of the Union lines; but they quickly 
disappeared, for every rifle was emptied with deadly aim and 
bayonets were fixed for close work. The enemy rallied by 
their officers, whose voices could be distinctly heard, ad- 
vanced, and again retreated, with ranks shattered by another 
volley. 

The Federal troops were formed in one line, with intervals, 
and had there been the least flinching, the line would have 
been lost. Besides this, the cartridges were nearly exhausted. 
The fire on our right grew heavier and nearer every moment, 
and seemed to break to rear. An order from General Butler 
for the whole line to charge put the troops in good spirits, 
they vainly supposing that affairs were prosperous, when, 
suddenly, the troops on the right of the Fourth retreated in 
disorder. The brigade, however, advanced to charge, and 
were quickly met by a counter-charge, the enemy appearing 
in overwhelming numbers in front and in the rear of our left 
flank, within a few yards, virtually making prisoners of a 
portion of the regiment; but the men could not be made to 
understand it in that light, and after doing all that men 
could, they retreated under a perfect hail of bullets, coming 
from the right, left, and rear. Many fired at the enemy 
within a few feet, and ran out from under their bayonets. 
Corporal Plummer shot a rebel color-bearer ten paces off. A 
bullet pierced Captain Clough’s hat, and when he took it off 


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a shell took the crown out, which was pretty close work for 
the captain, and the air was literally filled with the missiles 
of death. Col. R. White, of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, 
commanding the brigade, was taken prisoner, when Colonel 
Bell rallied the men and held the enemy in check so as to cover 
the retreat. 

The firing heard in the morning was the surprise and cap- 
ture of Heckman’s brigade. ‘The line was now broken and 
could not be retaken. The order from General Butler was 
issued the night before and did not reach them till all was 
lost. The Fourth lost one hundred and forty-two men in the 
action in killed, wounded, and missing. 

It was during this engagement that the gallant Major 
Charles W. Sawyer, of the Fourth, was wounded in the 
shoulder, of which he died later at the residence of his brother 
at Concord, N. H. He was a brave and courteous officer, be- 
loved and respected by all who knew him. He went out in 
the First New Hampshire Volunteers, as first lieutenant, in 
Captain Kenny’s company, from Dover. His memory will 
ever be revered by his surviving comrades and acquaintancés. 

Lieut. Frank B. Hutchinson was last seen firing his revolver | 
within a few feet of the enemy. He was a soldier that never 
showed fear and never flinched from his duty. He formerly 
resided in Manchester, and was for many years a clerk with 
John Truesdale, Esq. 

Captain Jasper G. Wallace, of Company C, was again 
severely wounded, his first wound being received at the battle 
of Pocotaligo in October, 1862. 

Sadly, with diminished ranks, we marched back to our old 
position at Bermuda Hundred. But the rebels did not allow 
us a moment’s rest. The works were strengthened and a 
heavy abattis built. On the 18th the enemy appeared in 
force, attacked and took the picket line, which was lost and 
retaken several times, making a series of sharp engagements. 

On the 21st occurred a sharp engagement, in which 
Lieutenants Brewster and Stearns were badly wounded, also 


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several enlisted men wounded, and about twenty lost in 
prisoners. 

On the 28th of May the division left Bermuda Hundred 
with orders to report to W. F. Smith (Baldy), commanding 
the Eighteenth Corps. The corps was ordered to report to 
General Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac, landed 
at the White House, on the Pamunkey river, and thence 
marched to Cold Harbor on the 3d of June, where they arrived 
on the morning after the great battle, in time to throw up a 
line of breastworks before daylight. Eight days of living and 
fighting in the trenches followed, when, on the 12th of June, 
it having been decided by General Grant to make a further 
change in position to the south of the James river, the Eight- 
eenth Corps was ordered back to the White House again, and 
the next day left that place on boats down the Pamunkey and 
York rivers and up the James to Bermuda Hundred. 

On the morning of the 16th of June the corps crossed the 
Appomattox at Broadway Landing and marched directly to 
the defenses of Petersburg. The outworks were gallantly 
taken by colored troops, and a heavy line of earthworks de- 
veloped, extending from the river over an interval (Peters- 
burg race-course and fair grounds), and along the hill two 
miles from the city. The corps formed in line, the colored 
troops on the left, and the division commanded temporarily 
by General Brooks next. It lay under fire until 5 o’clock 
Pp. M., then made a charge in fine style and captured the 
works. Colonel Bell’s brigade took one hundred and twenty- 
five prisoners and several pieces of artillery. Gen. Baldy 
Smith rode up and complimented the men for their gallantry. 

The lines before Petersburg will long remain as historic 
grounds. From the 16th of June until the surrender of Lee 


in April of the succeeding year, Grant’s shattered but un- 


flinching army, stretching along from the Appomattox to a 
point beyond the Welden Railroad, fought many bloody battles 
and endured more than pen can describe. 

The brigade returned to Bermuda Hundred on the 18th, 
but hardly got comfortably into camp before it was ordered 


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back before the lines in front of Petersburg, where it-arrived 
on the 23d, and the Fourth relieved a regiment of Michigan 
riflemen. 

For thirty-six days Colonel Bell’s brigade remained in one 
position, on the left of Fort Steadman (afterwards so named) 
and joining the right of the Ninth Corps. By careful use of 
the spade, the advance or picket trench was within two rods 
of the enemy, the main line being a short distance in the 
rear. 

An attempt to capture the enemy’s advance trench was 
made on the 30th of June. Colonel Bell opened a furious 
fire from the picket line, while another brigade was to charge. 
Some one blundered, and it resulted in a heavy loss and noth- 
ing gained. ‘The Fourth lost fifty men in killed and wounded 
while performing ordinary trench duty. The men met death 
or suffered from terrible wounds with patient fortitude. 

This, indeed, was one of the darkest hours during the 
rebellion; thousands of noble men lost and not a complete 
victory gained. Only once during this particular term did 
firing cease. One morning the Yanks and Johnnies simul- 
taneously dropped their rifles, and in a minute were good- 
naturedly swapping coffee for tobacco, as though war was an 
unheard-of thing. 

During this time the Fourth was brigaded under the com- 
mand of Colonel Bell with the Thirteenth Indiana, Ninth 
Maine, One Hundred and Seventh New York, and Ninety- 
seventh Pennsylvania. The division (Second) was com- 
manded by General Turner, formerly chief of artillery on 
General Gilmore’s staff. The First Division, Tenth Corps, 
was commanded by General Terry, and the Third Division 
by Gen. O. S. Ferry, senator from Connecticut. 

On the 30th of July the regiment took part in the famous 
Battle of the Mine. The previous night the division was 
quietly withdrawn from the front and massed in rear of and 
near the covered way or gallery leading to the mine, which 
had been the trench-talk for weeks. And here let me add, 
by way of parenthesis, that in almost every large city in the 


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country we can find an engineer who claims that he had 
charge of the construction of that particular mine, and of 
course he sports the title of “general.” 

About four o’clock in the morning the earth was shaken 
by the explosion, aud the artillery immediately opened. It 
was truly a grand commencement, and seemed, as a man 
jocosely remarked, “like forty-four Fourths of July rolled into 
one.” The crater of the blown-up part was quickly taken by 
a portion of the Ninth Corps, in which were the Sixth, Ninth, 
and Eleventh New Hampshire. Colonel Bell’s brigade ad- 
vanced on the right and took a position under a terrible en- 
filading fire from a battery just across a ravine, on a knoll. 
Men were literally mowed down, and lay dead as if in ranks. 
A sharp fire partially demoralized them, and they were 
huddled together with little order on the reverse of the cap- 
tured work, for they had never been under a heavy fire, and 
acted like most raw troops. The plan was to charge im- 
mediately, but something was wrong, and the troops suffered 
for the blunder. 

And here a little of the inside history will come into play. 
_ General Burnside had been put in charge of this whole mine 
business, so far as the deployment of troops and general plan 
of battle were concerned, and knew more about it than any- 
body else; and after every division, brigade, and regimental 
commander had been instructed in orders what was to be 
done and how and when it was to be accomplished, up rode 
* Gen. George G. Meade, and after a hasty survey of the plans 
of Burnside, condemned the whole thing as arranged (because 
it did not have his impress upon it), and without giving 
Burnside time to notify all his commanders of the proposed 
‘change, insisted that the assault should be made early the 
next morning and according to his plans, as to placing of 
forces, etc., and the result was confusion. No one cared to 
assume the responsibility of leading off or taking advantage 
of any favorable turn in battle, and a victory was lost by sheer 
default. Burnside (like the noble soul he always was, God 
bless him?) took the entire blame and responsibility upon 
himself rather than put it where it belonged. 


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Meade, as chief of Grant’s staff, and nominally commander 
of the Army of the Potomac, was an extra wheel that might 
have been dispensed with in the field. As an officer general, 
like Halleck, he could be of little harm at Washington. His 
knowledge of the theories of handling armies, etc., and the 
quantity of supplies for 100,000 for six months was ample; 
but for real field service—noting constant changes in the 
situation, and having the nerve to act in time to break the 
enemy—he was totally lacking, and Sheridan had the tact 
in abundance. But rank did as much to defeat as to promote 
our cause; as, for instance, when Vicksburg was just ready 
to surrender to Grant, and the garrison had been living for 
weeks on mule meat, Halleck, chief of the President’s staff, 
sent an order to Grant to raise the siege, and when General 
Grant had read it he handed it to his adjutant, with the quiet 
remark that “after Vicksburg had capitulated he would con- 
sider the matter of raising the siege.’ Halleck did not and 
could not know the situation at Vicksburg as well as did 
Grant, who was there in person. And that mistaken idea 
was never overcome until Grant was put at the head of all 
the armies. Meade was useful in many directions, but was 
very jealous of all junior officers, and in this instance inter- 
fered in a matter the details of which he did not know at all. 

The heat of the day of the explosion was intense, and many 
men fell from sunstroke. Suddenly there was a cessation of 
firing, when some demoralized hero sang out, “The rebels are 
coming in to give themselves up!” This brought every man - 
to his feet. Sure enough they were coming in, but with arms 
at a trail. At this sight the negroes became panic-stricken, 
and, instead of instantly retreating, mixed up in awful confu- 
sion. They formed a living breastwork for the rebels, for to. 
fire was to hit them, and to advance was impossible. It 
seemed an easy thing to beat back the rebels if the negroes 
had been out of the way. ‘This delay gave the rebels the 
advantage, and so the Fourth retreated to their intrenched 
line. Even this was in great danger of being captured, for 
the flying negroes defied every effort to stop them. Colonel 


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Bell re-formed his brigade, planted the colors on the earth- 
works, and held the line until relieved by General Stevens’s 
brigade, when, tired and almost disheartened, they withdrew. 

The regiment lost fifty men in killed and wounded. Capt. 
Joseph M. Clough commanded the regiment when the retreat 
commenced. The flag standard was cut off twice, and a 
bullet put through the pike, and fifty-five bullets and a shell 
put through the flag. That night the regiment took its old 
position in the trenches, and next morning marched to Ber- 
muda Hundred under a burning sun which struck down many 
a weary soldier. ‘I'welve days’ rest followed, every third day 
on picket, and the picket had a pleasant way of keeping their 
cartridges for future use. 

Another movement was to be made north of the James 
simultaneously with one on the Weldon Railroad, eighteen 
miles southeast of our position. The First and Second Divi- 
sions of the Tenth Corps crossed the river on the night of the 


13th of August, and at daybreak the leading brigade took the 


outer works of the enemy. In this engagement the colored 
troops handsomely redeemed their reputation, which had 
suffered some damage at the mine, by making a successful 
charge. 

The Fourth was engaged all day in skirmishing. ‘The next 
day a movement was made to get in the rear of the enemy’s 
lines at Malvern Hill, which was accomplished by Grant’s 
well-known flanking operations. One brigade was kept 
closely skirmishing with the enemy, while another moved 
around to our right, turning their left. 

A somewhat sorry accident closed the incidents of the day. 
Tim Riordan, a tall Milesian of Company G, mistaking the 
position of our forces, rode into the enemy’s lines with sixteen 
canteens of whiskey, which he had just procured of the com- 
missary, thus rendering a drop of aid and comfort to the 
enemy, but a sad mistake for poor Tim and his dry comrades. 
The horse on which Tim was mounted belonged to one of the 
noncommissioned staff, and, of course, it went with the 
whiskey. 


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During the night the regiment was ordered to relieve a 
portion of Gregg’s cavalry on one of the main thoroughfares 
leading into Richmond. The enemy’s videttes appeared in 
a thick wood, and a sharp encounter ensued, in which Lieut. 
Stephen Wentworth, a brave and promising officer, was killed 
while leading his company forward as skirmishers. 

On the morning of the 16th of August Terry’s division, in 
a gallant manner, took a strong line of works in the rear of 
Malvern Hill. The Third Brigade was quickly advanced over 
the works to feel the enemy’s line. The men rushed over 
the works, crowded with the wounded and dead of the fight, 
and pressed forward into the open field beyond, and only 
halted to find the enemy advancing on both flanks in an at- 
tempt to recapture the line. The situation was critical. ‘To 
advance was almost certain capture or destruction. An order 
was soon issued to withdraw behind the breastworks, which 
was done slowly and carefully, but with great loss, for we had 
to contend with fresh troops, under the brave and able rebel 
general, A. P. Hill. The enemy followed quickly and charged 
fiercely on our line of works, but were repulsed severely and 
sent back with broken ranks. Colonel Osborne, temporarily 
in command of the brigade, was wounded at the first onset. 
Major Walworth, of the One Hundred and Fifteenth New 
York, succeeded him, but received a ball in the leg soon after. 
Capt. F. W. Parker, of the Fourth New Hampshire, then took 
command, and while the forward movement was being made 
directed the change of position, but in his turn was disabled 
by a severe wound in the neck just as the enemy were re- 
pulsed. A second charge was made by the rebels with more 
success. The Fourth lost in this action forty-five men killed 
and wounded. Captain Hobbs took command of the regi- 
ment, and the Tenth Corps shortly after removed to Bermuda 
Hundred. A captain was in command of the brigade, and 
only one captain was left for duty in the Fourth New Hamp- 
shire. ; 

A few days of rest and comparative comfort followed, when 
the Second Division was again moved to the front of Peters- 


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burg, and took its position under the constant dropping of 
lead and iron from the rebel lines. 

I will here endeavor to sketch a scene of the field hospital 
as I saw it and helped to prepare it for the work that was to 
be done on the 16th of August. As my division, the Third 
of the Tenth Army Corps, did not go on this expedition to 
the north of the James, but remained in charge of the de- 
fenses in front of Petersburg, from the Dunn House hill to 
right, and being anxious to join the other two divisions of 
the corps, I was assigned as aide to Gen. David B. Birney, 
commanding the Tenth Corps, and served under him during 
the expedition. On the evening of the 16th General Birney 
ordered me to report to Surgeon-General Clark, who, after 
selecting a site for a field hospital, directed me to take charge 
of the pioneers and clear away the brush, erect six or more 
tables for amputation purposes, and start a lot of fires in the 
grove to illuminate as well as to drive away the chill, damp 
air. The grove was in a ravine, amphitheater in shape, the 
sides rising gradually to the general level of the fields on each 
side, and removed about three quarters of a mile in rear of 
the line of battle. At the north side of this grove or ravine 
were a planter’s house and outbuildings, and it was there that 
I caused boards and materials enough to be taken to construct 
the tables for the surgeons to operate upon. No sooner had 
we got the ground prepared than the ambulances and 
stretchers began to arrive with the wounded, and in course 
of an hour over two hundred had been brought to the grounds. 
There were eight surgeons and twelve to fifteen assistant sur- 
geons, besides hospital attendants, on hand to attend to the 
cases as brought to them, and each poor unfortunate, as he 
was placed upon the table, would seem to resign himself to 
the fate that awaited him with all the heroism of a martyr. 
Some of the men had wounds that needed probing, which 
Was, in some cases, a dreadful torture, while in other cases a 
bone had been shattered by bullet or shell, and the time elaps- 
ing since the wound was received having been several hours, 
and perhaps since early in the day, inflammation was very 


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great and mortification threatened, so that the judgment 
of three or more of the surgeons was rendered that the hand, 
foot, arm, or leg must be amputated as the only means of say- 
ing life. 

I remember well one soldier, a member of Lieut. J. T. 
Sanger’s battery, of the First United States Artillery. He 
was a large, muscular; curly-headed Irishman, and I happened 
to be talking with Lieut. 8. in the afternoon, just as a shell 
from the rebel battery hit this man when he was standing at 
his piece in the act of loading. The shell, or fragment, struck 
his right hand, tearing it off near the wrist, leaving the bones, 
cords, and tendons all exposed. In an instant the Irishman 
looked around to his heutenant, and, shaking his stump in 
the air, exclaimed, as though addressing the rebels, “Go it, ye 
divils. Dve got wan good hand left yet!” And not until 
the lieutenant ordered him to the rear did he leave his posi- 
tion at the piece. ‘That was pluck for you! This same man, 
when his turn came that night, placed himself upon the table 
and, refusing anesthetics, submitted to clipping, stitching, 
and dressing the stump, and when the work was done, called 
for a little spiritus frumenti, and rejoined the crowd of 
slightly wounded. 

Among those brought in was a rebel colonel of a North 
Carolina regiment. His was a fracture of the bone above the 
knee, and, after probing, the surgeons decided that the knee 
must be removed at the section or thigh, and it was enough 
to melt a heart of stone to hear the poor fellow appeal to 
them to spare the leg. At last ether was administered and 
the limb taken off, but the shock was so great that he only 
survived till the next day. At each of the tables some one 
was under treatment, and thus it continued all night long, 
and yet the number waiting for attention seemed not to 
diminish, though of course it did. During the night I passed 
along the hillside where the wounded were lying in rows and 
gave to each some whiskey. I made the rounds twice, and on 
my second trip found that many of the brave boys had passed 
beyond the need of earthly help and were rigid in death. 


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Among those to be mortally wounded was Captain White 
of the Third New Hampshire. He was shot directly through 
the lungs, and as I raised him to give him a drink, he could 
only whisper a few words of a message to his friends at home. 
As I left him to attend to others I bade him good-by, never 
expecting to see him again alive. But strange are the freaks 
of wounds. He recovered under most careful treatment, and 
is alive and well today, holding an appointment in one of the 
departments at Washington. 

Early on the morning of the 17th the chief surgeon and 
myself went down to the landing, where the steamers lay 
moored waiting to carry the wounded to the northern hos- 
pitals, and there we found tents erected and surgeons busy 
at work the same as at the field hospital, and hundreds were 
lying around in their blankets waiting the attention of 
surgeons. It was here that I saw Capt. (afterwards Colonel) 
F. W. Parker, with a wound in the neck, and quite a lot of: 
the Fourth boys were at this point. 

Later in the morning we returned to the front, and as the 
amputations were ended, I caused a trench to be dug, into 
which the limbs that had been cut off were buried, and this 
trench, fifteen feet square and three feet deep, was nearly 
filled with hands and feet, arms and legs, as the result of the 
night’s operations. 

The terms of enlistment of those who originally went out 
in the Fourth having expired on the 18th of September, they 
were ordered to New Hampshire, under charge of Lieut. 
M. V. B. Richardson, assistant commissary of musters, and 
not Colonel Drew, as the Report (A. G. O.) has it, who secured 
prompt transportation for them, and on reaching Concord 
had their papers fully approved by Major Whittlesey, and the 
men paid off and on their way home in forty-eight hours after 
their arrival in the state. The conduct of these veterans was 
admirable, and it was with exceeding great joy that they 
gazed upon old familiar scenes for the first time in three 
long years, and still greater to clasp their loved ones to their 
hearts again. 


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Our reception by the city authorities at Manchester and 
by state and city officials at Concord was most hearty; but I 
recall the fact that one nervous patriot, who feared a draft, 
was very anxious to know how soon we were going back to 
the army again. 

One morning soon after our arrival home, as the writer was 
going from the depot to Elm street in Manchester, he was 
overtaken by a certain painter of no mean genius, who in- 
quired when we thought of returning to the army, ete., and 
further remarked that it was no use to try to whip the South; 
that our men were dying off like sheep. “In fact,” 
said he, “our northern men can’t get accumulated to the 
climate.” I assured him that possibly the climate might be 
too much for them, but that they would accumulate in num- 
bers sufficient to wipe out the rebels when they moved again. 
But he did not see the point. 

To return to the front again. Of the three hundred and 
eighty-eight who reénlisted in February, and over seven 
hundred recruits received, only a small number remained fit 
for duty, and at the attack on Fort Gilmer, on the 29th of 
September, only forty men could be mustered for the fight. 
The attack, which was one of the most bloody in which the 
Fourth was ever engaged, proved unsuccessful. 

The months of October and November, with a part of 
December, were passed in picket and trench duty north of the 
James. 

Many of the New Hampshire soldiers will remember that 
noble soldier, Col. Joshua B. Howell, of the EHighty-fifth 
Pennsylvania, who, while on Morris Island, was crushed under 
a bomb-proof with Colonel Bell, Lieutenant Cross, and others, 
receiving at the time an injury that was feared would prove 
fatal, but by undergoing the operation of trepanning, he re- 
covered and rejoined his command. To freshen the memory 
of some, I will describe his appearance. He was nearly six 
feet tall, straight as an arrow, hair and full beard as white as 
snow, with florid complexion, eye like an eagle’s, expression 
always that of a dignified gentleman, with the most polite 


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bow of recognition, yet firm and exacting in the requirements 
of military duty—upon himself as well as those under him. 
He was in command of the Third Division, Tenth Corps, in 
September, 1864, and one beautiful moonlight night invited 
the writer to go with him to visit General Birney at head- 
quarters, but as I had a business appointment that would de- 
tain me an hour or more, he departed with others, with the 
injunction that I should follow on as soon as possible, so as to 
make the grand rounds of the defenses after the visit to 
headquarters. At a little past 9 p. m. I rode over to the 
headquarters, and was surprised to see it so deserted in ap- 
pearance, so very quiet. I at once inquired of the sergeant 
of the guard if General Howell had been there. He replied 
that he had, but had met with a terrible accident, and was 
probably not alive then. I was terribly shocked, for I loved 
-and respected him very much. It seems that his horse be- 
came frightened at something, and, rearing quite erect, 
caused the general to lose his seat in the saddle and to fall 
off backwards, his head striking upon a projecting pine stump 
or knot, crushing in the same old wound or fracture received 
on Morris Island a year or more before. The glorious old 
hero never spoke afterwards, but lingered for three days, 
when death ensued, and I had the honor to accompany the 
remains to Baltimore and there hand them over to his rela- 
tives, who came there to receive them. 

General Howell was seventy-two years old at the time of 
his death, was a lawyer by profession, and took from Pennsyl- 
vania one of the best regiments that ever entered the service, 
composed mostly of young men of business and professional 
pursuits, and he never forgot the grave responsibility that 
rested upon him in caring for “his boys” as though they had 
been of his own kin. Thus passed away one of Nature’s 
noblemen, in whose death, though not in the battle front, 
was a loss deeply felt by all who had ever known him. 

The writer did not rejoin the Fourth Regiment after the 
original members were mustered out, but remained in New 
Hampshire during the winter of 1864-€5, and early in 1865 





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was ordered to report to the War Department at Washington 
for assignment to duty at Camp Stoneman, four miles east 
of Washington. He will, however, continue to give the rest 
of the service of the Fourth New Hampshire as taken largely 
from the Adjutant-General’s Reports, to complete the series, 
and leave the details and incidents to abler hands who re- 
mained with the regiment until its final muster-out. 


FORT FISHER. 


Of the first expedition under General Butler and its utter 
failure little need be said. The fleet, with the troops on 
board, left Hampton Roads on the 12th of December, but 
owing to severe storms and other delays the troops were not 
landed until the 24th. After a careful survey General Weit- 
zel decided that the fort was impregnable by a direct assault, 
and the awful precedents of Forts Wagner and Gilmer were 
strong argumehts in. proof of his opinion. Sadly mortified 
by this unexpected result of so much preparation, the expedi- 
tionary corps returned to their position to the north of the 
James, and went into winter quarters near the picket line. 

Yankee ingenuity soon transformed the mud and logs of 
Virginia into comfortable quarters. General Grant was not 
disposed, however, to acquiesce in the decision in regard to 
Fort Fisher, and a second expedition was prepared, in which 
General Terry was to command and General Ames, with the 
forces selected from his old division, was to do the hard 
fighting. The regiments chosen were among the best in the 
army, of large experience and unchallenged bravery, pre- 
pared for the work by such battles and assaults as Wagner, 
Morris Island, Drewry’s Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the battle of 
the mine. 

Every man of the Fourth capable of doing duty was brought 
into the ranks, and the regiment was commanded by Capt. 
John H. Roberts. It embarked on the good steamer “Baltic,” 
a sad remnant of the full loons and cabins of the same vessel 
on its original expedition to Port Royal in 1861. Once more 


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the transports floated before the long line of sandy mounds 
known as “Fort Fisher.” 

On Friday, the 13th of January, 1865, the fleet moved into 
line and opened fire. The troops were landed through a 
heavy surf, on a hard beach, about five miles north of the 
fort. General Paine’s division landed across the narrow 
tongue of land which separates Cape Fear river from the 
ocean, and moved forward about two miles towards the fort, 
where he threw up a hasty line of works and made a careful 
reconnoissance. The bombardment by the fleet—which paved 
Fort Fisher with iron—continued without cessation till three 
o’clock on the afternoon of the 15th. 

The time had come when it was to be decided whether this, 
perhaps the strongest of the rebel works, on which the wealth 
of England and the best engineering skill of West Point had 
been expended, could be taken; and this little veteran division, 
consisting of men from New Hampshire, New York, Pennsyl- 
yania, and Indiana, led by General Ames, had this momen- 
tous question entrusted to their hands. Well may the cheeks 
of the little band blanch, and their teeth set firmly together, 
as slowly they move over the sand-hills, with their eyes fixed 
upon the deadly work set before them. A force of marines 
charged the sea face of the fort, but were repulsed after a 
gallant fight. Just as the rebel garrison were crowding to 
the sea face, exultant over their victory and pouring their fire 
into the retreating marines, General Curtis’s brigade dashed 
forward upon the angle near Cape Fear river, closely followed 
by Pennypacker’s and Bell’s brigades. The movement was 
successful. The gate and one mound were gained, though the 
road to the former lay over a broken bridge, enfiladed and 
crossed by a murderous fire. Gallantly leading his brigade, 
Colonel Bell had almost gained the bridge when a shot struck 

him and he fell, mortally wounded. A moment later and the 

colors of his own regiment, which he had loved so long and 
so well, were planted on the small mound (or traverse) of the 
fort. 

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beloved and deeply mourned by his brigade. Dignified, yet 
genial; brave, yet cautious; never sacrificing lives uselessly; 
ever ready to share hardships and danger with his men, no 
influence or peril could deter him from doing his duty or 
shake a resolution once formed. 

General Curtis lost an eye, and General Pennypacker re- 
ceived a bad shell wound in the leg, and the casualties among 
officers was very great. 

The one weak point in the. ‘‘Malakoff” was the gate. The 
foremost men now gained this, and were speedily reénforced 
by the remainder of the division, who crept hastily through 
the stockade while the engineers were at work hewing it 
down. / 

The great strength of the fort was in its long succession of 
huge sand mounds, or traverses, thirty feet high, each forming 
a redoubt in itself, with magazines and bomb-proofs accessible 
only over the top or through a narrow entrance. 

The gate and captured mound formed the base of 
operations against the balance of the fort, though to any but 
iron-nerved men it would have proved but a slender foothold, 
for the rebels still had the advantage of superior numbers. 
Twelve mounds to one, and Fort Buchanan below to rake the 
inside of the work! 

Admiral Potter kept up a continued and harassing fire. 
Now came the tug of war! The dash and first excitement of 
the assault were over—dogged obstinacy and persistent effort 
to advance in the face of death were the soldierly qualities 
now called into play. In the narrow limits where the whole 
division were now obliged to operate, identity of company, 
regiment, or brigade was impossible. Each must, and did, 
act as though success depended on his own right arm. 

The fire of the enemy was well directed and incessant. A 
hundred dashes to the next traverse would fail, and the neat, 
succeed. This desperate contest continued until after ten 
o’clock in the evening, and nine of the traverses were taken. 

The men were by this time almost exhausted, and the ranks 
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ceased, when General Abbott’s forces entered the fort, and 
the remainder of the rebels soon afterwards surrendered. 

The fierce, prolonged struggle was over, and victory was 
proclaimed by a blaze of rockets from the fleet and the 
triumphant cheers of the men on shore. 

The joy of the Fourth was mingled with sadness at the 
loss of their beloved commander and a number of tried com- 
rades. A true and impartial record of the great personal 
bravery and intrepidity of the noble band that won this fierce 
hand-to-hand. struggle against fearful odds can never be writ- 
ten. Nameless heroes, whose deeds required as much patriot- 
ism and self-sacrifice as the immortal Jasper, will never be 
known to the world. 

Captain Roberts had been in every battle, siege, and 
march of the regiment, unceasing in his efforts to keep the 
men together and move them forward. 

Color-Sergeant Plumer, who had planted the flag on the 
first mound, now, in advance of all, placed the broken standard 
on the eighth mound, so near the rebel flag that the stars and 
stripes actually flapped against the southern cross. While 
pointing to a fresh bullet-hole in the flagstaff near an old 
fracture, the brave man fell, badly wounded. 

Captain Hunkins, of Company K, was specially compli- 
mented for his coolness and efficiency while acting upon the 
staff of General Ames. 

That night, as all that were left of the Fourth New Hamp- 
shire lay quietly sleeping over a magazine, it suddenly ex- 
ploded, thus adding to the already long list of casualties. 

The regiment remained at Fort Fisher until the 11th of 
February, when the advance on Wilmington was commenced. 
Captain Parker, who had been wounded at Deep Bottom, had 
been commissioned lieutenant-colonel, and, having recovered 
from his wound, returned to his regiment and assumed com- 
mand. 

The rebel forces, under command of General Hoke, were 
stationed at “Sugar Loaf” Battery, about two miles from the 
Union lines. A night expedition, planned to get into their 


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rear, failed. Ames’s division was quickly ordered to Smith- 
field, on the opposite side of Cape Fear river, where they 
joined Cox’s division of the Twenty-third Corps, and by a 
rapid movement on the night of the 18th invested Fort 
Anderson just in time to find it evacuated and the garrison 
of three thousand men gone. They were speedily pursued, 
and, being driven from a position where they made a stand, 
they fled beyond Wilmington, leaving the city in the hands 
of the Union army. 

A period of quiet and refreshing rest followed. On the 
10th of March, news having arrived of the arrival of General 
Sherman at Fayetteville, the Tenth Corps eagerly moved 
forward to join them. After a rapid march through a country 
abounding in those good things which delight the stomach of 
the soldier, the boom of guns at Averysboro’ was heard, 
and, with redoubled energy, the corps moved on to join the 
great chieftain. _Thomas’s whole army passed our corps at 
Cox’s bridge, fresh from their last battlefield and victory. 

Another short breathing-spell was here allowed, and the 
Tenth Corps was to open and guard the railroad from Wil- 
mington to Goldsborough. The Fourth was stationed along 
the road from Wilmington to Little Washington. Supplies 
having been forwarded to the main army, the whole force once 
more pushed on.to finish the enemy. Lieutenant-Colonel 
Parker and Adjutant Challis were captured when a short 
distance outside the picket line by a squad of Wheeler’s 
cavalry, thus being afforded the pleasure of seeing the rebel 
army collapse when the news came of Lee’s surrender. 

Through the exertions of Governor Smyth, the Fourth was 
mustered out and arrived at home on the 27th of August. 
The city of Manchester gave them a grand reception. Gover- 
nor Smyth welcomed the regiment in an eloquent manner. 

Home again! With arms stacked, the blue coats changed 
for sober citizens’ dress, now no longer a disgrace for young 
men to wear. The stories of the battles, sieges, and marches, 
the privations and heroic endurances, so faintly depicted in 
these pages, will be recounted around the peaceful firesides of 


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the veterans until they have ripened for the grave, and then 
bequeathed as a rich legacy to their children, who will prob- 
ably say: “Our fathers saved the Union at the peril of their 
lives, freed the slaves, and laid a sure foundation for universal 
light and liberty.” 

But the dead, alas!—those who have fallen in the sacred 
eause—what shall keep their memories alive but our integ- 
rity and unalterable determination never to suffer a stain 
upon the flag, or ignorance or prejudice to uproot the work 
they gave their lives to promote. ‘Truly the monument to 
these martyred heroes shall be broad as the land of liberty, 
and its summit rise to meet the glory of heaven. 

Comrades, I have left very much unwritten, and have 
merely given a running sketch of scenes through which I 
passed with the boys in blue—an experience we would not 
part with for untold gold—and while [ hope other comrades 
will be stimulated to write their experiences in the field, and 
thus fill the “log” with history while it is yet fresh in the 
memory, I still hope that no comrade will ever for a moment 
_ forget the very great sacrifice made by the country’s noblest 
sons on the altar of American liberty, and that you will always 
keep a sacred watch upon the doings and machinations of the 
nation’s enemies—whether within or without our lines. 


( EXTRACT FROM ) 
NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65 


By MaAvor OTIS F. R. WAITE. 


The Fourth Regiment left Manchester for Washington, 
D. C., on the 27th of September, receiving the customary 
hospitalities and attentions on the way, and arrived there on 
the 30th. They went into camp on the Bladensburg road, 
about a mile and a half from the city, immediately after which 
they were armed with Belgium rifles, and were at once put 
to drilling. The regiment remained here until the 9th of 
October, when they started to join General Sherman’s Expe- 
ditionary Corps, at Annapolis, Md., where they arrived the 
same day. The regiment was brigaded with the Sixth and 
Seventh Connecticut and Ninth Maine, under command of 
Brig.-Gen. H. G. Wright, who was subsequently the popular 
commander of the Sixth Army Corps. 

On the 19th the regiment embarked on board the steamer 
“Baltic,” and, in company with the rest of the expedition, 
sailed for Fortress Monroe, where it remained until the 29th, 
awaiting the preparation of the navy, when the whole land 
and naval forces sailed under orders, the import of which was 
known only to the commander of the expedition. The “Bal- 
tic” had in tow the ship “Ocean Express,” loaded with ammu- 
nition and ordnance. On the 30th the wind became strong 
and the sea rough, which threatened danger to the less stanch 
vessels of the fleet. About two o’clock the next morning the 
“Baltic” struck on Frying Pan Shoals with a tremendous 
crash. For a time there was imminent danger of a complete 
shipwreck, and the wildest excitement prevailed on board the 
“Baltic.” The steamer was finally relieved from her perilous 

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eondition, when a terrible gale ensued, which continued three 
days. On arrival at Port Royal, on the 4th of November, 
where the rest of the fleet had assembled, it was ascertained 
that the vessels “Commodore Perry” and “Governor” had been 
lost, though every person on board had been almost miracu- 
lously saved. The “Baltic’ was ordered to put to sea and 
eruise about to find the “Ocean Express,” which was cut 
loose from the “Baltic” when she struck upon the Frying Pan 
Shoals. She returned the next day, after an unsuccessful 
search. During the storm the steamer “Union” had been 
driven ashore, and Quartermaster-Sergeant Kelley, of the 
Fourth, with a squad of men and the crew of the steamer, 
were made prisoners. 

On the morning of the 7th of November the gunboats com- 
menced an attack on the rebel works at Hilton Head, and the 
“Wabash,” “Pawnee,” and “Sabine” opened their terrible 
broadsides on the enemy’s batteries. For five hours about one 
shell per second fell upon each of the forts. Fifteen thousand 
men clustered in the rigging and around the masts of the 
transports to witness the grand spectacle. The fleet gradually 
neared the shore, and the rebel gunners replied but feebly 
and at intervals. At two o’clock no response was received 
from the forts. The rebels left their intrenchments, and 
an hour later the stars and stripes superseded the rebel flag 
on the parapet, while the troops and sailors rent the air with 
their cheers. After nineteen days of confinement on ship- 
board, the Fourth went ashore at Hilton Head. The victory 
of the navy was complete and glorious, with but very small 
loss. Nineteen cannon were captured and an important 
post had been taken. 5 

The Fourth passed three months at Hilton Head, at work 
on fortifications, erecting wharves, and landing stores, drilling 
only at intervals. At inspection one day Colonel Whipple 
rebuked a soldier for having a dirty gun. “I know my gun 
is dirty,” replied the man, “but I’ve got the brightest shovel 
you ever saw, colonel.” The soldier’s wit saved him from 
punishment. The arduous duties performed, together with 


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the change of climate, told upon the health of da men, and 
funerals were of daily occurrence. 

Early in January, 1862, the chaplain, M. W. Willis, was 
discharged on account of ill-health. On the 21st the Fourth, 
with other regiments, sailed from Hilton Head on an expe- 
dition down the coast. They came to an anchorage at War- 
saw Sound, Georgia, and the troops were landed on Warsaw 
Island, a marshy, unhealthy spot, and remained on shore and 
on board, awaiting the arrival of the navy, until the 28th of 
February, when the expedition started again, and the next 
day arrived within twelve miles of Fernandina, Fla. On the 
2d of March it was ascertained that the rebels had evacuated 
the place, and Fernandina and Brunswick were occupied by 
our troops, the Fourth being encamped in the town. 

On the 8th of March the regiment, except Companies E 
and F, which were left at Fernandina under command of 
Captain Towle, as a provost guard, embarked on the steamer 
“Boston,” and, in company with six gunboats, proceeded down 
the coast and anchored for the night. The next morning the 
soldiers were distributed among the gunboats as_sharp- 
shooters. One boat crossed the bar and found that the bat- 
teries commanding the entrance to the river, which, with 
those further up, were very strong, had been evacuated, the 
enemy leaving their guns and everything in perfect order, 
without having fired a shot. ‘The fleet proceeded up the St. 
John’s river, and found that the rebels were burning lumber 
and sawmills along its banks, most of which belonged to 
northern men. They had also burned two gunboats which 
were being built at Jacksonville; the inhabitants had left, 
however, leaving behind, in their hurry, large quantities of 
furniture and personal baggage, piled up ready for trans- 
portation. 

On the 13th an advanced picket line was established, which 
was fired on the next day by scouts in the woods, and, appre- 
hending an attack, the supporters fell back under cover of the 
gunboats and barricaded the streets. No attack was made, 
however. On the 15th, Company G, having found a quantity 


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of rum in the town, imbibed it very freely, got drunk, and 
mutinied. Companies H and K charged bayonets on them, 
disarmed and ironed the leaders, and in the melée one member 
of Company G was killed. On the 17th a reconnoissance 
was made by Company H five miles into the country, but a 
deserted camp of the enemy was all that was found. About 
this time, Colonel Whipple having resigned, his resignation 
was accepted, and he left the regiment, to the regret of almost 
every officer and man. He was an excellent disciplinarian 
and an accomplished soldier. Lieutenant-Colonel Bell was 
promoted to Colonel, and Capt. Gilman E. Sleeper, of Com- 
pany C, was promoted to lieutenant colonel. While at Jack- 
sonville, the Fourth performed much arduous duty. <A skir- 
mish occurred on picket in which the regiment lost two men 
killed, three wounded, and four taken prisoners. 

On the 8th of April General Hunter ordered the place 
evacuated, and Colonel Bell, with seven companies, was sent 
to garrison St. Augustine, on the coast. Companies B, H, 
and K, under command of Major Drew, embarked on the 8th 
of June for James Island, South Carolina, and were tem- 
porarily assigned to the brigade commanded by Colonel 
Welch, of the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania, and took part in 
several skirmishes and the engagement at James Island, under 
General Benham, but met with no loss. On the 12th of the 
same month these three companies were ordered to Beaufort, 
S. C., and constituted a part of the garrison of the town 
during the summer. The seven companies stationed at St. 
Augustine passed the summer there without casualties or in- 
cidents worthy of note. Fort Marion was put in good repair 
and the city in a state of defense. In September they were 
relieved by the Seventh New Hampshire, and joined the de- 
tachment at Beaufort. General Mitchell assumed command 
of the department, and preparations were made for active 
movements. The Fourth was brigaded with the Third New 
Hampshire, the Sixth Connecticut, Forty-seventh New York, 
and Henry’s Battery, commanded by Brigadier-General Bren- 
nan. The Fourth participated in the battle of Pocotaligo, an 


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account of which is given in the history of the movements of 
the Third Regiment. The plan was to capture the pickets and 
surprise the garrison, while a detachment in a light draft boat 
was to proceed up the river and burn the bridge. This plan 
was frustrated by a delay on the part of the gunboats, which 
landed and marched four miles, when the Forty-seventh New 
York engaged the enemy. Henry’s Battery was thrown for- 
ward, supported by the Fourth New Hampshire, which came 
under a heavy artillery fire in a small cotton field, through 
which ran the road to the bridge. The regiment formed into 
line of battle and advanced to a marsh two hundred yards wide, 
on the opposite side of which was a rebel battery, which hastily 
retreated. A sharp running skirmish of two miles ensued, 
in which a caisson and several prisoners were captured. The 
line was met by a raking fire from the defenses of the bridge, 
four hundred yards distant, across an impassable marsh, and 
only accessible by a narrow road. ‘Trains loaded with 
reénforcements were distinctly seen, showing that further 
advance with the small force was impracticable. A heavy 
fire of musketry and artillery was opened upon both sides, 
which lasted until night, when the Union troops were quietly 
withdrawn, the Fourth taking the rear of the retreat. In 
this engagement the regiment lost three men killed and 
twenty-five wounded. Colonel Bell was struck by a splinter 
of a shell. Captain Wallace and Lieutenant Mayne were both 
severely wounded by the same ball. Not a man flinched from 
his duty. For a time Colonel Bell was disabled by his 
wound, and the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant- 
Colonel Sleeper. Before night, however, Colonel Bell re- 
turned and resumed command. The expedition failed, and 
the regiment returned and went into winter quarters at Beau- 
fort, S. C., where they remained for five months, doing picket 
duty and drilling. Thanksgiving and Christmas were 
observed in true New England fashion. 

During the year that had elapsed since the Fourth left the 
state, many changes had taken place in its organization. 
One colonel, two captains, three first lieutenants, and two 


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second lieutenants had resigned, eleven officers had been pro- 
moted, and eight men had been promoted to officers from the 
ranks. One captain had been dismissed, Captain Currier and 
Lieutenant Drew and twenty-four men had died of disease, 
three men had been drowned, one killed by the enemy, and 
two by accident. 

The spring of 1863 opened with a great expedition against 
Charleston. On the 4th of April the Fourth Regiment re- 
ceived marching orders, embarked on transports, and pro- 
ceeded to Hilton Head, where it was brigaded with the Third 
and five companies of the Seventh New Hampshire, and Sixth 
Connecticut. The brigade was commanded by Col. H. 8. 
Putnam, of the Seventh, and the division by Gen. A. H. 
Terry. The troops sailed from Hilton Head to Stono Inlet, 
and remained on board awaiting the result of the bombard- 
ment of Fort Sumter by the navy. The navy not having 
succeeded in taking the fort, the troops were carried back 
to Hilton Head on the 11th of April.. The brigade organiza- 
tion was disbanded and the regiment went into camp. 

On the 17th of April a new brigade was organized, consist- 
ing of the Third and Fourth New Hampshire, the Sixth 
Connecticut, and a battalion of sharpshooters, all under the 
command of Col. Louis Bell, of the Fourth, and assigned to 
General Terry’s division. On the 18th another expedition 
against Charleston was inaugurated, under General Gilmore, 
who was in command of the department. The troops on 
transports arrived at North Edisto river on the 19th, and had 
another time on shipboard, awaiting the arrival of the navy. 
On the 28th it was decided to abandon the expedition, and 
the whole force, both land and naval, sailed for Stono River, 
and the brigade was again broken up. The next day the 
Fourth arrived at Stono Inlet, disembarked on Folly Island, 
and reported to General Vogdes, commanding the United 
States forces on the island. The regiment encamped within 
two miles of the enemy’s works on Morris Island, in a thick 
growth of pines, from whose tops Charleston Harbor, with 
the surrounding forts, could be plainly seen. During several 


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weeks the time was occupied in building fortifications and pick- 
eting the northern extremity of the island, about fifty yards 
from the rebel pickets, across a little inlet on Morris Island. 
The pickets agreed not to fire on each other, and had very 
agreeable intercourse, exchanging tobacco, coffee, and news- 
papers, sent across the inlet in small boats. The ladies occasion- 
ally came down from Charleston to take a look at the “Yanks,” — 
and so the time passed until the first of June, when the rebels, 
to save the cargo of a blockade runner which had been grounded 
off Lighthouse Inlet, midway between the two islands, opened 
a heavy fire upon the Union pickets, who built breastworks of 
such light materials as were at hand, and, screened from the 
view of the rebels by the thick bushes that lined the shore and 
a dense thicket in the background, constructed masked batteries, 
unbeknown to the enemy, who supposed the sandworks they 
could see were only protections to the pickets, and neglected to 
strengthen their fortifications, which might have been made im- 
pregnable to any direct assault. Thus the attempt to save the 
cargo of the blockade runner led to the capture of the Island. - 
On the night of the 17%th of June Company B of the Fourth 
Regiment commenced the first works in the last long siege of 
Charleston. One man was killed by a piece of shell. For 
twenty-one nights, and nearly as many days, the regiment con- 
structed masked batteries, working in silence, no one being al- 
lowed to speak above a whisper. On the morning of the 8th 
of July the work was completed. Forty-four guns and mortars 
were in position, the magazine filled, and the embrasures 
cleared. Severe labor and want of sleep had so exhausted the 
men that they were obliged to relinquish the completion of the 
work they had so faithfully commenced to fresh troops, drilled 
for the purpose. The Fourth joined General Terry’s command 
and participated in a diversion upon James Island. On the 
morning of the 10th the batteries opened simultaneously upon 
the enemy, who were taken completely by surprise. A rebel 
officer, while surveying our picket through a glass, suddenly ex- 
claimed, “By ——, the Yanks have mounted a gun over 
there.” At that moment forty-four “peacemakers” rained iron 


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upon him. The advance was halted by the guns of Fort Wag- 
ner, and after two desperate and bloody charges it was de- 
termined to take that formidable work by regular approaches. 
On the same day the Fourth Regiment returned from James 
Island, and a lodgment having been effected by our forces on 
Morris Island, the Fourth was selected, for its coolness in work- 
ing under fire, to report to Major Brooks of General Gilmore’s 
staff, and in charge of siege works, for engineer duty. 

The approaches, consisting of five parallels connected by “cov- 
ered” ways, or “‘zigzags,” were carried for five hundred yards over 
a sandy strip of land not three fourths as wide as Fort Wagner 
and bounded by marsh and ocean. At spring tide the surf filled 
the trenches. In front were Forts Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter. 
A little to the right of Sumter was Fort Moultrie, and to the 
left Fort Johnson and a long line of batteries on James Island, 
designated by the men after their respective characters as “Bull 
of the Woods,” “Mud Digger,” “Peanut Battery,” ete. The fire 
of all these forts and batteries was concentrated on this narrow 
compass, the workshop of thousands, upon which mortars, 
Columbiads, Blakeleys, Armstrongs, Brooks, and Whitworths, 
and shell of every caliber and kind, from the thirteen-inch mor- 
tar to the vindictive Whitworth, unceasingly fell. Shout 
“Cover” to any survivor of that terrible siege and he will unwit- 
tingly look in the air for a coming shell. The storm of iron 
was attended by a continual “zeeb” of bullets from Fort Wag- 
ner. On the night of the 23d of July the Fourth planted 
chevaua-de-frise and dug a trench for the parallel. In this terri- 
ble place, on the hot, blistering sand and under the blazing sun 
of South Carolina, or in the murky darkness of night, lighted by 
bursting shell, these defenders of the Union toiled unflinchingly 
for forty-six days. Bodies of the dead and wounded were con- 
tinually being carried from the trenches. In the fierce excite- 
ment of battle it is comparatively easy to face death, but to ad- 
vance slowly day after day, amid the dead and dying, is far more 
horrible than charging the cannon’s mouth. Constant labor, the 
intense heat, and brackish water caused disease which disabled 
more than half the number; and, indeed, those who stoutly re- 


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sisted and manfully performed their duties became almost 
ghastly thin. 

In the meantime Fort Sumter was rendered a huge, inoffensive 
pile of brick dust. The “Swamp Angel” tossed shells into the 
doomed city and a sap was dug from the fifth parallel to the very 
ditch of Fort Wagner. On the morning of the 7th of September 
the line was formed for a final charge, when the news came that 
the fort was evacuated. Fort Gregg shared the same fate, and 
both were afterward rebuilt and named for General Strong and 
Colonel Putnam, both of whom fell in process of their redue- 
tion. The cool air of autumn brought renewed health, and the 
winter was passed in the ordinary routine of garrison and fatigue 
duty in the various forts and on picket duty on the island. 

About ‘the middle of January, 1864, the Fourth was ordered 
to Beaufort, South Carolina, where it was on garrison duty, and 
where the work of reénlisting commenced under charge of Capt. 
F. W. Parker. In a week three hundred men enlisted anew for 
three years, or during the war. 

On the 20th of February the regiment embarked on transports 
and proceeded to Hilton Head and thence to Wilmington Island, 
up the Savannah river, and landed on Wibmarsh Island, seven 
or eight miles from Savannah, for the purpose of capturing a 
large number of negroes, engaged, under the direction of the 
rebel troops, in erecting fortifications to defend the approaches” 
to the city. The force consisted of the Fourth New Hampshire 
and Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania, under command of Colonel 
Howell of the latter regiment. The expedition proved a failure, 
the troops reémbarked, and the Fourth was ordered to proceed 
at once to Jacksonville, Florida, where they arrived on the 23d, 
and were at once put to work erecting defenses for the city, pre- 
paratory for an expected attack from the enemy, which, however, 
did not come. On the 26th the regiment again embarked and 
sailed for Beaufort, South Carolina, where they arrived the next 
day. 

The number of reénlisted men had been increased to three 
hundred and eighty-eight, the largest number reénlisted in any 
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thirty days, and, under command of Colonel Bell, started for 
New Hampshire and arrived on the 7th of March. The new re- 
eruits and the original men of the regiment who did not re- 
enlist, to the number of over two hundred, remained at Beaufort, 
under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Drew. On the 12th of 
April this detachment sailed for Fortress Monroe and reported 
to General Butler, commanding the departments of Virginia and | 
North Carolina. They were ordered to Gloucester Point, York 
river. During the month the veterans returned and the Fourth 
was brigaded with the Eighth Maine, Fifty-fifth and Ninety- 
seventh Pennsylvania, under command of Col. R. White of the 
Fifty-fifth, General Ames commanding the division, which 
formed a part of the Tenth Army Corps in the Army of ‘the 
James. 

On the 4th of May this army started on transports for Ber- 
muda Hundred, up the James river, where 'they arrived on the 
6th. A line of works extending from the Appomattox to the 
James, six miles from Bermuda Hundred, was immediately 
thrown up. On the 9th an advance was made, and Ames’s 
division tore up several miles of the Richmond & Petersburg 
Railroad, and then, by a hasty march, joined the Highteenth 
Corps at Swift Creek, where the enemy in force were attacked 
and after a sharp fight driven to the defenses of Petersburg on 
the Appomattox. At night the rebels made a charge but were 
severely repulsed. Next morning heavy firing was heard in the 
direction of General Terry’s command, stationed at Lempster 
Hill, to repel any advance from Richmond. Ames’s division hur- 
nied to the scene of action but did not arrive until after the 
enemy had been handsomely repulsed. After one day’s rest the 
Army of the James started “on to Richmond.” Slight skirmish- 
ing occurred on the first day. At night a heavy rain set in and 
the troops lay down to rest upon ground where the rebel General 
Hoke had encamped the night before. The next day the Fourth 
advanced along the railroad, the Highteenth Corps having the 
right and the Tenth Corps the left. A few hours brought them 
to the first line of the defenses of Richmond, when skirmishing 
at once commenced. A ratiling fire was kept up until nearly 


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night, when Terry’s division, having made a detour, came upon 
the rebel flank and the Third New Hampshire, supported by the 
Seventh, made a desperate and bloody charge. The Fourth was 
ordered to charge the works in front, and forward they went 
with a rush, over fences and ditches, and planted the flag on the 
ramparts which the enemy had hastily left. General Gilmore 
now rode up amid repeated cheers. The Highteenth Corps 
captured the right of the line the same evening, and thus the 
outer line of defenses was secured. The storm, which had not 
ceased, raged with greater fury than ever, when news came that 
a large cavalry force was advancing on the Union line of com- 
munication to cut off their supplies, so through a drenching rain, 
deep mud, and intense darkness, the Fourth hurried to guard 
against this threatened attack. At Chesterfield court house, 
five miles from the starting point, they were met by a volley 
from the enemy’s carbines. ‘Two companies were thrown out as 
skirmishers and the regiment was formed in hollow square to 
receive cavalry, and there, having reached the point to be 
guarded, they remained all night. Early next morning the regi- 
ment was ordered back to aid in taking the second line of the 
enemy’s works on Drewry’s Bluffs. 

On the 14th day of May the Fourth supported a battery, under 
a provoking fire, and at night relieved a portion of the skirmish 
line on the right of the railroad. In front, between them and 
the rebel lines, for a distance of five hundred yards, was a thick 
growth of underbrush, affording fine cover for the enemy. The 
15th was passed in continual sharpshooting, and at night a light 
breastwork was thrown up. On the morning of the 16th a dense 
fog covered the earth. The rapid rolling of a heavy fire of 
musketry was heard on the right. The enemy was reported to 
be advancing in front and the men put themselves in a position 
of defense and calmly awaited the foe. Suddenly a line of reb- 
els sprang out of the mist, as if by magic, within three rods of 
the Union line; but 'they as quickly disappeared, for every rifle 
was emptied with deadly aim and bayonets were fixed for close 
work. The enemy, rallied by their officers, whose voices could 
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fearfully shattered by another volley. The Union troops were 
formed in one line, with intervals of three paces, and had there 
been the least flinching, the line would have been lost. Besides 
this the cartridges were nearly expended. The fire on the right 
grew heavier and nearer every moment and seemed to break to 
the rear. An order from General Butler for the whole line to 
charge put the troops in good spirits, they vainly supposing that 
affairs were prosperous, when, suddenly, the troops on the right 
of the Fourth retreated in disorder. The brigade, however, ad- 
vanced to charge, and were quickly met by a counter charge, the 
enemy appearing in overwhelming numbers in front and in rear 
of the right flank, within a few yards, virtually making pris- 
oners of a portion of the regiment; but the men could not un- 
derstand it in that light, and after doing all that men could do, 
they retreated under a perfect hail of bullets from the right, 
left, and front. Many fired at the enemy within a few feet and 
ran from under their bayonets. Corporal Plumer of Company 
E shot a rebel color bearer ten paces off. A bullet pierced Cap- 
tain Clough’s hat and when he took it off a shell took the crown 
out. ‘The air seem filled with missiles of death. Colonel White, 
commanding the brigade, was taken prisoner, when Colonel Bell 
rallied the men and held the enemy in check until a line could 
be formed sufficient to cover the retreat. 

The Fourth lost one hundred and forty-two men in this action 
in killed, wounded, and missing. Major Sawyer received a bul- 
let wound in the shoulder, of which he died at home on the 
23d of June. He was a brave officer and a worthy man, re- 
spected and beloved by all who knew him. Lieut. Frank B. 
Hutchinson of Company E was last seen firing his revolver 
within a few feet of the enemy. He knew no fear and shirked 
no duty. Captain Wallace of Company C was again severely 
wounded. The regiment marched back to Bermuda Hundred 
with sadly diminished ranks. On the 21st a severe skirmish took 
place, in which Lieutenants Brewster of Company B and Stearns 
of Company C were badly wounded. Several enlisted men were 


also more or less severely wounded and twenty were taken pris- 
oners. 


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On the 28th of May the division left Bermuda Hundred on 
transports, with orders to report to Gen. W. F. Smith, command- 
ing the Eighteenth Corps, which was ordered to report to Gen- 
eral Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac. They 
landed at White House, on the Pamunkey river, and there 
marched to Cold Harbor, on the 3d of June, where they arrived 
the morning after the battle. Eight days of living and fighting 
in the trenches followed, when on the 12th the Eighteenth 
Corps was ordered back to White House and the next day went 
on boats down the Pamunkey and York rivers and up the James 
to Bermuda Hundred. 

On the 16th of June the corps crossed the Appomattox at 
Broadway Landing and marched directly to the defenses of 
Petersburg. The outworks were handsomely taken by colored 
troops and a heavy line of earthworks developed, extending 
fiom the river over an interval and along the bluff, two miles 
from the city. The corps was formed in line, the colored troops 
on the left and the division temporarily commanded by General 
Brooks next. It lay under fire until five o’clock in the after- 
noon, then made a charge and captured 'the works. Colonel 
Bell’s brigade took one hundred and twenty-five prisoners and 
several pieces of artillery. General Smith rode up and compli- 
mented the men for their gallantry. From the 16th of June 
until the surrender of Lee in April of the succeeding year, Gen- 
eral Grant’s shattered but unflinching army, stretching along 
from the Appomattox to a point beyond the Weldon Railroad, 
fought many bloody battles and endured untold hardships. 

The brigade returned to Bermuda Hundred on the 18th but 
was ordered back to the lines before Petersburg, arriving there 
on the 23d. For thirty-six days Colonel Bell’s brigade remained 
in one position, on the left of what was afterward named Fort 
Steadman, and joined the Ninth Corps. The advance picket 
trench was within two rods of the enemy, the main line being a 
short distance in the rear. An attempt to capture the enemy’s 
advance trench was made on the 30th of June. Colonel Bell 
opened a furious fire from the picket line, while another brigade 
was to charge. There was a blunder somewhere and the result 


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was a heavy loss and nothing gained. The regiment lost fifty 
men in killed and wounded while performing ordinary trench 
duty. This was one of the darkest times during the rebellion— 
thousands of noble men lost and not a complete victory gained. 
Only once was there a cessation of fire. One morning the 
“Yanks” and “Johnnies” simultaneously dropped their rifles, and 
in a minute were together, swapping coffee for tobacco, and 
pleasantly chatting together. 

The regiment took part in the famous Battle of the Mine 
on the 30th of July. The previous night the division, under 
command of General Turner, was quietly withdrawn from the 
front and massed in rear of and near the covered way leading to 
the mine. About half past four o’clock in the morning the 
earth was shaken by the explosion, and the artillery immediately 
opened. It was a grand commencement and seemed, as a man 
remarked, “like forty-four Fourths of July rolled into one.” 
The crater of the blown-up fort was quickly taken by a part of 
the Ninth Corps, in which were the Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh 
New Hampshire. Colonel Bell’s brigade advanced on the right 
and took a position under a terrible enfilading fire from a battery 
just across a ravine, on a knoll. Men were literally mowed 
down, and lay dead as if in ranks. A sharp fire upon the rebel 
gunners saved them from greater loss. A division of colored 
troops was ordered up, but they had never been under a heavy 
fire before and acted very much like other raw troops. The plan 
was to charge immediately, but something was wrong and the 
troops suffered the blunder. The air seemed filled with bursting 
shells, the hiss of canister, and the shriek of raking grape. The 
heat was intense and many men fell from sunstroke. The reb- 
els made an advance in strong force. The negroes became 
panic-stricken and instead of retreating mixed up in awful con- 
fusion. They formed a breastwork for the rebels, for ‘to fire was 
to hit them, and to advance was impossible. It seemed an easy 
thing to beat back the rebels if the negroes had been out of the 
way. ‘This delay gave the enemy the advantage, and so the 
Fourth retreated to the intrenched line.. Colonel Bell re- 
formed his brigade, ‘planted the colors on the earthworks, and 


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held the line until relieved at four o’clock in the afternoon by 
General Stevens’s brigade. The regiment lost fifty out of two 
hundred men in killed and wounded. Captain Clough, com- 
manding the regiment, was wounded when the retreat com- 
menced, and Captain Parker took command. ‘That night the 
regiment took its old position in the trench, and the next day 
marched to Bermuda Hundred, under a burning sun, from which 
the tired soldiers suffered very much. Here the regiment had 
twelve days of rest, except their turn on picket. 

Another movement was to be made north of the James 
simultaneously with one on the Weldon Railroad. The Tenth 
Corps crossed the river in the night of the 13th of August and 
at break of day the leading brigade took the enemy’s outer line 
of works. ‘The negroes handsomely redeemed their reputation, 
which had suffered at the mine, by making a successful charge. 
The Fourth was engaged all day in skirmishing. The next day 
a movement was made to get in rear of the enemy’s line at Mal- 
vern Hill, which was accomplished by Grant’s well-known flank- 
ing operations. One brigade was kept closely skirmishing with 
the enemy, while another moved around to the right. A sorry 
accident closed the inciden'ts of the day. Tim Reardon, a tall 
Milesian of Company G, mistaking the position of our forces, 
rode into the enemy’s lines with sixteen canteens of whiskey, “a 
drop of comfort” for the Johnnies, but a sad mistake for poor 
Tim and his expectant comrades. During the night, while 
guarding one of the main thoroughfares leading to Richmond, 
Lieut. Stephen J. Wentworth of Company K, a brave young 
officer, fell while leading his company forward as skirmishers, in 
a sharp encounter with the enemy, who made their appearance 
in a thick wood. 

On the morning of the 16th General Terry’s division, in a 
gallant charge, took a strong line of works in the rear of Malvern 
Hill. The enemy advanced in strong force and attempted to re- 
capture the line. The division slowly withdrew behind the 
breastworks, but with heavy loss. The enemy closely followed 
and charged fiercely on the line of works, but were sent quickly 
back with broken ranks. Several officers in command of the 


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brigade were wounded, and Captain Parker of the Fourth suc- 
ceeded to the command and while the forward movement was 
being made directed the change of position, but in his turn was 
disabled by a severe wound in the neck, just as the enemy were 
repulsed. A second charge was made by the rebels with more 
success. The Fourth lost in the action forty-five men killed and 
wounded. Captain Hobbs of Company A took command of the 
regiment and the Tenth Corps shortly withdrew to Bermuda 
Hundred. A captain was in command of the brigade and only 
one captain was left for duty in the Fourth Regiment. 

After a few days of rest the second division was again moved 
to the front of Petersburg, and took position under the constant 
dropping of iron and lead from the rebel lines. ‘The time of en- 
listment of the original men expired on the 18th of September, 
when Lieutenant-Colonel Drew, several other officers, and one 
hundred and seventy-four enlisted men took their departure for 
New Hampshire. Of the three hundred and eighty-eight who 
reénlisted in February, and over seven hundred recruits, only a 
small number remained fit for duty, and at the attack on Fort 
Gilmer, on the 29th of September, only forty men could be mus- 
tered for the fight. This was one of the bloodiest battles in 
which the regiment was ever engaged. Until near the middle of 
December the Fourth was engaged in picket and trench duty 
north of the James. 

On the 12th of December, an expedition against Fort Fisher 
having been planned, a fleet with a large number of troops on 
board left Hampton Roads, and landed on the 24th. After a 
careful survey General Weitzel decided that the fort was im- 
pregnable by direct assault, and the expeditionary corps returned 
to their former position north of the James, and went into win- 
ter quarters near the picket line. A second expeditionary corps 
against Fort Fisher was organized, in which General Terry was 
to command and General Ames was to do the hard fighting, 
composed of troops who had shown valor under the most try- 
ing circumstances. Every man of the Fourth Regiment capable 
of doing duty was brought into the ranks, and the regiment was 
commanded by Capt. John H. Roberts. On the 13th of January, 


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1865, the fleet moved into line and opened fire. The troops 
were landed through a heavy surf on a hard beach, about five 
miles north of the fort. General Paine’s division and General 
Abbott’s brigade were sent to prevent an advance from the 
enemy above. General Ames formed his division across the nar- 
row tongue of land which separates Cape Fear river from the 
veean, and moved forward about two miles toward the fort, 
where he threw up a hasty line of works and made a careful 
reconnoissance. The bombardment, scarcely paralleled in his- 
tory, which paved Fort Fisher with iron, continued without ces- 
sation till three o’clock on the afternoon of the 15th. This was 
one of the very strongest of the rebel works, and it was to be 
determined whether or not it could be taken; and this little 
veteran division, consisting of men from New Hampshire, New 
York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, led by General Ames, had this 
momentous question entrusted to their hands. It was a duty to 
make the stoutest heart quail. A force of marines at first 
charged the sea-face of the fort and were repulsed after a gallant 
fight. Just at the instant when the rebel garrison were crowd- 
ing to the sea-face, exultant with their victory, and pouring 
their fire into the retreating marines, General Curtis’s brigade 
dashed forward upon the angle near Cape Fear river, closely fol- 
lowed by Pennypacker’s and Bell’s brigades. The movement 
was successful. The gate and one mound were gained, though — 
the road to the former lay over a broken bridge, enfiladed and 
crossed by a murderous fire. Gallantly leading his brigade, 
Colonel Bell had almost gained the bridge, when a shot struck 
him, and he fell, mortally wounded. A moment later and the 
tattered colors of his regiment were planted on the first mound 
of the fort. Thus fell the colonel of the Fourth New Hamp- 
shire, dearly beloved and deeply mourned by his brigade. Dig- 
nified, yet genial; brave, yet cautious; never sacrificing lives use- 
lessly; ever ready to share danger and hardship with his men; no 
influence or peril could deter him from doing his duty, or shake 
a resolution once formed. 

The gate and capture mound formed the base of operations 
against the rest of the fort, though to any but iron-nerved. men 


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it would have proved but a slender foothold, for the rebels still 
had the advantage of superior numbers—twelve mounds to one, 
and Fort Buchanan below, to rake the inside of the work. 
Admiral Porter kept up a continued and harassing fire. The 
division fought with the greatest desperation. The fire of the 
enemy was well directed and incessant. The contest continued 
till after ten o’clock in the evening, and nine of the traverses 
were taken. The men were almost exhausted and the ranks 
were fearfully decimated. The enemy’s fire had almost ceased 
when General Abbott’s brigade entered the fort, and the re- 
mainder of the rebels soon after surrendered. The fierce and 
prolonged struggle was over and victory was proclaimed by a 
blaze of rockets from the fleet and the triumphant cheers of 
the men on shore. Instances of individual gallantry in the 
Fourth Regiment were numerous, and many of them will never 
be known to the world. Captain Roberts, who had been in every 
battle, siege, and march of the regiment, was very active and 
efficient throughout the fight. Adjutant Challis was disabled in 
the first of the fight by a piece of shell, but recovered in time 
to assist in taking the fifth traverse, in which were rallied the 
colors of seven different regiments within the space of a few 
feet. There was a terrible conflict to gain the seventh, and 
quite a number of attempts had failed, when Adjutant Challis 
collected thirty-five men from the several regiments of the divi- 
sion and charged directly upon the rebel garrison. The fight 
was short, desperate, and successful. Color-Sergeant Plumer, 
who had planted the flag on the first mound, now, in advance 
of all, placed the broken standard on the eighth mound so near 
the rebel flag that the stars and stripes actually flapped against 
the southern cross. About this time he fell, badly wounded. 
Captain Huckins of Company K was specially complimented for 
his coolness and efficiency while acting upon the staff of General 
Ames, who was the leader and guide of every movement of th 
contest. That night, as all that were left of the Fourth New 
Hampshire were sleeping over a magazine, it suddenly exploded, 
thus adding to the already long list of casualties. 

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ruary, when the advance on Wilmington was commenced. Cap- 
tain Parker, who had been wounded at Deep Bottom, had been 
commissioned heutenant colonel, and having recovered from his 
wound, returned to the regiment and assumed command. ‘The 
rebel forces under General Hoke were stationed at Sugar Loaf 
Battery, about two miles from the picket line. A night expedi- 
tion, planned to get into their rear, failed. Ames’s division was 
ordered to Smithfield, on the opposite side of Cape Fear river, 
where they joined General Cox’s division of the Twenty-third 
Corps, and by a rapid movement on the night of the 18th in- 
vested Fort Anderson just in time to find it evacuated, and pur- 
sued and fled beyond Wilmington, leaving the city in the pos- 
session of the Union army. Here the regiment had a period of 
needed rest. On the 10th of March the Tenth Army Corps 
marched to join General Sherman, on information that he had 
arrived at Fayetteville. Sherman’s whole army passed the corps 
at Cox’s bridge, fresh from their battle and victory at Averys- 
boro. After a short rest the Tenth Corps was detailed to open 
and guard the railroad from Wilmington to Goldsborough. The 
Fourth was stationed along the road between Wilmington and 
Little Washington. Supplies having been forwarded to the main 
army, the whole force once more pushed on to finish the enemy. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Parker and Adjutant Challis were captured a 
short distance outside the picket line by a squad of Wheeler’s 
cavalry, thus being afforded the pleasure of seeing the rebel 
army collapse when the news was received of Lee’s surrender. 

Through the exertions of Gov. Frederick Smyth, the Fourth 
was mustered out and arrived home on the 30th of August. The 
city of Manchester gave them a grand reception. Governor 
Sminyth welcomed the regiment in an eloquent speech. 

One hundred and forty veterans returned with the regiment. 
Fifty were mustered out in hospitals. During the four years 
1,610 men were members of the Fourth. Of these, 282 were 
killed in action or died of disease; 340 were discharged for dis- 
ability occasioned by wounds or disease, and 57 died in rebel 
prisons. Thus, after four years of arduous and honorable 
service, the Fourth Regiment ceased to exist as an organiza- — 
tion and its members returned to their peaceful avocations. 


SKETCHES AND POEMS 


By CHARLES A. CRESSEY, Company E, FOURTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLS. 


I have been asked to furnish some data for this history, and 
it is with the greatest pleasure that I contribute some incidents 
which I recorded in my daily journal, kept through my entire 
service. 

I was born in Newbury, N. H., January 10, 1843. I lived 
for the most part of my early life in Manchester, and was there 
when the war broke out. I was then eighteen years of age. I 
enlisted in Captain Kelley's Company C of the First New 
Hampshire Regiment—three months’ men. 

I served to the end of this term and was discharged, but re- 
enlisted in the Fourth Regiment in Capt. T. L. Newell’s Com- 
pany EH. Captain Newell afterward resigned and the command 
of the company passed to Capt. F. W. Parker. I was with the 
regiment until the battle of Drewry’s Bluff, Va., where I was 
wounded in May, 1864, and went to the Chestnut Hill hospital 
in Germantown, Pa., near Philadelphia. I remained there 
until the expiration of my term of service and was discharged 
in October, 1864. 

I entered the Methodist ministry in 1869, after a course of 
study in Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H., and became a mem- 
ber of the New Hampshire Conference, serving various charges 
in the state until 1882, when I removed to Minnesota, becom- 
ing a member of the Minnesota Conference, in which relation I 
have remained until the present time. When the Spanish- 
American War was called I was appointed by Governor Clough 
of Minnesota to the chaplaincy of the Thirteenth Regiment, 
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and seryed with the regiment in 
Manila during its entire service there. 


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144 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Last fall (in 1909) I was retired from the active work of the 
ministry, having served thirty-five years in the “effective rela- 
tion.” . 

In 1869 I was married to Lizzie Allton of Tilton, N. H., my 
present wife. Three children have been born to us,—Lucy (now 
Mrs. L. M. Haight of Minneapolis, Minn.); Alice, who died in 
1900 at St. Paul Park, Minn., in the twenty-sixth year of her 
age. The third child was Joseph, who married Lettie Leyde. 
(The family are now living in Newport, Minn.) About four 
years ago I built a cottage in Newport, where I now reside, 
within two blocks of the Mississippi river, on which stream I 
have had many a delightful paddle in my light canoe, which 
now lies under the porch of the cottage ready for still other trips 
in the spring. My health is fairly good for a man of my years 
and experiences. If I am baldheaded and wrinkled, the wisest 
men of the ages have been such, and I am in good company. 

A severe, and almost fatal, sunstroke received in battle in 
the Philippine Islands in 1899 (at the battle of Mariquina) 
still affects me somewhat, though in other respects I am pretty 
nearly as good as ever, and ready for another war should Uncle 
Sam need my services. 

I have the most vivid recollections of the thousand-and-one 
incidents of those days of service in the dear old Fourth, and, 
from my journal, could produce many that the living comrades 
would recognize. The “old soldier” can never forget those days. 
The new generation little realize what we “boys of the ’60’s” 
went through. I have had a chance to compare the experiences” 
of the Civil War with those of the Spanish War, in both of - 
which I served, and all that we went through in the latter 
service was “a picnic” compared with the stern realities of the 
former. I was in two of the battles near Manila, but they 
hardly measured up to some of the skirmishes that have not 
found mention on the pages of the Civil War. The longs 
marches, the fatigue duties, the hazardous picket duty, and the 
terrible battles of the Civil War can never be exaggerated. : 

We went to Hilton Head in the famous expedition of the fall 
of 1861. We saw the battle between the naval vessels and Forts 


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Walker and Beauregard, and were among the first troops to land 
after the forts were reduced. I remember that “seventh day 
of November, 61,’ when we landed after the battle, and the 
first night we spent on shore, having waded ashore from the 
surf-boats, and how we lay that night in battle-line, no fires be- 
ing allowed. 

We were set to work at once building batteries upon the 
island. It was hard work. We were at it continuously all win- 
ter. In that trying climate it was attended with a good deal of 
sickness and many of our regiment were off duty. The con- 
tinuous digging in the sand, throwing up fortifications, left us 
little time to prepare for the “Sunday inspections” that Colonel 
Whipple insisted on. He was a disciplinarian, with every letter 
of the word emphasized. We could not tolerate a soldier who 
was not in apple-pie order at the inspections. JI remember a 
soldier who appeared one Sunday morning at inspection with a 
gun that looked as though it had never been cleaned. As he 
passed it to Colonel Whipple, the latter, taking it into his hands, 
gave the soldier a look calculated to wither him and said, “What 
do you mean, sir, to appear on inspection with such a gun as 
that? You are a disgrace to your company and to the regi- 
ment!” ‘The soldier saluted the colonel and replied, “I’m sorry, 
Colonel, that the gun is in no better condition; in fact, | am 
ashamed of it myself, but, Colonel, if you will come down to my 
tent I’ll show you the brightest-looking shovel you ever saw!” 
The colonel saw the point and passed on without another word 
to the soldier. 

Tom Whipple was dearly loved by the men of the regiment. 
He was kind to the men, while he expected every man to do his 
duty faithfully. 

Some trouble broke out on the steamer “Baltic,” the trans- 
port that took us to Hilton Head. The ship’s stores had been 
broken into one night and, my bunk being near the scene of the 
trouble, I could not help seeing things. When the court- 
martial was called in the case of the prisoners I was summoned 
as one of the witnesses. I had resolved (according to the “un- 
written law” among comrades) not to know anything about the 


146 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


trouble, in which I had had no hand whatever, or tell any more 
than I was compelled to. I was shown into the cabin by the ser- 
geant and saw the colonel sitting there at the table writing. I 
stood at “attention” until he looked up, and then, putting his pen 
behind his ear, he leaned back in his chair and looked at me. 
No one who ever saw Tom Whipple oan forget those coal-black, 
piercing eyes, that, with eagle-like glance, seemed to shoot the be- 
holder through and through. Tom looked at me with those 
eyes. It seemed to me at the time that if I had anything in 
my boots that I was trying to conceal from him those eyes 
would discover it. I can feel even now that searching glance 
that he gave me. It seemed to me that he was trying to read 
my innermost thought and purpose concerning my knowledge of 
the case on trial. I thought he looked at me about five min- 
utes,—probably it was not a half minute. Then he said, 
“Soldier, you will tell me all that you know about this case.” 

Well, I told it, without “any evasion of mind whatever.” 
When I ceased he asked the only question that came from his 
lips, “Is that all that you know about this case?” 

“That is all, Colonel.” 

“You may go to your quarters. You are a very good wit- 
ness.” 

Colonel Whipple was beloved by his men, and he loved his 
men, and took every opportunity, when occasion required, to 
emphasize that love. I heard him ask once, at an _ officers’ 
meeting (I was on guard at the tent where the meeting was 
held), “Whom do you gentlemen suppose I care the most for, 
my officers or my men? My men, of course; they are the bulk 
and staff of the regiment!” 

While he was with us he was a constant visitor at the hospi- 
tal, and often carried in little delicacies to the sick and wounded, 
bought with his own money. 

Any living comrade of the Fourth Regiment will confirm 
what I am saying of our beloved Col. Thomas J. Whipple. 

Col. Louis Bell, who took command after Whipple’s resigna- 
tion, was a brave, true-hearted officer. He immediately won 
the confidence and respect of his men. I remember when we 


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made the successful charge on the enemy’s outer works at 
Drewry’s Bluff, Va. Colonel Bell placed himself three paces 
in front of the colors, and, turning to the regiment, he said, 
“Boys, I am going to lead you. I want every man to follow 
me!” And all along the line there was the response, “You bet 
we will!’ And we did. He did not get above three paces from 
us in that charge. That was our first charge. We went 
through an old stubble pasture, then through an orchard, over 
two fences, and into the enemy’s works, without the loss of a 
man! 

In the loss of Colonel Bell, who was fatally wounded at Fort 
Fisher, the regiment and the service lost one of its best and bray- 
est men. J could say much of other officers of the regiment in 
praise of their manly and soldierly qualities, but this will be said 
by others in better language than mine. The grand old Fourth 
was served by as good and as brave a set of officers and men as 
any regiment that went from the state. I was personally ac- 
quainted with every man of our Company E. They were as 
good a set of men as I ever knew, take them all in all. 

In my “journal,” the keeping of which was a daily duty 
through the entire service, I have the names of the original men 
of the company and can—even now—repeat those names as 
the sergeant (Tobie) used to call them at the morning and 
evening roll-calls. I look them over sometimes, and the very 
reading of them brings back a host of memories, almost too 
precious for words to describe. Dear boys! I learned to love them 
all. Many of ghem have taken “the long march” and are now 
camped somewhere, and it is the fervent hope of the writer 
that he may see them all again in the Peaceful Camp, where 
no call “to arms” shall ever break upon our ears. 

Our sojourn at St. Augustine was a very pleasant one. The 
duties were light and the recuperation of the entire regiment, 
after our labors at Hilton Head, was wonderful. When we went 
‘to Florida many in the regiment were off duty on account of 
illness, but when we left there, in the early fall of 1862, there 
was reported only one man sick in the hospital, and he was 
doing well. 


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We were first quartered in the old barracks where General 
Scott had his headquarters during the Florida trouble, in his 
early days. We were then ordered to the fort, which we helped 
to repair, and afterward made our camp on the sand-patch back 
of the fort. This was a pleasant camp. Many interesting ex- 
periences are remembered by the surviving comrades. 

I wonder if any of them now living remember the night we 
were all turned out in a hurry by the “long roll” in the mid- 
night hours, and how the echoes were awakened by the booming 
of a big gun in the fort as a shell went screeching out into the 
country, while we were skirmishing in battle-line for an hour 
or so for the enemy, who did not materialize? When we got 
back to camp three of our comrades came out of the tent, rub- 
bing their eyes and asking what the trouble was all about. ‘They 
had not heard the alarm (?), but it leaked out, in the course of 
a day or two, that these fellows had been out stealing water- 
melons and were challenged by a picket, and, not responding, 
were fired upon, and this started the alarm. 

I was on picket at the old sawmill one night and before go- 
ing out to my post I had incidently remarked to my chum, E. O. 
Hill, that there was a fine watermelon patch near my post and 
that he had better come up after roll-call and get some of them. 
He promised to do so; but I forgot all about what I had said 
to him and about eleven o’clock, as I was watching down a long 
orange-tree-bordered road for any who might be inclined to run 
the pickets that night and get out into the country, I saw a 
shadowy form creeping along under the shade of the trees, and 
it looked suspicious. I waited until the fellow was near enough 
to make sure of my aim, if I had to fire, and challenged him. 
“Halt!” But he didn’t halt. I raised the rifle. “Halt! or I 
fire!” Instantly a low voice replied, “Cressy, for God’s sake, 
don’t fire!” I recognized the voice of my chum, Hill! He had 
eluded all the guards and had come up to get the watermelons! 
But I had come within a second of pulling trigger on him! 
Without a thought of his narrow escape, he said, “Where’s the 
melons?” How vividly all this comes back to me now. I can 
almost taste the delicious flavor of those melons (two big ones) 


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that Ed brought over from the patch to the old mill, while we 
sat there and discussed them. Hearing “the grand rounds” 
down at the next post, at the bridge, he said, “I must get back 
to camp.” Does Ed remember all this? 

We were unloading some big guns from a ship that had 
pulled alongside the rickety old wharf in the river, and I was 
on detail. ‘There were forty of us. We had got a gun on roll- 
ers about half way from the ship to the end of the wharf when 
a rest was called, and I, with my “bunkie,” Jim Mokler, had 
gone across the street and sat down in the shade on the steps 
at the postoffice. The day was hot, the work was hard, and we 
were glad of a moment’s rest. When the order “Fall in!” was 
given I said to Jim, “Sit still! There’s enough there to trundle 
the gun, and let’s take it easy until we are missed.” The rest 
of the detail got to work and had not moved the gun three feet 
when the wharf broke down, and gun, men, and all went through 
to the water and mud below! ‘The roll was instantly called to 
find out how many were killed or injured, when it was found 
that only one man was seriously hurt. That was the only time 
in my service when my laziness saved me. Possibly it was 
“providential(?).” 

We built batteries enough on Folly Island, at the upper end 
of it, and in close proximity to Morris Island, to mount forty 
guns, including mortars. They were masked batteries and we 
built them all under cover of the night, going up to our work 
in the darkness and leaving before the dawn. I recall the fact 
that I worked at the job seven nights in succession, getting what 
sleep I could get under the shade of the trees in camp. We 
worked in as perfect silence as we could maintain, no talking 
being allowed. 

The night before we opened fire from these batteries on the 
defenses across the narrow ship-channel, at the lower end of 
Morris Island, we were looking for an attack from the enemy. 
It seems that the officer in command of the forces across the 
channel had advised the attack after what he deemed a very 
careful examination of the ground on which our batteries were 
being built. He reported that we evidently had no defenses 


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there, and advised that two or three hundred men should cross 
the narrow channel] after nightfall and drive in our pickets. 
For some reason this plan was not carried out, but, had it been, 
we could have buried up the attacking party with our shovels, 
without firing a shot. We had between four and five thousand 
men at work on the batteries that night. 

At sunrise the next morning we opened fire from those forty 
guns and the capture of the lower end of Morris Island re- 
sulted. ‘The enemy were chased by our flying columns into the 
walls of Fort Wagner, and, after two unsuccessful charges by 
our forces upon the work, we commenced the siege which re- 
sulted in the capture of the fort and the adjoining batteries. 
I need not describe the final occupation of Fort Wagner. It 
was one of the strongest earthworks in the confederacy, it was 
said. 

In the early morning following the night of its capture, as 
we were advancing on Battery Gregg at the extreme end of the 
island, under the impression that the enemy would make a des- 
perate stand there, as we were making our way slowly along the 
edge of the marsh, an amusing incident occurred. The James 
Island batteries were throwing mortar shells over in our direc- 
tion. Most of them fell short, dropping into the marsh at our 
left. A shot fell pretty near the line of troops, and a soldier 
of one of the companies just ahead of ours, after the shell had 
exploded, leaving a pretty good-sized hole in the mud, ran out 
of the ranks and, jumping into the hole, swung his cap toward 
James Island and exclaimed, “Fire away, Johnnie, you can’t hit 
twice in the same spot!” Almost immediately another shell 
dropped within a few feet of him and exploded, blowing out 
about a cartload of mud and nearly covering the soldier, when 
he added, with but a few seconds’ interruption, “No, but you 
come so ‘gol darned’ near it that there’s no fun in it!” 

We had a battery out in the marsh at the left of the island, 
and pretty near to James Island, known as “The Swamp An- 
gel.” It was built for the purpose of throwing shells from it 
into Charleston, a little over three miles distant. About thirty 


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the gun leaped from its carriage and lay upon the parapet. 
I have had my head and shoulders in the breech of that gun a 
dozen times to dodge the shells from the James Island batteries. 

The going out there to do picket duty was not a pleasant job. 
We had to walk out along a narrow plank footbridge, across the 
marsh, and the place was damp and there was no shelter of any 
kind. ‘The mosquitoes were terrible. If a fellow could get out 
of going there honorably he was not squeamish about it. 

While we had to guard this point a disease known as “moon- 
blindness” broke out and spread with alarming rapidity. (The 
rapid spread of the disease was, perhaps, owing to the fact 
that a soldier had obtained his discharge on account of “moon- 
blindness.”) One or two of our company caught the disease. 
I remember an Irish soldier of our company, whom we used 
to call “Daddy »’ who caught it, and had it bad. One 
night he was detailed to go out to the “Swamp Angel,” but he 
complained that he could not see and tried to get excused from 
duty. The captain had no faith in his complaint and ordered 
him into line with the rest of us. 

He protested, “Sure, Cap’n, I can’t see a thing after dark an’ 
Tl be fallin’ off the walk, sure I will.” 

The captain told him to shut up and get into his place. 
“Daddy ” took his place in line, and we started off. He 
stumbled along, fell down several times, and had to be helped 
up, and when we got well out into the marsh the fellow actually 
walked off the walk and fell about four or five feet into the 
soft mud of the marsh below. ‘The tide was in and there was 
nearly two feet of water on the surface of the marsh. 

The captain ordered two men down to fish him out and then 
sent him back to camp. But the captain was not satisfied that it 
was a clear case of “moon-blindness” and sent a detective to 
watch him, and the next night “Daddy” was caught playing 
“seven-up” behind a blanket screen that he had hung across the 
rear of his tent. He was hustled out and sent to the front, 
and had no further trouble with his “moon-blindness.” 

One experience, among hundreds that I recall, in connection 
with the siege of Fort Wagner was the rolling of a “fascine” into 








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place at the front to serve as a basis for a new battery. The 
engineers had got it all ready to be placed in position. It was 
constructed of a large number of saplings bound together in 
a big roll, about as large as a hogshead. It was bound together 
with heavy wires. They had put it together behind one of the 
farthest bluffs, and it was desired to get it into place in ad- 
vance of our lines and on ground swept by the fire of the 
enemy. It was a dangerous undertaking. I was one of about 
fifteen men detailed to roll the “fascine” into position. The en- 
gineers had left it behind the bluff and we were to roll it from 
there, about an eighth of a mile, to the point where it was de- 
signed to erect the new battery. 

We knew that the moment it was exposed to the enemy’s 
view we should get it good and hot from the fort that had us 
in range. The plan was to get behind the “fascine,” and, upon 
our knees, working, roll it before us to the point where it was 
desired to place it. We had no sooner got it into view of the 
enemy than the fire opened upon us. How the grape and can- 
ister did screech and how] around us! Several times the “fas- 
cine” was struck, but the thick roll of saplings was a good pro- 
tection, provided we kept our heads down. It was hard work 
to roll that heavy bundle of saplings. 

The course led through deep, dry sand that was blistering hot 
under the rays of a July sun. But we kept down to business, 
and slowly it moved, while the bullets and the hurtling grape 
ploughed up the sand about us. We had to carry shovels along 
with us, and when we got it into position we had to throw a 
large quantity of sand over to the front side of the “fascine,” 
working upon our knees, until we had excavated a place deep 
enough to admit of our standing and still have our heads 
sheltered from shots that were incessantly playing about us. 

We got the thing in place without a man of us being hit, but 
it was a trying piece of work. We thus laid the foundation of 
a battery that did fine execution after the guns were mounted 
in it that night. 

The sharpshooters in Fort Wagner did us a good deal of dam- 
age. ‘They were constantly on the watch to get a shot at us, 


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and the exposure of a head, or even an elbow, meant a shot at 
it from a sharpshooter. We had to retaliate by having sharp- 
shooters of our own constantly on the lookout in the trenches. 

I was acting in this capacity one day, and had taken a shot 
at “my man,” an officer, as I could see by his dress, sword, sash, 
and the field-glass with which he was taking an observation of 
our works. I do not know whether I hit him or no. I have al- 
ways hoped that I did not, but a few minutes after I had fired 
there came a twenty-pound shell, aimed at the embankment be- 
hind which I stood, and which passed entirely through the bank 
and dropped so near me that I could easily have touched it with 
my hand. If it had exploded I would not now be telling this 
story. ‘There were a dozen of us around that shell. Instantly 
a corporal in Company B of our regiment caught up that shell 
and threw it over the bank. It did not burst! ‘The earth 
through which it had passed put out the fuse. It was a brave 
deed. I asked the corporal, “What made you think to do that 
so quickly?” 

He gave the laconic answer, “I didn’t want the d—d thing 
bustin’ under my nose!” 

They had a negro sharpshooter in Fort Wagner who got in 
some deadly work on us. He had wounded several of the en- 
gineers and men, and was “a dead shot” if he got a sight of a 
man. It became necessary to detail an expert shot from a 
Pennsylvania regiment, an old hunter, who had a telescope rifle, 
to watch for the negro. He took up his station in an unused 
part of the intrenchment and for two whole days, during which 
time he never left his post, he “laid for him.” The next day 
he brought down his man. 

The rebels took that negro’s body outside the fort and laid 
it where they were certain that we would run a new intrench- 
ment, and left him exposed, in full view of us all. They first 
buried a “torpedo” in the sand, tied a string to the dead negro’s 
wrist, and connected it with a gunlock on the torpedo, and 
waited results. They concluded that we would dig up to the 
body and then pull it down into the trench and bury it 
humanely, and be blown in pieces by that torpedo. We had dug 


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pretty close to the body. The stench was awful. We had al- 
most reached it when the engineer said, “Hold on, boys! Don’t 
touch that body till we investigate!” 

A careful examination was made and the string was discovered 
tied to his wrist and running into the ground. This was sey- 
ered and then the body was pulled away and buried. An eight- 
gallon cask was found under the body, loaded with all sorts of 
explosive matter,—bullets, pieces of shell, etc. I saw it carried 
to the rear upon a “stretcher.” 

The surviving comrades of the entire regiment will remem- 
ber with unceasing pleasure Captain Sanborn of Company K. 
He was the soul of kindness and was beloved of all who knew 
him. I remember a day when a large detail of us was doing 
picket duty on Ladie’s Island, 8. C. We were nearly out of 
rations, for the reason that a supply ordered had failed to reach 
us. We had been eking out the remnants left in the haversacis, 
and I had one hardtack left. There was the usual amount of 
grumbling, for, in fact, we were hungry. Captain Sanborn was 
officer of the guard. We sat, a half dozen of us, amid the live- 
oaks, wishing for a good square meal, when along came the cap- 
tain, who said in his always cheerful voice, “How goes it, boys?” 
“We are all right, Captain, but awful hungry,” someone 
answered. 

Without another word he emptied out the entire contents of 
his own haversack and then said, “Boys, you are welcome to this. 
It is all I have, but I am glad to share it with you.” 

Do you think a soldier touched a morsel of it? No. It was 
an act of kindness and sympathy that touched our hearts, and 
we forgot that we were hungry in our love for the dear captain 
who exhibited this “touch of human kindness.” If he shall 
ever read these lines, let him know that his sympathy for us 
on that occasion is an undying memory. 

The captain was as cool and self-possessed in danger as any 
man I ever saw. I was on guard one Sunday morning in the 
trenches on Morris Island. We were then very close up to 
Fort Wagner, within pistol shot. The terrible fire from the 
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of the fort and in one place a huge shell had blown out a cart- 
load of earth, leaving a depression several feet lower than the 
rest of the embankment. ‘The captain came along in his round 
of visits to the guard and stopped to chat a moment with me, 
and, together, we turned to look at the effect of our shells on 
the earthwork in front of us. Our heads were exposed above 
the top of the intrenchment behind which we stood, when 
there was a puff of smoke from a sharpshooter in the fort and a 
rifle bullet whistled between us, so near, in fact, that we both 
felt the “wind of it” on our cheeks. The captain with a cool- 
ness I can never forget said, “I guess they mean us.” We had 
barely stepped aside when another bullet from the same source 
passed exactly the spot where we had been standing. I presume 
the captain has forgotten all about it. 

The living members of the regiment will remember the fight 
at Pocotaligo, S.C. We were going up in “column by division.” 
Captain Sanborn was in charge of the division in which our com- 
pany was at the time. We were making our way across a cot- 
ton field and the heavy ridges disarranged the formation to a 
considerable extent, and we were taking a pretty hot fire from 
the enemy’s battery in front of us, and there was no little ex- 
citement among the men when Captain Sanborn turned and 
faced the line and said, in a voice as cool and calm as he would 
use in company drill, “Take it coolly, boys, take it coolly!” His 
own coolness inspired us. 

Captain Sanborn was a Christian man, if there was one in the 
regiment, and I recall several instances in which he stood with 
us in the little prayer circles that a few of us held from time 
to time on the parade ground, after the duties of the day were 
over. 

One man of his company, Private Bagley, was a very dear 
Christian friend of mine, and helped me much jn my first en- 
deavors toward the life of Christian faith. He was as true and 
faithful as any man I knew in the regiment. I shall never 
forget my last interview with him. We had gone to the front, 
(this was on Morris Island), and Bagley and I were to/ occupy 
an advanced post in front of our intrenchments. When we ar- 


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rived in the trenches, after dark, the fire from the enemy’s bat- 
teries was so intensely hot that we took shelter in a little 
“bombproof” that was barely large enough to give us protection. 
Shells were bursting all about us. There was nothing to do but 
to wait until the fire slackened, and, while waiting there, Bag- 
ley suggested that we pray. We both knelt in the sand and he 
prayed. I never heard such a prayer as that faithful soldier of- 
fered. It seemed to me that he was consciously talking with 
God. It moved me deeply and I can never forget it. He had 
barely closed his prayer when the sergeant called us out to sta- 
tion us on our post. Within five minutes after his prayer Bag- 
ley was killed by a bursting shell,—it always seemed to me, 
while his earnest prayer was going before him to announce his 
coming. I have said many times since to my congregations, to 
whom I have narrated this incident, that “a prayer circle is a 
good place from which to go to heaven,” where I hope to see 
that dear comrade not many years hence. 

I could relate many stirring incidents in connection with our 
experiences in the siege of Fort Wagner. We were under fire 
all the time, whether in the trenches or in the camp, as our 
camp was always within range of the batteries that shelled us 
from several different points. It was no uncommon thing for a 
mortar-shell to drop among the tents from the “marsh hen,” 
one of the batteries on James Island. Fort Sumter had us in 
range until her guns were dismounted by shot from our bat- 


teries. Fort Wagner could easily drop a shell into camp at any 


time, though the bluffs gave us a little protection. Picket duty 
at the front was dangerous business, though we were at the 
business pretty often, as many important posts had to be closely 
guarded. 

Two of the boys of our company of whom I have a lasting 
remembrance were George Harris and Charles Allen. They 
were chums. We knew them as “The Colonel and Bob.” Truer 
friends than they were to each other I never knew. They were 
totally unlike in their make-up and characteristics, but they were 


sworn friends from first to last. I have seen those fellows in a 


make-believe altercation, when the rest of us thought (till we 


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came to know them better) that blows would be the end of it, 
hug each other like people in their first love. They were al- 
ways together, as tent-mates, on picket duty, in action, and 
everywhere. Such perfect confidence had each in the other (a 
confidence that was never betrayed) that they had but one purse 
between them. “Mine and thine” were words for which they 
had no use. They were among the best and most faithful 
soldiers. They could always be depended on in every duty to 
which they were assigned. The entire company respected them. 
I never saw them in “the blues.” ‘They were the soul of cheer- 
fulness under all circumstances. Their good spirits, genial 
natures, and their love of fun made them the life of the camp 
under many trying circumstances. They were brave men. I 
never saw either of them show the least fear or cowardice in 
action. 

One incident, in connection with “Colonel Harris,” I shall al- 
ways remember. My Christian life began in the army. I was 
converted (if I ever was) on Folly Island, 8. C. [ owe this event 
in my life largely to the Christian influence of a dear comrade, 
A. D. Flagg. He afterward became a preacher. From the time 
of my conversion I tried to lead a Christian life. It was not 
an easy thing to do in camp, and I was frequently made the 
butt of jokes and gibes on the part of some of my comrades. It 
was not in any spirit of malevolence, but more often for the 
reason that certain ones wanted something or some one to poke 
fun at. JI am sure that, at heart, I had the respect of my eviu- 
rades, and I have never laid up a thought of ill will toward any 
one of them on account of this (sometimes rather trying) pleas- 
antry. They avere all better men than their words would often 
indicate. 

One rainy day I was in the tent with Harris and several other 
comrades, and there seemed to be a disposition on the part of 
some of them to make me the innocent object of some sharp, 
cutting remarks with reference to the new purpose I had formed, 
all of which I bore without a word of remonstrance. It con- 
tinued for a time, with the evident purpose of making me angry, 
to make me “fire back.” 


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Harris had taken no part in it and I saw by his looks that he 
was displeased. It finally went so far as to rouse his indigna- 
tion, and, jumping to his feet, with an expression of determina- 
tion I shall never forget, he said, “Now look here, boys, you’ve 
carried this thing a d—d sight too far, and by the , the 
first word another man utters on this line I’ll put him out of 
this tent, end over end! Now who wants to begin?” 

No one began and the bantering ceased. I had no further 
persecution from that time forward. 

Dear boys! I learned to love even the worst of them. They 
did not mean it as unkindness. Oh, no. They had nothing else 
to do. That coming of Harris to my support changed the order 
of things. I do not recall a taunt of any kind from that time. 

After the war I became pastor of the church in Hudson, and 
Harris, who lived across the river, in Nashua, was, with his 
faithful wife, and Allen, also, frequently in my congregation. 
During Harris’s last illness I was a constant, and always a most 
welcome, visitor at his bedside. When he died I was invited, 
at his own request, to officiate at his funeral. He had become 
one of the best friends I had. I thank God for my precious 
memory of him. I expect to meet him again. 

IT wonder if “Dan Silk”—Charlie Philbrick—is still living! 
It never seemed to me that he could die, without getting off a 
joke on Death himself. And ‘that fiddle that “Dan” used to 
play, what has become of it? And how many strings has it now? 
I recall that several of us contributed to buy the instrument 
for him, and how the evening shadows were made musical 
around the campfires when “Dan” tuned up the old fiddle. 
Finally, a string broke, and the player had to go it on three 
strings, and it didn’t seem to make any difference with the 
music. And then another broke, but the sweet strains lost 
nothing of their sweetness while ¢wo strings were left, and then, 
after a while the third string was non est, but “Dan” didn’t seem 
to mind it and would torture that old fiddle till it would fairly 
squeal out some of the sweetest music. “Dan Silk” was the 
“wag” of the company. We often owed it to him that we did 
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Then there was “Kill Craft, the hangman,”—Spaulding, I 
mean. What has become of him? The last time I saw him he 
was in Boston. If there were any “watermealions,” or grapes, 
or oranges, or bananas, or anything else, in fact, to be had (with 
or without money) “Kill Craft” knew where to get them. (I 
refer especially to our sojourn in St. Augustine.) I remember 
a day when he and several of us had obtained a “pass” to stroll 
about the city, and “Kill Craft” bought(?) a lot of watermelons 
for our entertainment. Willand, Harris, Allen, Mokler, and one 
or two others, and “Dan Silk” among them, were in the party. 
How delicious those watermelons were as we ate them under the 
orange trees! “Kall Craft” (this is confidential) didn’t mean to 
pay for them, but he did,—a little later. 

The boys all remember that fancy dish that we used to pre- 
pare, when necessity compelled, under the euphonic name of 
“slobgollion.” Some called it “Delaware hash” because we first 
discovered how to prepare it on board the steamer “Delaware.” 
The beauty about this dish was that you could make it of any- 
thing you happened to have on hand. A hardtack, a bit of pork, 
and water were the essentials, and a potato added improved it 
wonderfully, while an onion made it superfine. We were often 
reduced to the necessity of concocting this dish, when it was 
“slobgollion” or nothing. I remember, after the war, I was at 
a G. A. R. gathering when “Marching Through Georgia” was 
sung. At the close of the song I said, “I’ll give you an original 
verse that will go in that tune,” and I then repeated the follow- 
ing: 

A fancy dish we used to make, 
*Twould give a cook his fame; 
Any old stuff to make it of 
Would answer all the same; 
And when the dish was all prepared, 


“Slobgollion” was its name, 
While we were marching through Georgia. 


A lady to whom I once repeated the lines said, “What did 
you call that dish?” 
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“Why, I never heard that name before,” she replied. 

“Neither did I, until we discovered how to make it,” I con- 
tinued, 

“But what made you call it ‘slobgollion 

“Because it looked and tasted like one.” 

“And what is a ‘slobgollion’?” 

“T don’t know—never saw any one that did.” 

“Hardtack” was one of the very essentials of a soldier’s fare. 
During the entire service (with few exceptions) it was mostly 
the “animated” kind, i. e., bread and meat combined. We gen- 
erally shook out the “meat,” not being specially fond of the 
delicacy. ° 

I wrote a poem after the war, under the title 


°?” she inquired. 


THE ANIMATED HARDTACK. 


Many a dinner have we eaten, which, altho’ it might be beaten, 

Was the best the times afforded, best that Uncle Sam could get, 

When the hardtack of our portion was instinct with life and 
motion, 

When th’ abundant life within it made it oft “git up and git!” 


*Tis said (of course it must be true) 
A soldier went to get his ration. 

He got some pork and hardtack, too, 
Which filled his will and expectation. 


He sat him down upon the sand, 
Prepared to eat his plain collation, 
And then proceeded, soldier-like, 
To “charge” and then surround his ration. 


He for his hardtack reached his hand, 

But, lo! ’twas not where he had laid it! 
He saw it moving on the sand! 

And well the soldier knew what made it! 


The bread, of course, possessed no life, 

But then, I’ll swear there was life in it! 
This makes, of course, a paradox 

We cannot solve,—we’ll not begin it. 





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His captain came along just then. 

He called the cap’s attention to it,— 
The hardtack moving on the sand,— 

And asked the “cap” what made it do it. 


The captain looked and said ’twas queer. 
He thought it “very strange was, very,” 
Then told the soldier, with a leer: 
“Go take it to the commissary!” 


“No need of that,’ the soldier said. 
“Let’s lay that order on the table, 

For, don’t you see, such ‘living bread’ 
Will go itself, it being able. 


“Tll get a patent on that bread, 
I'll put upon it bit and rein, 
And then the mighty forces there 
Will draw the whole blamed haggage train! 


My uncle, Amos Cressy, was in the same company with me. 
He enlisted in Manchester at the time the company was organ- 
ized. He was a good and faithful soldier, loved and respected 
by all the boys. At the battle of Drewry’s Bluff, on that fatal 
Monday when our forces were driven back, Amos was wounded, 
_ taken prisoner, and died in Libby prison after a short confine-« 
ment there. I was wounded on Sunday morning, and the last 
time I saw Amos was when I fell in line with the boys after I 
was hit and was told by the captain to “fall out and go to the 
rear.” I shall never forget the look of sympathy and anxiety 
on his face when he saw that I was wounded. He and my fa- 
ther both died prisoners of war, the latter at Salisbury prison, 
S. C. Father was in the Seventh New Hampshire Regiment. 
After being wounded, and spending a few days in the field hos- 
pital at Bermuda Hundred, I was taken to Chestnut Hill hospi- 
tal, Philadelphia, and remained there until the expiration of my 
term of service, the following October, 1864. 

While we were on the way to Florida, in the spring of 1862, 
while we were lying in Warsaw Sound for a few days, there came 
to us from St. Catharine’s Island, seventeen miles away, a negro 





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and a companion who had seen the flag of the “Wabash” and 
knew that it meant liberty for them if they could reach it. 
They delivered themselves up, and one of them, a full-blooded 
negro, who called himself “Cap’n Harris,” came to our company i 
and served as cook, and then as servant to the captain. He was 
one of the most devoted men, in his faithfulness to our interests, 
that I ever saw. If there was ever a Christian man, he certainly 
was one. He could neither read nor write. He was anxious to” 
learn, however, and I undertook to teach him his letters from 
an old spelling-book that he had picked up somewhere. i. 
and many a night have I sat beside him at the campfires and 
taught him out of that old spelling-book. j 
He used to tell me stories of his slave-life. One night, I re- 
member, he told me of an awful whipping that he had received 
for an (unsuccessful) attempt to run away. He was tied to 2 
tree and lashed until he was unconscious. He completed the 
story by pulling off his shirt and showing me his naked back. 
I rubbed my hand over it and it felt like rubbing my hand over 
a washboard! His back was in ridges from that lashing! 
I have said that he was a Christian. One day, a Sunday, we 
had gone down to headquarters (from our picket post on Ladies’ 
Island, 8. C.) to get some rations. We went down the river in 
‘a boat. Arrived at the old plantation house, the headquarters 
of the post, I found that “Cap’n Harris” was holding a preach- 
ing service on the large veranda of the mansion. There were 
assembled a large company of the negroes on the plantation, also 
some of the soldiers. He was about to begin the service when 
we arrived. Seeing me, he invited me to read the Scriptures for 
him. I complied with his invitation, and, for the first time im 
my life, I took part in a public preaching service. I shall never 
forget that sermon from the lips of that old negro. Elo- 
quence! It was the most eloquent sermon I ever heard from 
human lips. His pathos and tenderness moved me deeply 
Such an appeal as he made! It rings in my ears as I write 
these lines. } 
When we went to the battle of Pocotaligo he went with us 
as a servant to Captain Parker. The captain, anticipating @ 























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fight, had taken along a supply of hospital stores, bandages, lint, 
and several things that might be needed for wounded men, and, 
after the action had commenced, these things were soon ex- 
hausted, and the captain said to the negro, “I wish I had taken 
the rest of those supplies; we need them.” “I’s got ’em, Cap’n! 
Ts got ’em!” said Harris, and he brought out a bundle of things 
tied up in an old bandana handkerchief that he had brought 
along, of his own accord, thinking that they might be needed. 

During the fight I saw that faithful negro on the field where 
the bullets were the thickest, caring for wounded men. He 
would pick up a wounded man as tenderly as a mother could 
take up a suffering child. in his trips to the field he came to 
where a wounded rebel was lying, and the rebel with a haughty 
Insolence, said, “Here, you nig, come and take care of me!” 

Harris walked up to him, and thrusting his hand into his 
breast, as though to draw a weapon, answered, “Ill take care 
of you, sah!” 

The Johnnie, thinking the darky would shoot him, begged 
for his life. Harris looked at him a moment and then said, 
“T gibs you to understand, sah, dat I takes care of my own men 
first, and den I'll look after you!” He picked up a wounded 
Union man and carried him off and then went back and got the 
rebel. 

Harris remained with us until we left Beaufort, S. C. If 
_ Hever saw him afterward. I shall always think of him as one 
of the most brave and devoted colored men that I ever saw. 

Among all the men of our company I have as vivid and, in 
some respects, as tender remembrance of Jack Stewart as of any 
of them. Jack was a character, with a big C. He was an Eng- 
lishman, and we were told that he had been in the English 
service. He and his comrade, Brown, were chums. If one was 
in the guardhouse, it was safe to bet that the other was with 
him, and both were there a good part of the time. I came to 
love Stewart, and the incident that won my heart to him oc-— 
_ curred while we were in Florida. We had gone out into the 
country one very hot day on a scout. We had marched about 
eight miles into the interior, and about noon reached an old 


plantation. We were thoroughly exhausted with the sultry nea 
of the swamp through which we had marched, and we turned 
into the plantation yard to rest. Men were fainting, and Jack 
had fallen in a faint, overcome by the terrible heat. What fol- 
lowed I have tried to tell in a poem, written a short time ago. 
I read this before one of the G. A. R. posts in St. Paul. ! 


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HOW I FOUND JACK’S HEART. 


I used to think of Stewart as the meanest man we had 

In all the company. He seemed most evrything that’s bad,— 
Nearly always in the guardhouse, or if he wasn’t there, 

You'd bet your bottom dollar he was somewhere “on a tear.” 


Tho’ what I say of him is true, he had a kindly heart, 

And when he came to love you he would act a brother’s part. 
I found this out, to my surprise, one day while on a scout, 
And what I then discovered put his meanness all to rout. 


I'd thought of him as lacking the qualities called human, 
But found his heart as tender, aye, as the heart of woman; 
And, from that time, I had no friend so true to me as he. ‘ 
He’d do me any favor, with a soul of sympathy. 


We'd marched eight miles or more that day, while out upon a 
scout. a 

The day was most intensely hot; the boys were all piayed out ~ 

With heat and thirst when we had reached an old plantation 
ground, 

Where, under tall palmetto trees, we cooling shelter found. 


But Jack had fallen in a faint (I thought that he was dead), 
With face so pale, the hot sun beating down upon his head. 

I got a comrade’s help, and then we drew him ’neath the shade, © 
Where, with my blouse and knapsack, I a pillow for him made 


= 
I fanned him, bathed his neck and wrists with water from the well, 
And kept it up until I'd overcome the fainting spell, a 
When he looked up and saw me, and, though suffering with pain. 
He smiled at me, then heaved a sigh, and shut his eyes again. 


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J sat there full two hours or more and fanned him while he slept 
Beneath the cooling shade, the while the flies I from him kept. 
Tho’ I was worn and weary, yet I sat beside him there 

Until the order came, “Fall in!” again to camp to fare. 


I gently woke him from his*sleep. He took his place in line, 
But not a syllable he spoke to answer word of mine; 

Nor do I think he spake a word to comrade on the way, 

As back again we marched to camp, that sultry summer day. 


But after “roll” was called that night he to my quarters came 
And put his head within my tent, and softly called my mame: 


“Come out, I want to speak wid ye!” I rose and went outside, 
And there was Jack! He greeted me with both hands opeted 
wide. 


And this is what he said: “’Twas kind, the thing ye did for me, 
And I have come, my comrade, now, to gie my thanks to ye. 

Pye been too hard upon ye, but from this time on ye’ll find 

That Jack’ll be the friend o’ him who was to me sae kind. 


“An’ gin ye want a friend, or help, ye’ll find that Jack’s tne man 
Will do the best he knows for ye, an’ help ye all he can. 

IT have gold an’ silver plenty, you’re welcome aye to share; 
Jack’s got a heart, ye found it, an’ ’tis beatin’ for ye there!” 


Dear Jack! I wish that I could tell how faithful, kind, and true 
You were to me from that day on! I found a friend in you! 

I never saw you after that hard fight at Drewry’s Bluff, 

Where many of our comrades fell. That fight was hot enough! 


Ah, well do I recall that day, when, faint with heat and thirst, 

We fought ’mid storms of shot and shell! It seemed that hell had 
burst! 

We held our grip, and no man flinched! It made the bravest 
Sweat, 

And when it all comes back to me, my hair is rising yet! 


And you were badly wounded, Jack, made prisoner beside, 

And they took you down to “Libby,” where soon, alas, you died. 

Vyve mourned your loss most deeply, Jack, shall mourn it to the 
end, 


For when Death captured you he robbed me of a faithful friend. 


I’m hoping we shall meet again, dear Jack, on yonder shore. 

I want to see your kindly face and take your hand once more. 
And whate’er good is mine to have, if Paradise I see, 

Tll gladly share the best of it, dear Jack, my friend, with thee. 


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Our first introduction to the battle of Drewry’s Bluff was on 
that Saturday, the 14th of May, 1864, if I am not mistaken. 
We were required to support a battery that was getting in good 
work on the enemy’s lines just across the valley. We lay on the 
brow of the declivity, two regiments of us, though I have for- 
gotten the name of the other one. But we lay there behind the 
battery the most part of the afternoon, taking a terrific fire 
from the enemy’s battery. It was a trying position. Shot and 
shell were coming our way incessantly. We could see the fight- 
ing lines just ahead of us, and, when the thick smoke of the 
battle did not prevent, we could see the colors of the different 
regiments engaged. he roar of the battle was terrific. Re- 
inforcements were constantly being added to the lines of the 
enemy, and still we lay there, supporting the battery in front of — 
us. Personally, I would have hailed the order to “Charge!” 
with pleasure. To lie there and not fire a shot, while shells were 
bursting over our heads and ploughing up the ground around us, 
was a little trying to the bravest. 

A few years afterward, while I was making a steamboat trip on 
Lake Champlain, I met a gentleman, about my own age, who 
after talking with him awhile, I found was in the Confederate 
service, and on comparing notes and narrating some of our ex- 
periences, I discovered that this man was at the battle o 
Drewry’s Bluff, in charge of the battery on the other side tha 
had given us most of the shot and shell of which I have spoken 
He told me certain incidents of the battle, and described the 
lay of the land so accurately that there could be no doubt of 
the correctness of his statements. In our conversation I found 
him to be a gentleman of the most pronounced type. He did 
not call me “Yank,” and I did not call him “Johnnie,” and we 
had a delightful time together during the whole trip. He in 
vited me to dine with him in the cabin, and I shall never for- 
get his warm invitation to me to visit him at his home in Nor 
folk, Va. He belonged to one of the old families of “Upshers,’ 
who were among the first families of Virginia. I have never seen 

him since, but I shall not forget the very pleasant day that I 
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THE OLD ARMY CANTEEN. 


How fresh are the memories, Comrades, of yore; 

So fresh that to speak of them brings them once more 
Before us, like visions, to cheer us along, 

Like echoing strains of some dearly loved song. 

While recounting those mem’ries so fresh and green 
Ill sing you a song of the “Army Canteen.” 


The old army canteen as it hung by our side, 

A friend through all trials, whate’er might betide. 
To keep it well filled was the soldier’s great care, 
So that, wanting a drink, he could find it there. 
The “old oaken bucket” had nothing, I ween, 
Like the comfort we got from the old canteen. 


How oft on the march, with sore, aching feet, 

When we halted to rest from the sultry heat, 

And lay in the shade of the sheltering trees, 

And wished, oft in vain, for a fresh, cooling breeze, 
Ah! then, as the sweetest of nectar, I ween, 

Was the draught that we drank from the old canteen. 


It sometimes held—Ah! tell it not, O ye Gods! 

A stuff that would kill at a good forty rods. 

How one could e’er drink it I never could tell,— 

*Twas made by “Old Nick” with hot brimstone from—well, 
One drink of the stuff was too many, I ween, 

For the soldier to quaff from his old canteen. 


On the lone picket post, when the hours passed slow, 
While wearily pacing the beat to and fro, 

With haversack empty, no hardtack to bite, 

The cud of endurance we chewed through the night. 
While stomach and hunger had nothing between, 
How refreshing a draught from the old canteen! 


By the campfires at night, where the stories were told, 
As closely we huddled to keep out the cold, 

Round the bright cheering fire, in the ashes of which 
Potatoes were roasting, sweet, mellow, and rich,— 
Such feasting! ’Twas luxury! More so, I ween, 
Because we oft drank from the same old canteen! 


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« 
There are some things in life that we never forget. 
Time works its sad change, but there cling to us yet 
Some memories fond that time cannot erase; 
In the heart of the soldiers they still hold their place. 
And to Memory’s touch there rises, I ween, 
None more vivid or fresh than the army canteen. 


There’s a bond between comrades, stronger than steel; 
Fields red with their blood have placed on it their seal; 
It will never be broken while life shall last; 

It stronger grows yet by the memories past. 

Perhaps not the least among causes, I ween, 

Is this: We have drank from the same old canteen. 





WITH COMPANY G, 1861-1864. 


By Capt. WILLIAM W. MAYNE, CLAREMORE, OKLA. 


Now I am going to give the following in exact words used, 
and in all more or less profanity was indulged in. You can cut 
it out if you wish to repeat what I am to write. Our “Trish 
Bull,” as you may call it, was as follows: In the summer of 
1862 seven companies of the Fourth Regiment were stationed 
at St. Augustine, Fla. My Company G was stationed on the out- 
side of old Fort Marion. I was at that time first heutenant of 
Company G. One morning the relief guard went down to the 
seawall to fire off their guns. Privates Thad Morrison and Owen 
Tully got into a mix-up. Morrison struck Tully on the side 
of the head with his rifle and paralyzed one side of Tully’s body 
for the time being. I was in my tent in camp. They brought 
Tully up on a stretcher, set it down in front of my tent, and 
called to me. I went to the side of the stretcher on which Tully 
was lying, and I said, “Why, Tully, what on earth is the mat- 
ter?” “Arra, arra, Lieutenant,” says Tully, “it was little I 
ever thought that I would live to see the day I would go to my 
own funeral!” Tully came out all O. K. in a few days. 

At the same camp, one day in August, one David Beede was 
acting as cook, and the men had been fed on beans until they 
were sick of them. JI remember it was a very hot day. Now 
Beede was a regular New Hampshire “Yank” from up in the 
White Mountains, a fine, patriotic soul, who had two sons, Wil- 
liam and Charles, all three in Company G. Both sons were 
killed afterwards, or later than when the following took place. 
One day the above-mentioned Beede came to my tent and said, 
“Lieutenant Mayne, I want you to come right down to the cook- 
house and see what on God’s earth is the matter with my kettle 


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of beans.” TI said, “What is the trouble, Beede?” He said, “I 
don’t know, Lieutenant Mayne, but there’s more froth on top of 
that kettle of beans than there ever was in the mouth of the 
wrath of G—d.” I went down to the cookhouse. While there 
I saw Mike McGough with his head stuck around the corner of 
the cookhouse, laughing to kill. I knew at once he was at the 
bottom of some mischief; he was always in some mix-up. Let 
me describe McGough: About five feet, eleven, thin as a Can- 
adian match, mouth stretched from ear to ear, and a holy ter- 
ror. ‘Well, Beede,”’ I says, “something must be in the kettle 
besides beans and pork.”” “No, sir! no, sir! I put the beans and 
a good side of pork in, and the water. I know just what’s in the 
kettle,’ he says. Now Beede had a big ladle, about three feet 
in length, and he would swat the froth off the top of the kettle 
and send it ten feet or more. I says, “Beede, dig down in the 
kettle. See if you can find anything.” He did, and brought 
up two long bars of army soap, about half boiled away. 
“There,” he says, “that’s the work of them d—d ‘Dover sper- 
its” ” He named McGough, McGinnis, George Whitehouse, and 
Lee Legg the “Dover sperits,” as they were from Dover, N. H. 
McGough put the soap in the kettle; said he was sick of beans. 
Nothing was done to him for the job. 

About the 1st of October, 1862, Michael O’Flynn of Company 
G resigned, and all company property was turned over to me. 
First Lieutenant Gile took command of the company a few days 


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later. One Jeremiah Sphelan of the company came to my — 


quarters and asked how his clothing account stood. I looked 


over the books and told him. He had a book in which he © 


claimed he kept account of every article of clothing ever issued 
to him. ‘The ‘book turned over to me by O’Flynn showed that 
Sphelan was charged an overcoat, pair of shoes, and other cloth- 


ing never received by said Sphelan, and he expressed himself in ~ 
no complimentary terms to O’Flynn. In fact, everything — 
O’Flynn was responsible for he accounted for as issued to the — 
men or on hand. A few days later we went on an expedition to ~ 


Pocotaligo, S. C., where we had a pretty lively fight. The 
Fourth New Hampshire was moved in column by division, on 


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center division. My Company G and Company D formed the 
second division. J- was in command of the division, Captain 
Badger acting as major, I being senior lieutenant. The rebels 
got range on us and were giving us fits from three pieces of ar- 
tillery. Iwas sure warm. I was walking up and down in front 
of the division when a shell exploded just above and in front of 
the left of Company G. Two men were wounded and a piece of 
the shell cut the gun barrel of Sphelan’s rifle clean off, just be- 
low the bayonet. I went to where the wounded men were. Sphe- 
lan was in an awful rage. I says to him, “Are you hit or are 
you hurt?” “No,” he says, “I am neither hit nor hurt, bless 
God; the only hurt I have is from that d—d O’F lynn. May the 
d—| d—n his soul!’ And, holding up what was left of his gun, 
he says, “Now, Lieutenant, tell me, will that be charged on my 
next year’s account of clothing?” meaning, of course, the value 
of his gun. I had to laugh, and many of the men did the same. 
I could tell you many other laughable affairs, but will break 
away. 

Here is what happened to me, and it was pretty generally 
known in the command at the time. I have no comments to 
make, only it is true, as I will relate. Capt. J. G. Wallace and 
myself used to chum together a great deal. Just before going 
to the Pocotaligo fight, I said to Wallace one morning, “I 
dreamed I was in a fight and got badly wounded.” “When did 
you dream it?” says Wallace. “Last night,” I said. Wallace 
looked spellbound, and for some time did not speak. At last he 
said, “Lieutenant, I had the same kind of a dream last night.” 
We told the above to quite a few of the officers. They laughed 
at it. We went to Pocotaligo; had the fight just before we were 
wounded. Wallace’s Company C and my Company G were on 
left of road, facing the rebels. We were lying down, Wallace’s 
company on the right of mine. ‘There was a creek between the 
rebels and us. Our companies were lying down, kind of sharp- 
shooting. Captain Wallace was in front of me, with his left arm 
on my left shoulder, and one of the rebels got a line on us and 
shot. The bullet struck Wallace in the left arm, passed 
through his arm, and struck me in the left shoulder, and pene- 


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trated my left lung. It put us out of business for some time. 
When able to travel, we got leave of absence. Wallace went 
north; I went south, to St. Augustine, Fla. We both left Hiiton 
Head, 8. C., the same day. Wallace went north on steamship 
“Arrago”; I on steamship “Honduras,” for the South. We 
could see each other’s ship for hours. I was on leave sixty days; 
Wallace the same. Wallace returned to Hilton Head on the 
steamship “Fulton”; I on the “Ben D. Ford.” We both arrived 
at Hilton Head, S. C., the same day, and went into our regi- 
mental camp the same day. What do you think of the above 
facts? 

I will not trespass longer on your valuable time. In con- 
clusion, I wish to say nothing regarding any individual acts of 
my company. I presume you have statements that such or 
such a company did this, that, or the other, independent of the 
other companies of the regiment. I have this to say, that Com- 
pany G was always in the immediate vicinity when anything 
was going on. 


“Rough, cold, and bleak, our little state 
Is hard of soil, of limits strait; 

Her yellow sands are sands alone, 

Her only mines are ice and stone. 
From autumn frost to April rain 

Too long her winter woods complain; 
From budding flower to falling leaf 

Her summer time is all too brief.” 





WITH COMPANY K IN THE CIVIL WAR. 


By JOHN CROWELL ESTEY, First SERGEANT, OF OAKLAND, CAL. 


To the memory of the comrades of Company K, Fourth New 
Hampshire Volunteers, I pen these few lines. Something like 
a feeling of sadness comes over me as I look over the ros- 
ter of Company K and find so few remaining with us. Then 
again, when I look for the many letters my brothers, Horace and 
Charles, and I sent home, many of them direct from the field 
of action, and am told that they were lost in the destruction of 
the old farm buildings where I was born in Londonderry, also 
note the absence of all the old forests, together with. the people 
I used to know when in the full vigor of life, I find myself at a 
loss for words. 

It is just forty-five years since I met with the comrades of 
the Fourth, and it was therefore a source of pleasure to meet 
with them on September 2, 1910, at Concord, it being the forty- 
fifth anniversary of our final discharge; this being also the first 
time during these forty-five years that I had been east of the 
Mississippi. Therefore, to meet again with even a few of those 
who so proudly marched down Elm street to take the cars 
which carried us from loved ones to the field of action in 1861, 
was a pleasure beyond expectation, for it carried me back in 
thought to the time when I stood fully six feet and more at the 
right of as noble, loyal, and self-sacrificing a company of soldiers, 
fifty or more of whom stood six feet in their stockings, as were to 
be found among all those answering Abraham Lincoln’s call for 
help. Among those whom I met are Sergt. John Bartlett and 
First Sergt. J. G. Hutchinson and Corp. Samuel McDole, all of 
Manchester; Charles R. Frost of Londonderry, Capt. True San- 
born of Chichester, and Benjamin Frank Pettingill of Derry, the 
latter having lost his right eye by a bullet; Samuel Clarke of 

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Georgetown, Mass., who was all through Andersonville prison, 
with all its horrors. He it was who ministered to my brother 
Charles as he died in that prison. 

There are many others of Company K I would like to men- 
tion, but to speak of all those we know so well, and of whom we 
always felt so proud, would occupy too much space in a work of 
this kind. 

Those were days of youthful vigor, full of hope and confi- 
dence, and as we entered upon the active duties of the soldier 
life, whether we pitched our camp in the full-blown field of 
clover, or found our nightly rest in the bunk of some ocean 
transport, whether in the peaceful tent of a well-ordered camp, 
or in the trenches at the front, where the screeching ball and 
bursting shell, keeping company with the whistling bullet, be- 
came our lullaby at night and our reveille in the morning, 
Company K was always ready to obey orders and answer to the 
call of duty. 

Among the original members of Company K there were 
twenty-six from Londonderry, and among these there was one 
individual in the person of Warren G. Pike, better known among 
the boys as “Ward” Pike. He did valiant service as a cook for 
Company K for quite a long time, during which time we were 
sent to Jacksonville, Fla., and as our force was small, even the 
cook had to do duty on picket. I remember being sent with 
sixteen men to guard one of the principal roads coming into 
Jacksonville from the north. We were sent out in the early 
morning on twenty-four-hour duty to the advance picket line. 
It was the day we were sent out, and not far from noon, that 
we allowed ourselves to be drawn into an ambush, which proved 
to be so much of a surprise that for a few minutes it looked as 
though we were captured for sure, and had it not been for the — 
nervy way our boys acted, some of those sixteen would have had 
a different story to tell. 

One man was stationed out on the road quite a distance in 
advance, and supposed to be in the direction of the enemy, while 
the other fifteen were in reserve, each man having his own 
musket, that is, the guns were not stacked, so we were quite 





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ready for action. About this time a litter of pigs, ten of them, 
and just old enough to make a good roast, came rooting around 
among the trees with their mother. Being on advance picket, 
one shot from us would turn out the whole camp, and perhaps 
this fact added to our danger. Pike told us how easy it would 
be to bag the whole lot, and not fire a shot, and told us how 
nice he could cook them, till we were getting real pig hungry. 
But we did not think the enemy was lurking so near; in fact, 
everything was so calm and serene that we were getting anxious 
for their capture. At last ‘a move was made, and that, too, 
without precaution of throwing out another picket on our right 
flank to give us warning in case of a surprise, and so Pike led 
the way and told us how to act. We surrounded the pigs, 
mother and all. The first to escape was the mother, and her 
Methuselah-like age caused no regrets. Soon they began to get 
alarmed at our near approach and began to make breaks to run 
the blockade, and as they began to get excited, so did we. First 
one and then another would slip by, until the boys all became 
commanders, and each was issuing orders to the others about 
what to do as well as what not to do. This is what made it so 
easy for the enemy, for we had no extra man on guard. By 
now fully half of the pigs had escaped, and we, becoming des- 
perate, made a charge toward the center, and Pike succeeded 
in running his bayonet through the skin of the neck of a pig; all 
the rest got away. We were making a fearful noise as we gath- 
ered around, each excitedly telling his own story, and I hollered 
a little louder than all the rest and said, “Pike, stick your bayo- 
net into the ground or he will get off,’ and as-he did so we were 
suddenly put on the defense by one of the most complete sur- 
prises that ever confronted a squad of brave soldiers. Pike’s 
- gun was holding the squealing pig, when I saw him give a tre- 
mendous jump, and just then I found myself sitting on the old 
sow’s back, her mouth frothing and bigger than a shark’s. She 
kept charging from one to another till every bayonet was more 
or less bent, except Pike’s, which was used as a picket pin to 
tether out the pig. ‘The enemy was weakening and by a charge 
along the whole line the breastworks were carried as well as the 
flanks, and victory was ours. The enemy surrendered. We had 
captured one pig of about ten pounds. 


REMINISCENSES. 


By ISAAC WALLINGFORD HOBBS, PEMBROKE, N. H., First LIEUTENANT 
COMPANY F; CAPTAIN COMPANY A, FounTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOL- 
UNTEERS; CAPTAINSHANCOCK’S U.S. VETERAN CORPS. 


It is now forty-six years since the close of the rebellion, now 
called the Civil War. To write of the scenes and events of 
the conflict is somewhat difficult, even to one who participated in 
them and kept no diary. The scenes and events may be firmly 
stamped on the tablets of the mind; the dates are wanting and 
the story a reminiscence. 

When the flag of Fort Sumter was first fired upon, April 12, 
1861, no community was more indignant than that of the good 
old town of Somersworth, New Hampshire. War meetings were 
held in the town hall and a recruiting office established in the 
rear of the Great Falls hotel. A company quickly formed for 
the First Regiment, but as that regiment was full, the company 
was reorganized for the Second Regiment. 

Among those most liberal towards the volunteers was George 
William Burleigh, agent of the mills. 

In this company there went as a lieutenant that true patriot, 
Joshua IF. Littlefield, who was early promoted to captain, and 
was mortally wounded at Second Bull Run August 29, 1862, and 
died of his wounds September 17, 1862. 

After the First Bull Run there was another war fever, of a a 
somewhat different nature, but no less strong. 

A recruiting office was opened by Capt. Orrin Brown in the 
same hall where the first company had been organized, and 
though the enlistment was not as lively, yet a company was soon 
recruited. ‘There was a good supply of old “flintlock” muskets, 
and the company soon made a creditable appearance on the 
streets. This company afterwards became Company F, Fourth 

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New Hampshire Volunteers. Quite a number, whom we might 
eall boys, had come from the neighboring towns of Maine, and 
made the best of soldiers. 

At that period there was a scarcity of drill masters, so it was 
customary to call some one of the number to act as such. In 
this manner the present writer was called and as such remained. 

Sometime in August the company was ordered to Fort Consti- 
tution. Their officers had been enlisted as follows: Captain, 
Orrin Brown; first heutenant, I. W. Hobbs; second lieutenant, 
Charles Hooper; sergeants, Cowell, Willey, Parsons, Goodwin, 
and Drew. After a day and night’s stay at Fort Constitution, 
the company was ordered to report for the Third Regiment at 
Concord. On arrival, we marched to the camp of the Third 
Regiment. I called at the tent of the colonel, took the position 
of a soldier, and saluted, shcwing him my order. He looked up, 
ordered me to turn the men over to. Captain Sit, 
Colonel,” I said, “we are nearly a full company; the men have 
chosen their officers and expected to go with them.” He re- 
plied in an angry tone, “I could get a whole regiment of officers 
in twenty-four hours.” I saluted and left his tent. 

His vinegar caught no flies. We remained by ourselves near 
the camp till nearly dark. Then we received an order to go to 
what is now the state campground, on the plains, on the east 
side of the Merrimack river. 

Thus repulsed, dinnerless and supperless, still undaunted, we 
wended our way. At the foot of the hill was a watering trough, 
into which flowed pure water from the bank. Here we broke 
ranks to drink. I have passed that spot many times since, but 
never without thinking of those brave boys and how their old 
“flintlocks” glistened in the moonlight. 

That night we undertook to sleep in the old barracks on the 
campground; undertook, but did not succeed, for in the night we 
were attacked by a little insect known as pediculus (humanus) 
corporis, said to have been brought home by the First Regiment 
from sanguinary fields. 

The next morning we were ordered to the city hall in Con- 
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Manchester, to form a nucleus for the Fourth Regiment. We 
were the first company to arrive. Soon other companies began — 
to arrive, and on the 18th of September we were mustered into 
the United States service as Company F, Fourth New Hamp- 
shire Volunteers. 

While at Manchester, Lieutenant Hooper had been rejected 
and Lieut. Charles H. Drummer of Keene of the First New 
Hampshire succeeded him. A few from different parts of the 
state joined us, and a few who had come with us refused to take 
the oath. Now we were granted a few days to visit our homes. 

After our furlough was over, at the beat of a drum, Com- 
pany F formed in good old Somersworth, marched between the 
ranks of the home guard drawn up at the depot, presented arms, 
entered the train, and the dear old town faded from view. 

I might as well say here, Captain Brown seldom appeared 
among us, and Lieutenant Drummer soon resigned. Here I 
turn the company over to the historian of the regiment, only 
asking that I may be allowed a brief mention of a few I still 
hold in memory. 

Mark H. Cowell was our first sergeant—a better choice could 
not have been made. He was tall, broad-shouldered, dark eyes 
and hair. I have never known a more conscientious person. 
No one for a moment throught of appealing from his decision. 
Poor Mark Cowell became a victim of the “white plague.” I ac- — 
companied him to the boat at St. Augustine, and when we parted 
there were two sad hearts. 

Our second sergeant, Samuel H. Willey, was capable of enter- 
ing the prize ring. He had moved among persons perhaps not 
always the most choice. Personally, he was a true man and had 
a heart like an ox. He always advised the men that while in the 
service it was best to be good soldiers. I regretted when I 
heard of his death at Fort Fisher. 

Now, having spoken of Company F as a unit, I beg to digress 
somewhat. 

On the morning after our arrival in Washington, we were 
treated .to the worst breakfast that I ever attempted to eat 
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I ascended to the unfinished dome of the capitol and from 
there saw the tents of Lee’s army on Mumson’s Hill, Virginia. 

Sometime during the day, as we were marching down Penn- 
sylvania avenue, I saw my first “Johnny Red.” He had been 
brought across the Potomac under guard. I took a good look 
at him, and thought if he was a sample of the rebel army, we 
certainly had a job on our hands. 

In the summer and fall of 1864 a series of expeditions were 
sent across the James to threaten the enemy left near Rich- 
mond, in order to weaken the enemy’s right below Petersburg, 
where an attack was to be made. These expeditions were excit- 
ing, sometimes amusing, and always shifting. There was much 
skirmishing, which often arose to the dignity of an engagement. 
At Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864, the command of the regi- 
ment fell unexpectedly to me. Captain Parker having been 
wounded, I was the only captain left for duty. The regiment 
had been decimated. There were but few lieutenants left. Be- 
fore we entered the engagement at this place, the men were 
ordered to lay down their knapsacks. They did not return over 
the same grounds, consequently the knapsacks were lost. Thus 
the men were without shelter tents and blankets until Adjutant 
Challis went to Norfolk and got the boxes of extra clothing 
stored there in the early spring. 

It was in one of these expeditions near this time that oc- 
curred the death of Lieut. Stephen J. Wentworth. While 
marching close to the enemy’s lines in the woods, some one came 
in, shouting, “They are right in there.” Receiving an order to 
deploy the left wing, I did so and advanced. I noticed Lieuten- 
ant Wentworth bounded off like a rubber ball. Immediately 
was the sound of musketry, and in a few moments I saw Lieu- 
tenant Wentworth coming towards me, his breast covered with 
blood. “O, Captain!” he cried, “I am hit.” Then, turning, 
said, “God have mercy on my soul,” and fell dead at my feet. 

On the night before we left Somersworth, this youth came, 
requesting me to visit his parents, as they wished to see me. 
went with him to his home, where they told me Stephen felt it’ 
his duty to enlist, and asked if I would look after him. I con- 


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sented, but did not advise. However, he joined us the next day, 
became a sergeant, and then a lieutenant. In all his service he 
reflected the refinement of the home in which he had been 
reared, and died as he had lived among us, a Christian soldier. 
A comrade wrapped a blanket around his body and buried him 
near where he fell. Later, his body was sent home. 

It was in one of these expeditions that Lieutenant Gile was 
captured. While marching through the woods, there arose the 
rebel yell in our front. The pickets of two regiments on our 
left were driven in. On receiving a severe fire from the re- 
serves, the yell and the enemy stopped, but did not fall back. 
They remained on the same line as the fort, the enemy facing 
east and we facing west. There were a few rods between the 
flanks. Here Lieutenant Gile, being over-officious, was captured 
and at the same time a Confederate was captured by us. In this 
condition we remained till in the night, when we left for 
Petersburg. 

At one time, while driving the enemy’s skirmish line, 
strengthened by a battery stationed in the road in front of us, 
they would turn their guns upon us. We fell flat; the grape 
and canister passed over us. No one was hurt, but a friendly 
dog which had come out to greet us was killed. 

In some of these expeditions it seemed as though we were 
marching night and day close to the enemy’s line. It was simply 
right face! forward march!—once in the rain, chilly and cold. We 
had been ordered to make no noise. About midnight the whis- 
key was passed around and we soon developed into a very so- 
ciable crowd. In the morning we arrived at what they said was 
Malvern Hill. 

On the 28th of September, 1864, the regiment crossed the 
James for the last time while under my charge. We left Peters- 
burg front late in the afternoon. ‘The road was dusty, and we 
did not arrive at the James until dark. As we approached the 
river, we found soldiers beside the road. Some had pitched 
their shelter tents and were cooking their supper. They seemed 
quite merry. We found they were stragglers from the regiments 
which had already crossed. Here a few of the Fourth dropped 


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out in the darkness. Early in the morning of the 29th, Fort 
Harrison, near the James, also Observatory Hill, some distance 
north of the river, was carried. 

The army now swung to the left and drove the enemy’s out- 
post into the forts: About noon we arrived at a road in front 
of Fort Gilmer. Here we rested till two o’clock, when our di- 
vision was formed for an assault. As we moved forward, the fort 
in front, also the one on our right flank, opened a withering fire, 
that on the flank being the worse. Three times in the corn- 
field the division halted to straighten the line, and then move 
on. ‘The fort was a stockade fort with a wide, deep ditch. 

We arrived at the stockade but could advance no farther. 
Here we remained until ordered back to the road. Never was 
an assaulting army more worthy of victory than here. Of the 
seventy men of the Fourth, only twenty reformed around the 
colors. 

Toward night we moved down the road on a line with Fort 
Harrison. Until midnight, we supported a battery posted in the 
road. Then we were relieved and stationed at the right of Fort 
Harrison. "This place was called Chapin’s Farm. 

For a few days affairs were quite lively, as the enemy under- 
took to retake Fort Harrison, also turn our right flank. In both 
instances they were repulsed and soon affairs quieted down some- 
what. While here we had a review, and here we were paid off 
in the night. Soon our number was augmented to some one 
hundred men. 

Before closing, I wish to acknowledge the assistance rendered 
by that true soldier, Adjt. Timothy W. Challis. He always did 
his duty, whether in camp or on the battlefield, and was always 
cool, collected, and brave. 

On the 9th of October, I took my leave of the Fourth New 
Hampshire. My term of service had expired on the 18th of 
September. Afterwards, I received an appointment as captain 
in the Kighth United States Veteran Corps. My company was 
composed of men who had served in the Army of the West. 
The duties brought me much in touch with other regiments, but. 
nowhere did I find men more intelligent or braver than in our 
own Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers. 


DIARY OF ELIAS ALEXANDER BRYANT, 
COMPANY C. 


Friday, Sept. 27, 1861. 

Left Manchester for Washington. Sister Sue came down 
from Hillsborough, lower village, where she was keeping house 
for Mr. Brown, to see us off. She walked beside me as we 
walked to the depot. 

There was much enthusiasm shown by the people of the places 
through which we passed, they cheering us and waving handker- 
chiefs and shouting “good-by.” 

In the factory towns all the heads came to the windows to 
cheer us. At Worcester, Mass., particularly, the enthusiasm was 
furious, our regiment answering back with cheers and waving of 
handkerchiefs. As we approached Reed’s Ferry, Deacon Robert 
French’s family were waiting to see us pass. They had come 
from home across the fields and were sitting on the fence by the 
railroad. 

We passed through Nashua, Groton Junction (Ayer), Worces- 
ter, and arrived at Allyn’s Point, Long Island, where we were 
to take the steamer “Connecticut” to cross the sound, at 9 
o’clock Pp. M., and immediately went on board. 

The night of September 27 was so rough that after proceeding 
a short distance down the sound we were obliged to anchor and 
wait for morning, causing a report to be sent back from New 
York, where we were expected, to New Hampshire, that the 
boat was lost, with all on board. 

Saturday, Sept. 28, 1861. 

(We lay at dock all night and started in the morning at 2 
A. M. for Allyn’s Point, on way to New York.) 

Today found us crossing Long Island Sound. Many. of the 
men were seasick, although the passage was not a rough one. 


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Mother was afraid I would be seasick, but I was not. But there 
were any quantity of men that would buy mince-pie and eat 
it and in a few minutes be seasick and look as white as a sheet. 
The boat was crowded with men, for the boat was not large. 
They were lying everywhere about, with their knapsacks for 
pillows. We slept this way all night and even during the day 
it was about the same. At about 5 P. M. we came in sight of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., and went through East river, landing at Jersey 
City, where we took the cars for Philadelphia. ‘Traveling all 
night, we arrived at daylight in Philadelphia. 


Sunday, Sept. 29, 1861. 

We found in Philadelphia a nice breakfast. We were 
greeted here with greath warmth and we learned that every regi- 
ment that passed through was received in the same cordial way. 
Four o’clock in the afternoon found us in Baltimore, where we 
stopped till 9 Pp. M. and got a good supper. Here we found a 
different sentiment, a strong secession spirit. They hissed the 
regiment and threatened us as we passed. In marching across 
city to reémbark on train, men had strict orders to keep in close 
ranks, the officers fearing some assault. This precaution was 
particularly necessary, as we had no arms, having left our state 
arms in New Hampshire. 

We took cars for Washington at 9 P. M. 


Monday, Sept. 30, 1861. 

This morning at 2 A. M. we arrived at the Soldiers’ Rest, 
Washington, a large building near the depot devoted to the 
temporary use of incoming regiments. Here we had a break- 
fast which caused some complaint [tremendous grumbling]. 
Boiled salt pork, extremely greasy, hardtack and coffee. E. H. 
Nutting says the coffee was well seasoned with quinine by order 
of the medical department. This made it very bitter. 

As a whole, the journey from Manchester to Washington was 
a delightful one. I enjoyed particularly the ride over and beside 
the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers. At Havre de Grace, on 
the latter one, the cars were run on board a ferry boat and we 
passed over without change. 


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As we came into Delaware the great numbers of colored 
people were noticeable, making it seem as if we were indeed get- 
ting southward. ‘They gave us a patriotic welcome, cheering 
and waving hankerchiefs, etc. 

You ought to see their corn here—it is tall, I tell you—and 
eat some of the grapes; they are as sweet as raisins. I can 
hardly look east, west, north, or south but I can see an en- 
campment. 


The following, written by A. F. Paige, is taken from the Bos- 
ton Transcript of October, 1886: 


“The Soldiers’ Rest,” in Washington, now almost forgotten 
save by the boys in blue who partook of its hospitalities, was 
really one of the most beneficent institutions brought into exist- 
ence by the war. At the time it came into existence Washing- 
ton was full of soldiers, many having stampeded from Bull Run. 
The terms of service of many had expired, while others had 
just arrived on their way to the front. It was given the name 
of “Soldiers’ Rest, Receiving and Forwarding Depot for 
Troops,” by Captain Beckwith, commissary of subsistence, who 
appointed as superintendent Mr. James H. Searle, who contin- 
ued during the entire war. A force of cooks and waiters was 
employed, and in kitchens erected outside the preparations for 
the meals were made. In these kitchens were the caldrons for 
soup, etc., two of a capacity of 140 gallons each, and twenty-five 
others ranging from thirty to sixty gallons. It was afterwards 
enlarged and the capacity of the new building was simply won- 
derful, for on one occasion, with but a few hours’ notice, 
twenty thousand men were fed within twenty-four hours, soup, 
bread, coffee, ham, pork, tongue, beef, and hardtack being on 
the bill of fare. This was done without any friction whatever, 
for, as near as possible, five hundred were marched to the tables 
at a time. The serving of meals and lodging soldiers was not 
all that was done, for the exigencies of the service often required 
cooked rations to be furnished, and to fill these orders the force 
had to be augmented often so as to work night and day. Some- 
times sailors and exchanged prisoners were regaled there, and, 
towards the close of the war, Confederate prisoners were also 
entertained. Near the end of the hostilities a number of Con- 
federates had deserted and come within the Federal lines, and 
when they -reached “The Rest” they were so pleased with their 


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entertainment that they asked the privilege of complimenting 
the officers under whom “The Rest” was established. This re- 
quest was granted, and Major Camp, General Rucker, Secretary 
Stanton, and the President were serenaded by a band made up 
of deserting musicians. 


Tuesday, Oct. 1, 1861. 

Walked over two or three miles to the camp of the Second 
New Hampshire Regiment, I think, on the Blagdensburg road, 
to see Smith A. Whitefield. He looks as tough as a bear. You 
ought to see the darkies; there are more of them than white 
men. I saw the grave of a man that was shot because he ran 
from a sentinel. The sentinel ordered him to halt and he 
turned to run and he shot him in the back of his neck and 
killed him. The sentinels are obliged, when a man runs or won’t 
halt when ordered, to shoot him. 

Went over the capitol. 


Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1861. 

Today we went into camp about a mile from the capitol, and 
in full view of the city. We were in a nice green field near the 
road. 

Tam on guard today. Wrote to Sue while sitting on the bank 
of the road that goes into the city. I had the pleasure of 
viewing a company of horses that were taken in a fight day be- 
fore yesterday. They just went by where I am writing, to water. 
They were driven up through here yesterday in a drove. I go 
on guard two hours and off four, for twenty-four hours. I have 
been all over the capitol. I have not seen “Honest Old Abe” 
yet. I don’t know whether we shall stop here long or not. The 
talk now is that we are going down the coast, as we expected in 
the first place, but we cannot tell. It is beginning to rain out 
here, but we are moving into our tent, where we shall be com- 
fortable until we have to go on guard. 


Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1861. 
From October 3 to October 8 was in camp at Washington. 
During this week I visited fortifications around Washington. 
Sometimes while here there was a little trouble in Company G, 


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a rough, ill-behaved set of men. The cooks of the company 
were much annoyed by constant complaints among the men re- 
garding their food and by their repeated visits to the cook- 
house. They declared that the next intruder should suffer. It 
happened to be an old man named Beede. He was an inoffen- 
sive, harmless creature, with a stammer in his speech, and fer 
these reasons he was the butt of the company. Some words 
passed between him and the younger of the two cooks, and it 
ended in the young fellow seizing a stick and knocking the old 
man down. He was thought to be dead at first and the culprit 
was sent to the guardhouse. The old man, however, recovered 
and his assailant was subsequently released, with no further pun- 
ishment. 


The following is a letter addressed to Mary J. Rowe and dated 
at Washington: 

Oct. 6, 1861. 

Dear Sister Mary,—I was very happy the other day on re. 
ceiving a letter from you. I received one from home the day 
before. I had written home. You will excuse this writing if it 
looks bad, for I don’t have any table or stand to write on. I 
am sitting on the ground. Iam very well contented. Jam sure 
I did not expect to be when I left home. The reason I enlisted 
was because I thought it my duty to go and fight for my coun- 
try. The more I thought of it, the more I felt as though I 
ought to go. I enjoyed the trip out here very much. We had 
a chance to see a great many curiosities. 

Washington city is the meanest looking city I was ever in. 
The doors of the houses are made so that the sills are on a level 
with the sidewalks, and the sidewalks are as low as the streets. 
Then there are ducks, geese, hogs, dogs, cats, cows, and goats, 
with the crackers and negroes as thick as hasty pudding. I sup- 
pose you saw the account of the departure of our regiment on 
Friday, September 27. We are encamped about one mile from 
Washington. I could go out and count about a dozen encamp- 
ments around us in sight. Each encampment has about 1,000 
men; our regiment has about 1,010. 

The talk now is that we are to move to Annapolis Tuesday, 
but you can direct letters to Washington, D. C., and I shall get 


them, for they will send them to me if the regiment is put on. — 


I know I am in company with all kinds of men, but I pride my- 


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self with the belief that it would not make any difference with 
me if I should stay a great many years. 

I went into the big house they call the capitol the next day 
after we arrived here. It was worth three years’ labor to see 
what I have seen and shall see if I live to get home (which I 
think I shall). 

I saw Smith Whitfield and Jacob Carson from Francestown 
the other day. They are in the Second New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, encamped about two miles from us. 


Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1861. 
We left Washington at about 9 o’clock a. m. for Annap- 
olis, where we arrived at sundown today. After leaving Wash- 
_ ington, we went back to Annapolis Junction and branched off 
there to Annapolis itself. Just on the outskirts of the city we 
passed through a gate and encamped in a field well grown over 
with weeds and burrs. 


Thursday, Oct. 10, 1861. 
Today is cold and stormy. The city of Annapolis, like that of 
Baltimore, has the appearance of avery old one. The buildings 
_ are mostly of wood and are fast decaying. The streets are nar- 
row, crooked, and dirty. 


Sunday, Oct. 13, 1861. 

Our company, for the first time, was today out on picket guard, 
about two miles from Annapolis, on the main road to Wash- 
ington. ‘Three regiments of rebels have gone out of this state. 
This picket guard was stationed along the road in squads, from 
Camp outward, at intervals of half a mile at first, but farther 
out, nearer together. "The largest squads were nearest the camp, 
the numbers decreasing as the distance increased, being four on 
the outermost post. The object of this arrangement was 
to give each squad a stronger one to fall back on in case 
of surprise. We were instructed by the officer in command to 
keep a sharp lookout after nightfall and to allow no one to pass 
without the countersign. Any one failing to give this was to 
be arrested and sent into camp. Sometimes two of us could 
leave our post for a time, leaving two others in charge, and take 
short walks in the neighborhood. I found delicious wild grapes 


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on some of these occasions. These they called pigeon grapes. 
The vines grow in profusion through all this part of the coun- 
try. 

Most of our work here in camp is getting our quarters into 
order, “policing up quarters.” 

Saturday, Oct. 19, 1861. 

We struck our tents today, and just about sundown went 
on board the “Mayflower,” which took us out into deep 
water and put us onto a very large steamship, called the “Bal- 
tic,’ which was one of the largest in the whole fleet. The 
hold of the “Baltic” was loaded with shot and shell and all kinds 
of ammunition. Our quarters were between decks, where tiers 
of bunks were built four or five high, with gangways between 
for the soldiers to pass. Our windows were round holes, which 
could be closed if desired. E. H. Nutting, A. S. Dodge, and 
myself occupied one broad bunk at the top of one of the 
tiers. 


Sunday, Oct. 20, 1861. 
Very pleasant. At 9 o’clock a. mM. the anchor was raised, 
steam put on, and we started to plough the waters of Chesa- 
peake Bay, in company with twelve or fourteen other ships be- 


longing to our fleet. 
Monday, Oct. 21, 1861. 


Today is very fine and we had a nice sail. Along towards 
night it looked as if we were going to have a storm. 


Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1861. 
This morning we found it very stormy and many were sea- 
sick. "Today we drop anchor at Fortress Monroe, very near the 
fort, also the “Rip-Raps.” 
Friday, Oct. 25, 1861. 
We went ashore today and formed a dress-parade. Round the 
fort is a beautiful beach of white sand upon which are many 
curious kinds of shells. Addison Dodge picked up one grape 
shot and two rifle balls which had been fired there. 
We marched partly round the fort. It is a very large and 
strong one (made of granite). There is a lighthouse here, also a _ 


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railroad. We mounted guard here, and A. Dodge was in one 
relief. I think I was also drawn. We returned to the vessel at 
night and after this remained on board. 


Saturday, Oct. 26, 1861. 
One poor fellow of our regiment, in Company G, died and 
was carried on shore today, and was buried in his clothes with 
his blanket round him. A hole was dug under a tree. He had 
no coffin. His name and regiment and company were cut on 
the tree. Our stay here was tedious and we were impatient to 
be on the move. 


Monday, Oct. 28, 1861. 

We saw today what we supposed to be a rebel regiment come 
down and pitch their tents on the seashore. It was off across 
the Rip-Raps, on the Virginia shore. 

Betore leaving Fortress Monroe, General Wright (in com- 
mand of our Third Brigade) and staff came on board the 
“Baltic.” The horses belonging to them were also shipped. 
They raised them to the boat by means of windlasses, and stalls 
were built for them on the upper deck, a row on each side in 
the gangway, leaving just room enough for passing them and the 
deck house. The stalls were built high from the deck and the 
tops closed so that they made a sort of platform, where we could 
spread our blankets and sit. 


The following is a letter received by Mary Rowe November 

21, 1861: 
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1861. 

This morning we again took up the anchor, after lying here a 
little over a week to have the rest of our fleet jommiuss Hite) a 
pleasant day and we all put out to sea. At noon we were out of 
sight of land. It was a beautiful sight to see all of the vessels 
as they moved out together—transports, gunboats, frigates. 
There were quite a number of ferry boats altered into gunboats, 
which made very useful boats, as the guns could be mounted at 
both ends and therefore fired without turning the boat. They 
also drew but little water. There were also sailing vessels in tow 
of the large steamers. 











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The following names are those of the vessels of the fleet. One 
x means ferry boat, xx transports, xxx gunboats (war vessels): 
xxx “Curlew,” nine guns; xxx “Pocahontas”; xxx “Alabama”; 
xxx “Isaac Smith”; xxx “Mohican,” seven guns; xxx “Pawnee,” 
nine guns; xxx “Ottawa,” three guns; xxx “Seminole,” seven 
guns; xxx “Unadilla,” three guns; xxx “Seneca,” three guns; 
xxx “Pembina,” three guns; xxx “R. B. Forbes,” one gun; xxx 
“Penguin,” five guns; xxx “Mercury”; xxx frigate “Wabash,” 
fifty-three guns; xx “Baltic,” towing; xx “Ocean Express” (sail- 
ing vessel); xx “Tllinois,” towing; xx “Golden Eagle” (sailing 
vessel); xx “Locust Point”; xxx “Star of the South”; xx “Park- 
ersburg”; xx “Belvidere,” eighteen guns; xx “Coatzacoaleos”; 
xx “Marion”; xx “Atlantic”; xx “Vanderbilt,” towing; xx “Great 
Republic” (sailing vessel); “Ocean Queen,” towing the xx “Zenas 
Coffin” (sailing vessel); xx “Potomac”; xx “Winfield Scott”; xx 
“Union”; xx “Ericsson”; xx “Cahawba”; xx “O) M. Petr am 
“Empire City”; xx “Oriéntal”; xx “Florida”; xx “Philadelphia”; 
xx “Roanoke”; xx “Peerless”; xx “Matanzas”; xx “Ben DeFord”; 
xx “Daniel Webster”; xx “Governor”; xx “Augusta,” nine guns; 
x “Ariel”; x “Mayflower”; forty-nine in all. . 
It bid fair to be a pleasant voyage; it was a very pleasant, warm 
day. ’ 
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1861.7 
There were also attached to the fleet twenty-two sailing ves- 
sels: Barque, “J. A. Bishop”; brig, “Belle of the Bay”; brig, 
“Ellen P. Stuart”; schooners, “S. F. Abbott,” “E. D. Allen,” 
“Aid,” “J. M. Vance,” “M. E. Clark,” “D. Jones,” “Hiaiiame 
lish,” “J. Frambes,” “G. Bathol,” “Weston Star,” “Saratoga,” 
“S. J. Bright,” “G. M. Neil,” “David Faust?) “Hose Misho,” | 
“G. Chester,” “J. Salterthwaite,” “Snowflake,” “Arden Reid”s, 
steamboats, “Baltimore,” “Pilot Boy”; ferry boats, “Commo- | 
dore Perry,” “Stepping Stone”; steamer transport, “Osceola”; | 


gunboats, “Vandalia,” “Vixen”; seventy-eight in all. | 


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Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1861. 


The “Vandalia” of the blockading squadron joined the . i 
at Port Royal. 


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This expedition was under command of Maj.-Gen. T. W. 
Sherman, who joined at Fort Monroe and embarked on the “At- 
lantic,” or “Vanderbilt,” both vessels being about the size of the 
“Baltic.” None of us knew where the expedition was going, 
but it was rumored that our destination was New Orleans and 
North Carolina and South Carolina. Admiral Dupont, or Dahl- 
gren, was the naval officer in charge, his ship being the “Wa- 
bash.” 

Sailed under sealed orders. S. F. Dupont was the commo- 
dore. (So said E. H. N.) 

Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1861. 

Fine weather, but the wind blew very strong while passing 
Cape Hatteras. The waves ran high and many were seasick. 
By the middle of the afternoon it was very still and the sea was 
calm. ‘The men occupied themselves with cards and checkers, 
and I am sorry to say that there was some gambling among 
them. A group of a dozen would collect, and, spreading a 
blanket, would amuse themselves with Loo, playing for money. 


Thursday, Oct. 31, 1861. 

The weather still is very fine. This morning just at three 
@elock our boat ran upon ground, although no land could be 
seen. It made the ship pitch awfully. Our company was on 
guard at the time the boat struck and I was on guard at the 
forward hatchway. ‘These guards were put on for the protection 
of the ship against any disorder among the men, whether of in- 
subordination or of terror in case of accident. This was always 
the rule, whether in camp or on shipboard, the guard being, in- 
deed, a temporary police. I had orders immediately after the 
boat struck to keep the men down below. They insisted upon 
coming up, being much frightened, and I had to keep them 
back at the point of the bayonet. 

One of the sailors told me it was 150 miles from the main 
land. Oh, how the soldiers rolled out of their bunks and 
tushed for the stairs to get up on deck, with some guns, others 
with knapsacks, and many without anything. Some were 
playing cards when it struck and were swearing, etc., and wish- 


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ing the boat would sink and all in it. They, at the moment it 
struck, caught up a Bible, sprang to a light, and began to read 
it. 

The captain was standing on the bridge at the time, between 
the paddlewheel houses, and seeing the white foam ahead, knew 
that we were approaching either sand shoals or rocks. He had 
already given-a signal to the engineer to reverse the engine, 
As it struck, he rapidly gave orders to cut the hawser by which 
we were towing the “Ocean Express” and to that vessel to “keep” 
clear of us”; also to throw up red and blue rockets on the “Bal- 
tic,” the signal of distress, and to keep all men below. These 
orders were given with a rapidity and precision which seemed 
almost automatic and with as much coolness as if the accident 
were an every-day occurrence. The “Ocean Express” (which 
was loaded with powder) passed by us safely, but rubbed hard 
against us as she went. ; 

I shall never forget the horrible, unearthly sound made by 
the grating of the ship in the sand as she ploughed into it. The 
collision was directly under me, and the noise seemed that of 
some enormous body coming in contact with the whole earth 
as a point of resistance. The impetus was such that, in spite 
of the reversal of the engines, it seemed for a moment as if it 
would stand upright on the bow, or even fall entirely over. As 
the stern, which had been lifted quite out of water, fell back, 
the bows thumped the sand twice, hard enough to have broken a 
less staunch vessel, and then she yielded to her machine and 
slid back off the shoal. The shoals on which we struck were 
the “Frying-Pan Shoals.” The captain said he had run the 
boat thirty years and that was the first time it had ever struck. 
By daylight we were all on our way, rejoicing that no lives . 
were lost and no damage done, after so narrow an escape. 

There was considerable excitement on board as to the amount 
of damage actually done to the vessel, and many rumors were 
rife among the men during the twenty or thirty minutes the | 
carpenters were making their examinations below. But at the 
end of that time we were relieved to learn that, although she was 








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leaking badly and the pumps were vigorously at work, there was 
no damage which could not be promptly repaired. 

An occurrence in connection with our misfortune pleased me 
yery much. That was the promptness with which a little gun- 
boat, reckless of herself, came to our assistance and enquired 
into our misfortune and the means of relieving us. Captain 
Comstock replied that we were all nght. 

Our fine weather continued until about sundown, when we 
noticed the sailors lashing the lifeboats and all movables and 
fastening the hatchways, and, in short, preparing for a storm. 
Some of them told us they were expecting a gale. 


Friday, Nov. 1, 1861. 

Today is squally. The wind blows hard and continues to rise. 
Another man died last night, in Company H, and at nine o’clock 
this morning his body was committed to the briny deep. He 
was wrapped up in his blanket and strapped to ‘a board, with 
weights attached, and dropped overboard. Took the “Ocean 
Express” in tow again today. Frequently, when the zun shone at © 
the right angle and the atmosphere was clear, we could see the 
great man-eating sharks following the ship for hours, sometimes 
on one side and then on the other, and then again in the rear. 
During our voyage we entertained ourselves at times in watch- 
ing the various vessels of the fleet, which seemed to keep in a 
certain order, or in playing games. 

The vessel began to get very filthy, notwithstanding the great 
care taken to keep it clean. A fresh detail of soldiers had the 
business of cleaning in charge every day, but in spite of their 
efforts the odor was extremely disagreeable. 


Saturday, Nov. 2, 1861. 

During the night weather was squally. While lying in our 
bunks we could hear the surging and splashing of the water, so 
we didn’t sleep much. The water poured in through the little 
port-holes at times. This morning it was very squally and the 
wind blew like a hurricane. Hundreds were seasick, swearing 
that they would never go home by sea; if they could not go any 
other way, they would go on foot through the rebel states. The 

























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men were sitting about in groups of twos, threes, and fours, 
playing cards, etc. I was sitting just forward of the paddle- 
wheel house on the stalls, playing euchre in a group of four, 
while others sat about watching us. I noticed the spray dash 
over the bows and often wetting the men standing there to 
watch it. I watched the waves as the boat ploughed deeper 
and deeper into them, causing the.men in the front to retreat 
farther and farther. I excused myself from the game for a 
moment and went below and got my rubber blanket, which 
had a hole in the middle, so that it could be put over the head 
and drop all about me. With this nicely adjusted, I continued 
the game. No one took the hint, and in the course of the next 
fifteen or twenty minutes a huge wave broke over our high seat, 
giving us a good ducking. 

Between the force of the waves, which constantly dashed over 
it, and the pitching of the vessel, it was difficult to get about. 
In the gale, during the night, we lost one of our.best horses” 
overboard. Several times the hawser of the “Ocean Express” 
broke, and she finally got clear of us entirely. 


Sunday, Nov. 3, 1861. 

It is warm and pleasant. We are still out of sight of land, 
sailing at the rate of nine miles an hour. 
We were alarmed today by hearing that the boat was on fire. 
It created a good deal of uneasiness for a short time. The fire 
proved to be in the partition near the cookhouse. By break- 
ing through the partition the fire was put out, with but little 
damage or trouble. We felt, however, that we had escaped a 
great danger, since the hold of the vessel was full of ammuni- 
tion. Today we were paid off, receiving $19.50 for a month and 
a half of service, our first payment. I sent the money home by 


express. 
Monday, Nov. 4, 1861. 


Enquired the distance from home. It was reckoned at abou 
one thousand miles. We were now opposite Port Royal entrance. 
Last night we were run into by a sailing vessel; not much dam 
age done. We heard today that the “Governor,” a beautiful 
steamboat of the fleet, was sunk in the storm last Saturday, which 


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was afterwards found to be the case. It had a very valuable 
earso. The men were taken off; no lives lost. Two other vessels 
were said to be lost by running ashore on the North Carolina 
coast. Harvey Buxton of Francestown, N. H., and other team- 
_sters who were aboard with teams, were all taken prisoners. 
Another put back to Fort Monroe, making our fleet smaller by 
four vessels than when it started. 
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1861. 

Today we came in sight of land upon the coast of South 

Carolina. We were very much rejoiced. 


Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1861. 

Arrived off Port Royal today. ‘The weather today is beauti- 
ful. We lay out far from shore and not so near as our gunboats. 
A little before sundown there was quite a firing going on he- 
tween our gunboats and the fort on shore, but we could not see 
the whole of the fun as our boat started back after the “Ocean 
Express,” but could not find her. Neither had she been seen 
or heard from since she broke away in the gale. 


Thursday, Nov. 7, 1861. 

This was a beautiful morning on the water. The water was 
calm; there was hardly a ripple. Our gunboats had all run in 
over the bar at, the mouth of Broad river. The water is so shal- 
low over this bar that heavy draft vessels must wait for the tide; 
yet this is considered the best harbor on the south Atlantic coast. 
Our own boat was waiting a few miles out to sea, waiting for a 
pomt to run-us in. About 8 o’clock A. M. we were all 
ordered to go below. In the meantime we (E. Nutting, A. 
Dodge, and myself) were in our bunks, laughing at each others’ 
stories, when we heard the anchor drop, and went up on deck. 
We were not a little astonished on coming up to find ourselves 
surrounded by the rest of the fleet and the gunboats firing at the 
forts, one on each side of the river. Fort Walker was the one 
on Hilton Head and , the other. Both of these were 
land forts. The gunboats moved in a circle, led by the flagship 
“Wabash,” past the two forts, firing a broadside at each in turn 
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This continued for four hours, commencing at 10 4. w. The — 
transports were lying just out of range, where we could see the 
shells as they struck into the sand as thrown by the boats or 
into the water from the forts. At about 1 P. m. the rebels 
ceased firing and many loud cheers went round from boat to— 
boat when we saw the rebel flag come down and the stars and 
stripes go up in its place. About three o’clock our regiment 
landed, being the first regiment to land. ‘This honor belonged 
to us by reason of having General Wright on board. We landed — 
in the following manner: We first landed our Belgian rifles,” 
then took sixty rounds of cartridges and bread and water for 
two days and our blankets. We were thankful to leave the dirty 
boat. We went on board a smaller steamer, which took us as 
near the shore as it could, then got into smaller boats, which 
cariied us as far as they could, which was eight or ten rods 
from the shore, it being low tide. We had to jump out of these 
boats and get ashore the best way we could, wading through 
the water. As I stepped on shore I was greeted by a peculiar 
and strong smell, which I afterward found came from quantities 
of whiskey which the rebels had purposely spilled. We were 
glad enough to once more stand on the land, having been on 
the ocean nineteen days, living on hard bread ae pork and 
drinking ropy water. 

The bank on which Fort Walker stood was a number of feel 
above the shelving beach on which we landed. Our regiment 
was marched up onto this bank near the fort. Stacking our 
arms and opening ranks, we lay down for the night. The order 
immediately came for a detail for guard. A. Dodge was one f 
these and I made another. 

This guard was thrown around the regiment and the fort and 


quarters. ‘There was a guard set also in officers’ quarters. A. 
Dodge was posted in one of these houses to guard the door of 
the officers’ room. Near him lay two wounded prisoners. In 
one of these deserted houses one of the men found $290. Cap- 
tain Sleeper of Company C found a fine meerschaum pipe, whieh 


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he valued at $50. A. D. found a book called “Eutaw,” which 
he prized very highly. 


The following is a letter written Mary Rowe and received by 
her November 21, 1861: 

Nov. 7, 1861. 

During the shelling of our gunboats the rebels attempted to 
leave their guns, the fire was so hot, but were driven back by 
their infantry, but only to stay for a short time, as infantry and 
all soon found it too severe for them. We understood from the 
negroes that the rebel officers gave their men whiskey with gun- 
powder in it during the engagement. As far as the whiskey was 
concerned, it was evident, too, for it was spilled in quantities 
about (by the barrel), and some of the men were so drunk that 
they could not get away. For the rest the negroes’ word was 
true, only testimony. They did not have time to spike their 
guns but left them all loaded and ready to fire. They left also 
five hundred tons of powder. 

If I had seen Fort Walker before we came up to it, and had 
known how strong the rebels were, I should have felt that it 
was risky for our gunboats to come up in the face of their big 
guns. 


Friday, Nov. 8, 1861. 

Today we looked around us. We found the rebels had left 
their tents standing and the great numbers of empty bottles 
and hogsheads lying about accounted for the perfume of yester- 
day. 

There were thirty large cannon in the fort. The captain of 
the “Walbash” said he could have sunk the whole fleet if he had 
had the guns they had. 

Our whole fleet is estimated to contain about fifty ships and 
15,000 to 16,000 men, while the enemy at this place was 25,000. 
We had about twenty-five ships engaged. We lost eleven men, 
killed, and the enemy lost from 200 to 300. In going over the 
fort we saw frightful sights—dead men wounded in-all possible 
ways, human fragments lying about everywhere, cannon dis- 
mounted and carriages splintered up, a general débris of every- 
thing the fort contained. In the fort I saw the jaws and scalps 


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and small pieces of men that had not been buried. There was 
found a lot of provisions and ammunition. We found the rebel 
hardtack superior to our own. During the first part of the war 
the government bread was very poor, being in many cases 
wormy, moldy, and hard and tough. Soaking this in hot water 
only made it tough, like sole leather, but in cold we could 
soften it sufficiently to eat it comfortably. We used to fry it 
in pork fat after soaking in cold water and make what we called 
“cracker dowdy.” It was undoubtedly bread which had been 
in store for a long time. Latterly, the quality is very much 
improved. 

About 9 o’clock A. M. we went out on picket guard about 
three miles from the fort. We took the same course as was 
taken by the rebels when they left the island. ‘This island is 
about fifteen miles in length and seven in width. We had not 
gone far when we came to the dead body of a stout-built man, 
wounded in the breast, whose heart had been torn out by a shell. — 
His gun and a few other things had been left by his side. After 
going a little farther we came to a large pile of knapsacks, cloth- 
ing, letters, etc. Many of the men picked up and read the let- — 
ters with great curiosity, the spelling of which was often very 
bad. Still farther on we came to an old house, in which we 
found five rebels, whom we took prisoners. Three of these were 
wounded, two unhurt; very rough-looking fellows they were. 
They looked frightened and had a hunted-down look, but they 
conversed freely. They seemed to have been drinking. Our 
men today have taken quite a number of negroes and’a large lot 
of cattle and horses. One of the old houses caught fire today. 
We tore the chimney down and thought we had put the fire out 
but it broke out again and burned it to the ground. ‘Tonight 
we lay down between the rows of cotton in a large and beauti- 
ful cotton field. While out here on picket we feasted on sweet 
potatoes, which we dug fresh from the ground, and finding at 
one of the plantation houses plenty of fowls of all kinds, we ap- 
propriated them freely, having as many as we desired during our — 
stay. We found also large fields of peanuts, which we could 
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 1861. 

This morning when we arose among the cotton we found our- 
selves very wet with dew; some had got poisoned so they could 
hardly see out of their eyes. This did not take the form of an 
eruption, but was a swelling of the flesh. 

We arrived at Fort Walker about nine o’clock. During the 
day a detail was sent to bring up our camp equipage and provi- 
sions. We waded out to the flat-bottomed boats (which could 
“not come up the beach by eight or ten rods) which brought the 
luggage from the transports. These boats were managed by 
the soldiers. My work was for the most part wading back and 
forth, carrying boxes of hard bread, barrels of pork, beef, sugar, 
ete. We had hard, brisk work. I was frequently detailed for 
this work for days together and sometimes had direction of the 
squad. At night we again lay on the ground, as we had not had 
time to pitch our tents. We had not got to sleep when there 
were rockets thrown into the air, making quite a display of fire- 
works. ‘The orderly sergeant called us into line and informed 
us that Manassas Junction was taken, with thirty thousand pris- 
oners. There was great rejoicing and shouting at this news. We 
were all expecting great things of the Union armies and an early 
termination of the war, and the news fitted our expectations. 

A. Dodge and a friend had found each a straw bed in one 
of the houses. ‘These were stolen from them by boys in Com- 
pany G while they were on picket. There was a good deal of 
thievery among the men, so much so that in leaving one’s tent 
it was necessary to leave some one in charge of movables or 
take them into a neighboring tent or keep them with us. 


Sunday, Nov. 10, 1861. 

Today we were very busy moving from our temporary quarters 
near the fort to about a quarter of a mile from there, and pitch- 
ing our tents, and digging a well, etc. Our campground is a 
very nice place, about eight or ten rods from the sea, along 
which is a beautiful beach of hard white sand, as level as a floor. 
Tt makes us a nice place to drill in. The ground about our 
camp is very sandy, as is this whole portion of the island. 


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Marching about in it, except on our drill ground, was very diffi- 
cult and tedious. To the southeast of us at some distance grass 
began to grow, and farther on was woods, but in our immediate 
neighborhood it was barren and covered with beach weeds. It 
had some appearance of having formerly been planted, perhaps 
with cotton, but was then entirely run to waste. 


Monday, Nov. 11, 1861. 
Today was a pleasant day. 1 was on detail with others of my 
company to unload transports, wading the water as usual. 
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1861. 
Very pleasant today. Again at work in the water unloading 
provisions. The weather here is warm and pleasant, about the 
same as New England people have in July or August. Peach 
trees are full of blossoms. There are many kinds of trees, such 
as figs, oranges, palm (leaf), palmetto, and many other beauti- 
ful trees. Many of the productions here are as follows: Cot- 
ton, tobacco, sugar-cane, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and corn, and 
many other things too numerous to mention. 


Wednesday, Noy. 13, 1861. 4 
A. Dodge sick with a cold. Pleasant day. 
Friday, Nov. 15, 1861. 
Duty. 
Saturday, Nov. 16, 1861. 


Today a mail from home. 
Sunday, Nov. 17, 1861. 


A beautiful day. Our gunboats took a rebel schooner today 


loaded with nice blankets. 
Monday, Nov. 18, 1861. — 


Our company (C) went on picket about four miles from thi 
fort at nightfall. On the way we saw two trees on which, we 
were told by some prisoners, two negroes had been hanged 
short time before our coming to the island. 

Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1861. 

We enjoyed this picket duty very much, as we could visit the — 
plantations in the vicinity, where we could dig fresh sweet po- 
tatoes and cook them in ashes. ‘There was a house near wheré 
we were posted where we could get water, etc. We were on 


‘ad Ve 


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_ duty here last night and today. We came into camp just about 











dark and found the cooks had no supper for us, as they had 
heard we were not coming in that night. 


The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Thursday, Nov. 21, 1861. 

Dear Sister,—I received a letter from you when I first came 
ashore and I was very glad to get a good long letter from you. 
I suppose that today you are helping yourself to the turkey and 
plum pudding, for I understand it to be Thanksgiving day in 
Massachusetts. How I should like to be with you to eat the 
turkey and pudding and after supper to have a game or two of 
backgammon! But that cannot be at present. I presume that 
you have some cold weather once in a while, but we have nice 
warm weather here, except that some of the nights are very 
damp and cold, but we have clothes enough so we have not 
suffered any yet. I had six letters at the time I got yours, four 
from home, one from Fred Dean, and yours. I have got three 
since from home. Some were back ones that were written some 
time ago. I did not get them, being on the water. 

Our colonel, so the boys say, says he will bet one hundred 
dollars we will be at home in eight weeks, but I don’t know. I 
could tell better if I could see the papers and could know what 
is going on. 

Monday, Nov. 25, 1861. 

For the last four or five days past the weather has been quite 
cool and windy. Another man, probably from Company F, and 
myself dug a double grave about a quarter of a mile from camp 
for Private Charles H. Seavey of Company C and a corporal of 
Company F. ‘This was the first death in our company and it 
made a solemn day for us. We had funeral services in camp, 
conducted by our chaplain. The funeral procession formed in 
the following order: First, the muffled. drum and fife playing 
the Portuguese Hymn, then the bearers, followed by the escort 
with arms reversed, then the members of the two companies, un- 
armed. All wore white gloves, as ordered. The escort was de- 
tailed from the two companies, I being one from Company C. 
After the coffins were lowered three volleys were fired over the 


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graves by each part of the escort, as the custom is to fire three 
volleys each. They were then covered and a board put up om 
ing name, company, regiment, and date of death. 


Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1861. 

Very pleasant. Two*of our gunboats today took a rebel 
steamer. Heavy firing was heard all day yesterday, last night, 
and today. This firing was in the direction of Beaufort. All 
kinds of rumors were current in camp concerning it: tha 
the gunboats were bombarding Charleston, that they were firing 
on Beaufort, that they had gone up Broad river and were at- 
tacking batteries. ; 
Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1861. 

Pleasant but cold. News came that we had taken Fort Pu- 
laski with our gunboats. [This turned out to be untrue.| To- 
night at about eight o’clock our mail came in. 
Thursday, Nov. 28, 1861. 

It was very warm. A. Dodge was on guard today and on po- 
lice duty last night. The latter is the work of cleaning up the 
quarters, and there are a number of men detailed every day for 
this purpose. 
Today our New England folks are having a glorious Thanks 
giving. We had soup for dinner. Dodge said he didn’t like the 
soup and made a dinner of hard bread and coffee. We made a 
kind of holiday. We had a game of ball and some tried their 
skill in wheeling, blindfolded, a wheelbarrow to a certain point 
some thirty or forty rods away. This created considerable 
mirth. We did not drill any today. 
Generally our cooking in camp was very well done. Occasion- 
ally a soup would be burned so as to spoil it and the rice was 
usually burned. Each company had a large cook-tent and some: 
times two, or a fly attached to the main tent, giving room enough 
for a large table which would seat the company. We usually 
had two cooks detailed from each camp for this work, a head- 
cook and assistant. 
Thursday, Nov. 28, 1861. 

The usual routine of camp life at this time was as follows: 
Reveille at sunrise, breakfast call, when all hands fell into lir eg 


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and marched up in single file, regiment, company, order, to the 
cookhouse and received each a ration in turn. This each was 
at liberty to take to the cookhouse table or to their tents. This 
would be the usual custom. .The only restriction would be 
where men were uncleanly with their food about their quarters, 
in which case an order might be issued by the captain, com- 
pelling the men to take meals at the table. This never hap- 
pened in Company C, as I remember. After breakfast, sick- 
eall; immediately after that, squad drill for an hour or so; then, 
after resting another hour or two, a company drill by the cap- 
tain usually, but sometimes by one of the lieutenants. This 
commonly lasted from one to two hours. Next, dinner-call, din- 
ner being served as breakfast. The afternoon was similar to the 
forenoon, the order being squad drill for an hour or two, then 
company drill, or, usually, in its place, battalion drill, in which 
the colonel maneuvered the regiment; then at 5 Pp. m. a dress- 
parade. At sundown call of retreat was sounded, when supper 
was served in the same order as dinner and breakfast. At 9 
P. M. tattoo was sounded and fifteen minutes later, taps. This 
made up the day’s duties for those not on detail. Every day 
there was a detail for guard round the quarters and a guard- 
mount every morning; also a detail for shoveling on earth- 
works which were being thrown up across the island and an- 
other for landing provisions, etc. For the first few weeks of our 
stay at Hilton Head we had very often an extra battalion drill 
before dinner. The officers were anxious to have the men well 
drilled, consequently it seemed as if we were drilling most of 
the time when in camp. 
Friday, Nov. 29, 1861. 

This morning a part of our regiment received orders to have 
knapsacks packed and four days’ rations cooked. For an ab- 
sence of this length of time we could not carry cooked rations 
for the whole time but when corned beef or “salt horse,” as the 
men called it, was served the order gave an gpportunity to boil 
enough for two or three meals. The remainder of our provi- 
sions always consisted of salt pork, hardtack, coffee, and sugar. 
This was all that could be conveniently cooked by the soldiers 


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themselves over the small fires which they would individually 
make. We were to be ready to work at 1 o'clock P. M. 
that hour we marched down to the wharf, for we had built | a 

wharf since we came, and went aboard the iene a De 
Ford.” She got under weigh at about 2 o’clock Pp. It was 
reported that we were hound for some port on the cence coast. 

It is a warm and pleasant day. 

It was a detail from each company. In all about two hundred 
from the Fourth N. H. Regt. in command of Major J. D. Drew. 
A number of the boys, and quite a number, too, were sick when 
they called volunteers to go, for they expected to go to Beaufort 
to drive back the rebel pickets; so some of the boys had a lame 
back and some a very bad headache. 

We started, after waiting till all were ready, and moved down 
the coast until we came to the mouth of the Savannah river and 
anchored off out of reach of the guns of Fort Pulaski till morn 
ing, lying on the deck over night. 


Saturday, Noy. 30, 1861. 

In the morning, about nine o’clock, we got into small boat 
and landed on the northeast point of Tybee Island. There wa 
such a surf that the boats were tossed and pitched as soon as 
they struck bottom and we had to pile out as quickly as possible 
to keep from getting capsized; for the boats could not go up t 
within some distance of the beach, so we waded ashore up to our 
waists in water. Here we sat down and pulled off our stockings 
and wrung them, then marched up to a lighthouse close 
where we found a number of very respectable houses. We w 
slung our knapsacks and lay down to rest, but soon they ea 
for five of our company to go on picket. ‘There were a 
forty of us in all. With the rest of the boys I volunteere 
go. ‘Twenty went one way and twenty went another. I, 
three others, was outside picket on one of the roads to 
guarded, about a mile out from where we left the party. 
major gave two of us permission to go out on the road as 
distance and see what we could, but said we must not go far 


“4 
; 


So Barney and myself left the other two men on_the post and, 
shouldering our guns, started, not knowing whether there were 
any rebels on the island or not. We walked very cautiously, 
rifle in hand, ready for instant use, not knowing what adventures 
might be in store for us. There was every possibility that at any 
turn on the road we might meet rebel citizens or soldiers, as we 
had seen indications of a camp on first landing. I took always 
great delight in these little expeditions, as I enjoyed the vari- 
ety it made in our camp life, and also the flavor of discovery 
they gave. 

We went on till we came to a place where there was a rod or 
two. Here we saw tracks where a number of men had been 
along, within two or three hours apparently. There were also 
eattle, sheep, and mule tracks. Our road had been nearly paral- 
lel to the north shore of the island, but-when gradually nearing 
it, and through a beautiful wood, there were about a dozen head 
of cattle feeding on the marsh, and ahead an old ruined and 
deserted fortification, which we approached very cautiously. 
Some old houses had been burned down, the sills of which were 
still smoking. We looked around and picked up such little rel- 
ies as we found lying around and turned back after a short stay. 

From here we had an excellent view of Fort Pulaski across 
the river, which appeared to us about a quarter of a mile distant, 
or about as far as Mr. E. P. Bryant’s is from the Mountain View 
House. We could see men at work about the fort and the sen- 
tinel pacing back and forth on the parapets and the “secesh” 
flag waving from the top. We were within rifle shot, but no at- 
tention was paid us. We should have driven the cattle into 
camp but for orders forbidding us to go onto the beach. It 
seemed strange that the fort did not shell the woods through 
which we had passed, for they were within short range and our 
landing on the island must have been observed from the fort. 

While we were on picket a party of twenty of our men and 
Captain Sleeper went out in pursuit of about a dozen “secesh” 
sailors that came on a schooner that hove in sight just as we were 
landing. This was a blockade runner, loaded with oranges, 
bananas, pineapples, rum, whiskey, cigars, and coffee. She had 


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been chased by our gunboats and her captain and crew had 
her onto the beach at Tybee, just around the point to the south 
of us, and deserted, not knowing that we were in occupation. 
(A. Dodge.) When the tide went out she was left high and dry 
on the sand, two or three rods from water. Some of our men 
boarded her and carried away fruit and cigars, which they sold 
in camp. One sold $14 worth of cigars. Dodge, being one of 
the party, says in his diary: “I, having my roundabout (belt) on, 
filled my jacket full of oranges clear round me and then filled 
all my pockets, besides what I could tie up in my handkerchief 
and what I could eat. They are better ones than we get in New 
England and are selling here for ten and fifteen cents apiece.” 

I was sorry to miss the sight of the vessel, but I enjoyed my- 
self well enough where I was, for I had the pleasure of seeing 
the noble, great Fort Pulaski. It is all brick and of an eight- 
square (octagonal) form. There are quite a number of floors be- 
tween the top and bottom, the floor on the top rooms made of 
freestone and the next one below is red sandstone. 

Between this lighthouse and the shore is a curious-looking 
building. It is round, and looks like a fort, with two rows of 
holes but a few feet apart. It is all made of different kinds of 
shells cemented together (coquina from Florida). Not far from 
this are the ruins of another old lighthouse, which make a very 
large pile of brick and iron. Dodge says (diary): “I don% 
think I ever saw so handsome a grove as the one where the reb- 
els had their campground on this island.” 

Tonight we went on board steamer again, not stopping on 
the island, as I would like to have done. Dodge gives the fol- 
lowing account in his diary: ; 

“About four o’clock this afternoon we shouldered knapsacks 
to go to the boat, which was not as pleasant as it might have 
been, for we had to wade out to the small boat, which was large 
enough to take forty or fifty at a time. As the waves run high, 
we were obliged to wade into deep water, so deep that my round-— 
about, haversack, canteen, cartridge box, and even my knapsack, 
were half under water. I had all I could do to keep my gun 
and head above water, as every wave (roller) almost took me 


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from my feet. When I*got to the boat I could just reach the 
top, but was so loaded down and soaked with water that I could 
not get into the boat, were it to save my life. Was drawn up by 
line into the boat. When our boat was loaded we put out for 
the steamer ‘Ben Deford, where we, in our wet clothes, lay 
down for the night as best we could.” 

Dodge tells the story of the narrow escape his party had as 
they were returning from the schooner, another company dis- 
eharging their rifles exactly in the direction in which Captain 
Sleeper’s party were coming. Captain Sleeper called sharply to 
them to stop firing, but was not heard. They sheltered them- 
selves in a little hollow for a time and presently reached camp 
unhurt. This island (Tybee) is all sand, like all other places of 
the South, but this is the most uneven of any we have seen. 
Not far from the shore is a very large lighthouse. Their search 
for the rebel sailors was unsuccessful, but some of our sailors 
had found on board the captain, mate, and cook of the schooner 
and took them prisoners. 

The object of our visit to Tybee was to afford our engineers 
an opportunity of examining the island, with reference to the 
erection of batteries to bear on Fort Pulaski, which afterward 


was done. We acted as guard. 
Sunday, Dec. 1, 1861. 


This morning we had a fine sail back to our old place, Hilton 
Head, getting back at about 9 o’clock 4. mM. (“We received a 
mail in the evening.” A. Dodge.) 

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1861. 

We were routed up last night, or rather this morning, about 
three o’clock by the beating of the long roll. When all was 

quiet and asleep, the drum beat, and every regiment on the 
island had to scrabble on clothes and cartridge box and take 
guns and form a line of battle, some of the boys thinking 
it was for a fight. I was very sure it was to see how quickly we 
could get out. We were out in line in seven minutes from the 
first beat of the drum, so says the major. ‘The Ninth Maine 
did not get their drummers out till we were in line. We took 
great pride in our promptness. 


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(“The cause of our disturbance was the firing of twenty-five or 
thirty shots by our outer pickets. We stood in line an hour 
and were then dismissed.” A. Dodge.) If this was a precon- 
certed alarm, as we suspected, it was carefully concealed from 
us, as the ordering of such a ruse was hardly allowed in a strict 
military discipline. However, the returning picket had very 
little to say of the cause of the mistake. i 

I have been out shoveling today on the intrenchments which 
we are throwing up across the island back of us about a mile. 
When we get it finished it will require a large force to take this 
part of the island. Every morning there is a detail of about 
twenty men to go shoveling, or to work on ‘the wharf, or on some 
other fatigue duty. They start at 7 A. M. and get back at five at 
night. I feel a great deal better when I have shoveled all day 
than I do to stay here and drill. The engineer said today that 
our gang did the most work of any yet and they took the names 
of eight to go tomorrow, if willing, of whom I am one. I had 
rather go than not and think I shall go every day, except when 
our company is on picket, if they are willing. I worked with the 
carpenters, boarding up against the breastworks. Our company 
goes on picket about every seven or ten days, so we have all we 
want to do. 

Hilton Head was the headquarters of the department and a 
depot of army stores and provisions. Our fortifications were in- 
tended to defend us from attack on the land side, the blockading 
squadron, of course, protecting it on the water side. ‘The line 
of works extended from shore to shore, from northwest to south-_ 
east, making an upward curve toward the main land. They 
were constructed of timbers and sand. Large piles were driven 
into the ground at the proper angle. These were boarded 
across and earth and sand piled down upon them. 

Sometimes the nights were so cold and damp when on guard 
duty on the beach that I should have been glad of mittens or 
gloves. One night water froze to the thickness of one half inch 
on puddles. 

My general health is good, but I frequently feel heavy and 
lazy, not as I should in a northern temperature. 

Today is cloudy, cold, and windy. 


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Thursday, Dec. 5, 1861. 

Today is a beautiful one. Captain Sleeper drilled our com- 
pany nearly an hour in front of the colonel’s tent. The lieu- 
tenant colonel and major and other officers were present. The 
colonel said we were the best drilled company in the regiment. 

About an hour of sundown, which is the time we usually go 
on picket, we started, with knapsacks packed and teams carry- 
ing provisions for seven days, and marched about six miles 
through the sand to our headquarters at Graham’s (William) 
plantation. We got there at 7 o’clock p. m. I was immedi- 
ately detailed, with twenty-nine others, to do guard duty. I 
went into the first relief and was on twice during the night, two 
hours each time. Dodge, being thirty-first, just escaped. He 
says (diary): “I went to the pork barrel. A piece of hard bread 
and a slice of raw pork went good that night. When they got 
a fire going I fried some pork on a stick and made a good sup- 
per.” 

Today I went as escort, before leaving camp, to the grave of 
a member of Company K in our regiment. Hight of us marched 
with reversed arms. Only four of our men have died, which 
does not seem to indicate an unhealthy climate, although the 
Boston Journal correspondent, “Star,” reports weather to be cold 
and sickly. 

Friday, Dec. 6, 1861. 

_ This morning they took off the guard, for they said there was 
no danger of an attack in the night, although I think there is 
no danger of any at all. Tonight we went on picket to the 
“Perry,” which is three miles from these headquarters. This is 
the place on Broad creek, a branch of Broad river, where, as 
we learned from the negroes, the rebels had crossed in a great 
hurry in evacuating the island the day we took Fort Walker. On 
this occasion, if our gunboats had only run up the Broad river, 
we could have taken them all prisoners. It was amusing to 
hear, while on picket, the accounts from the negroes of our 
bombardment. They told with great delight of the running of 
the rebels, who, in their haste, would throw away their knap- 
sacks when ihe great guns of the “Wabash” went boom—z-z-z. 


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They told of the fate of those of whom they personally knew, 
how such an one was wounded and borne away, and another who 
had boasted of his bravery was the swiftest to run. 

It was not to be understood from the gossip of the negroes 
that Fort Walker was not bravely defended. There could be 
no better evidence of the courage and determination of the gar- 
rison than the appearance of the fort when we entered it. 

When pickets are to be posted along a road they are broken up 
into squads of three or four men and placed at short intervals, 
with a reserve of twelve, twenty, or fifty men, as the case may 


be, at headquarters, and perhaps a like reserve half way to the 
extreme front. ‘This prevented all chance of surprising the 


camp. ‘There was also a line of pickets posted in a similar wag 
along the creek, though without reserves. 
I could have stopped at the first post in the wood if I hal 


chosen, but preferred to go on farther, so the sergeant placed 


Dodge, Spaulding, and myself on the outside post, near the 
“Ferry.” 

We were on a grassy bank seven or eight feet high, on which 
a large tree was growing. The water had for years been wash- 


ing away the sand and loam under the bank, until a cavity had 


been made large enough for a man to get into by stooping, the 


shelf above being held in place by the roots of the tree. Just 


at the water’s edge was a little sandy beach, and at low tide an 
oyster bed was uncovered, from which we constantly supplied 
ourselves. It was always possible to get them fresh from the 
water, as even at low tidemark a portion of the bed was still coy- 
ered. The creek here was about a quarter of a mile in width. 
This was the ferry place and the beach at which passengers had 
been landed. 

We were at liberty to arrange our night watch to suit our 
selves and we agreed to take each one third of the time. We 
commonly all kept up until about ten o’clock and then divided 
the time till morning evenly. ‘The man on the watch could 
easily secrete himself in the hollow under the bank, where he 
could conveniently watch the ferry without being seen. ‘The 
two others slept on the bank under the tree and hidden by 
shrubbery. 


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We could see the picket-fires of the enemy at morning and 
evening. During the night fires were forbidden. I could see 
the men moving about the buildings as distinctly as I have seen 
people at the farmhouse when standing on the hill at E. P. B’s. 
I went on picket every other night while here. We went on 
at the night of one day and came back to headquarters the night 
of the next, making twenty-four hours. 


Saturday, Dec. 7, 1861. 

On picket all day. Returned to headquarters at night. Went 
to a negro meeting with Captain Sleeper and some members of 
the company. ‘There was a great deal of lively dancing, much 
shouting of “hallelujah,” and clapping of hands. Their feet 
kept a kind of rhythm in time with their chanting. It reminded 
me when at a little distance of the measured falling of the 
farmers’ flails. 

These meetings were held every Saturday night at some 
“brother’s” house who could accommodate them, and they 
usually kept it up all night. 

Sunday, Dec. 8, 1861. 

Exploring. Very warm. Went into some of the plantations 
and talked with the negroes. There was one very old, white- 
headed negro who gave me accounts of this island and people 
for many years back. These people we found always courteous. 
Dodge says (diary): “Went this evening to a negro dance. It 
was one of the greatest sights that ever I saw. There were seven 
or eight grown persons and as many little ones, some not as 
large as Ella [his little sister], that danced all the evening, mak- 
ing their legs fly like old dancers. It was a wonder how they 
could do it. They kept clapping their hands and singing, ‘Hal- 
lelujah! HallelujahY ” 

Went on picket tonight. Dodge did not go. 


Monday, Dee. 9, 1861. 
On picket. Dodge went over to Bull Island and saw an 
enormous century plant, one leaf of which he could not carry. 
Tt was eight or nine feet long, six inches wide, and four inches 
' thick at base. Returned to headquarters at night. 


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Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1861. 
About twenty of us went over to Bull Island foraging, taking 
two boats and landing at a wharf built for large vessels. We 
found a large number of negroes digging potatoes on a very 
large plantation. It belonged to a wealthy gentleman, Colonel 
Seabrook, who had left it to the care, or otherwise, of the 
negroes. Whenever we found houses or plantations deserted 
we were permitted to take freely of provisions, whatever might 
be wanted, but were ordered not to molest dwellings. When- 
ever premises were occupied by Union or those representing 
themselves as such, they were protected even to placing guard 
over their property, if requested. 
Upon this island were great numbers of sheep, cattle, and 
fowl. Here we found some of the most splendid roses I ever 
saw. ‘Turkey buzzards are as plenty here as flocks of blackbirds 
in New England. I saw here a big rosebush full of large red 
blossoms, almost purple, and they were the most beautiful I 
ever saw, they were so dark a red. 
Midges, black flies, and mosquitoes were a great annoyance to 
us here, as in camp. . 
We killed beef cattle and sheep, and ducks and chickens, and 
had sweet potatoes in plenty. We had trouble in getting our 
poultry, the negroes considering that it belonged to them, and 
showed such determined fight for their rights that we were 
obliged to give it up for that day. | Dodge found castor-oil 
plants and obtained some beans. | 
We got back to our headquarters after dark and went on 
picket that same night, for our company had to go on picket 
every other night, each one going to the same post every time. 
Only three were-allowed to be on the same post at a time. We 
_went into Colonel Seabrook’s house. It was as disorderly as if — 
it had been pillaged by negroes, books and papers lying about 
the floors in the different rooms. Of these we took some. 
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1861. 


Four of our men didn’t come back from Bull Island till to- 
day, having been left when we came off with the boat, and i 


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coming back in the evening they came very near getting shot 

by our own men, who took them to be rebels. They had found: 

in one building some raw cotton and in another some done up 

in bales; in another house, one thousand bushels of corn. Pick- 

ets were put on after this to prevent the rebels from returning. 
Returned to headquarters at night from picket. 


Thursday, Dec. 12, 1861. 
Went on picket at night again. Nothing of note today. 


Friday, Dec. 13, 1861. 
On picket at “Ferry” until night, then returned to head- 


quarters. 
Saturday, Dec. 14, 1861. 


Went on picket at night probably. 


Sunday, Dec. 15, 1861. 

Very warm. On picket during day. Captain Sleeper and a 
party from another company visited our post today. I expect 
to get some oysters today. While they were there a United 
States steamer came in sight, making the circuit of the island. 
We immediately jumped to our feet and formed in line as a 
salute, which the captain of the steamer promptly acknowledged 
by running the stars and stripes to the masthead. Went into 


headquarters at night. 
Monday, Dec. 16, 1861. 


Today we didn’t go on picket but staid at headquarters and had 
a jolly good time with the negroes and a hard battle, firing ears 
of corn. At eight o’clock in the evening we packed knapsacks 
and took our five-mile tramp into camp. It was a beautiful 
evening, the sky was clear, and the full moon was up. 


Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1861. 

Probably spent today in washing clothes. Was weighed a few 
days since and weighed 150 pounds. 

“I wish I knew about Fort Pickens and Pensacola, how they 
came off in the battle. J want you to send me the papers as 
often as you can and as late as you can, for I don’t get the news 
till it is a fortnight old at best. I guess I shall get home about 

| next June or May, although I think this war will not last long. 


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The South begins to huddle, a sure sign they begin to feel in 
rather a close quarter.” 


Wrote to Mary Rowe today. In it I speak of having been out 


seven miles from here and receiving a letter from her there, 


also of the weather as a rule being like June weather North, 
and the “‘midges and black flies” being very thick. I also speak 
of only four men as yet having died out of our regiment of 1,010 
men. In this letter I give an account of our daily duties here 
’ at Hilton Head. 
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1861. 

Was shoveling today with eighteen others from each com- 
pany on the intrenchment. ‘There are fifteen thousand men on 
this island. 

Boys are speculating in watches, etc. One man made $14 on 
a barrel of apples for which he had paid $10. Watches sell from 
$10 to $18, which are not worth more than $2. 


Sunday, Dec. 22, 1861. 

Did not drill any today, for it took us all the forenoon to go 
through dress-parade and gun, knapsack, and tent inspection. 
This evening we spent as we generally do when we can, by read- 
ing in the Testament. Each one in the tent reads a chapter out 
loud, beginning at one place and taking turns till we get clear 
round the tent. 

We had at Hilton Head the Sibley tents, which would hold 
twenty, twenty-one, or twenty-two men. 

Monday, Dec. 23, 1861. 

It is quite cool today. Had a heavy rain last night. 

Friday, Dec. 27, 1861. 3 

Today is the lucky day. For the three past days we have had 
beautiful weather. So it is today. We got another mail this 
morning. 

For the past week or two we have been drilling in the 
skirmish drill, also in the bayonet exercise. This drill was used 
only in Company C. Captain Sleeper, who was a West Point 
graduate, took much pride in the perfection of our drill, which 
had been highly complimented by our colonel. It was his own 
desire that we should practice the Zouave drill. 


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Saturday, Dec. 28, 1861. 
Probably drilling in skirmish and Zouave drill. 
Sunday, Dec. 29, 1861. 
Very pleasant. Have had another knapsack drill and inspec- 
tion. We had to clean our guns, brighten the brass plates and 
trimmings to our accouterments. Every man was required to 
wear his dress coat and white gloves and to carry his knapsack, 
with its contents clean and nicely packed. The company formed 
into regimental line at the regular call for inspection. A full 
inspection of guns, knapsacks, and quarters was conducted as 
follows: The commanding officer on the arrival of the inspect- 
ing officer would give the order, “Prepare for inspection.” 
Dodge says (diary): “I saw one of five alligators caught by 
Company D.” 
Inspection usually on Sunday by the colonel,—an official in- 
spection. 
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1861. 
This morning the sun rose out of the water like a new moon, 
it being partially eclipsed. Dodge was on guard from 4 P. M. yes- 
terday to 5 p. M. today. It isa very pleasant day. One fellow, in 
cleaning his gun in his tent, discharged it accidentally. The 
ball passed up through the tent. This is not the first nor the 
second accident of the kind that has happened in this regiment. 
Another man in Company H was buried today. Our leuten- 
ant said today that two hundred men had died since we came 
onto the island. Twenty-five or thirty of these belonged to our 
regiment. 
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1862. 
But little doing today. We had considerable fun over a mock 
guard-mounting, in which the lieutenant colonel, major, cap- 
tains, and lieutenants took the place of privates and two or three 
sergeants the place of officers. The band came out with old 
hats, etc., and played quick tunes. The officers didn’t keep on 
line or step and made all the fun they could. We had not got 
through with our play when our colonel (W.) appeared and read 
orders from General Sherman to pack knapsacks and be ready 
at a moment’s notice to march. We were all soon ready, but 


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had no orders to march. We supposed that a battle was go- 
ing on ten miles beyond Beaufort and that we were required 
there. We could hear cannonading in that direction all day. 

We have men placed along by the way so that we could, and 
can now, telegraph from here to the battle by signs in five min- 
utes. 

About three o’clock a sad accident happened in our regiment. 
One of the men of Company D, at the guard tent, while sitting 
outside the tent, was cleaning his gun around the lock, with the 
piece on full cock. It was accidentally discharged. In the act 
the ball passed entirely through both sides of the tent, passing — 
over the occupants who were lying asleep and through the body 
of a member of Company F, who was just relieved from guard 
and was resting near the outside of the tent. It went through 
his heart, killing him instantly; then through a neighboring tent 
and between two of Company C’s tents and out to sea. 

Tt was a very pleasant day. 

Thursday, Jan. 2, 1862. 

Today is a very pleasant one. Our company went out again 
to work on the fortifications. This was the first time Dodge 
had been detailed for this work. It is more than twenty feet 
high and three miles long. 

‘Today we have heard all day heavy firing at Beaufort. Just 
before noon orders came to go back to camp. We expected to 
be sent into the battle. The boys threw down their shovels and 
shouted “Hurrah!” When we arrived at our tents we found that 
the long roll had been beaten and all of Regiment S had formed 
in line of battle and stacked arms and were there packing knap- 
sacks. We did the same. However, no orders to leave the 
island came. 

A fellow in Company A was buried. 

Friday, Jan. 3, 1862. 

Today is very foggy and cloudy, but no rain. Another gun 
went off in camp last night and one today. The story is that 
one man was shot. 

Rations of whiskey given out. 


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Saturday, Jan. 4, 1861. 
Today our company and others went into the woods, about 
three miles from here, chopping lumber for the fortifications. 
The lumber seems to be chiefly Norway pine and the trees are 
very handsome, large, and straight. ‘ 
Received our new pantaloons and caps of dark blue. These 
were of better quality and color than the last. 


Sunday, Jan. 5, 1862. 
Had a heavy thunder shower in the morning. The wind be- 
gan to blow and we had a stormy day of it. (Probably no in- 
spection today on account of the weather.) 
Dodge went on guard at 4 o’clock Pp. M. 


Monday, Jan. 6, 1862. 
Very warm and pleasant. A fellow in Company G fell asleep 
on his post, but he was sick and got clear of all punishment. 


Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1862. 
This morning got a mail. A mail goes out tomorrow. 


Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1862. 
Very pleasant. Dodge was detailed for work on the fort at 
headquarters. He went into the postoffice and many other large 
places. 
Thursday, Jan. 9, 1862. 
Drilling today as usual. Dodge suffering from jaundice. 
Friday, Jan. 10, 1862. 
Probably drilling or on detail. 
Saturday, Jan. 11, 1862. 
Dodge was at work on the fort again. He speaks (diary) of 
seeing General Sherman and Admiral Dupont. They inflated a 
large balloon today, which is for the purpose of observing the 
enemy. It is called “Washington” and ornamented with a 
picture of Washington so large and lifelike that one could 
Tecognize it a mile away. 
Sunday, Jan. 12, 1862. 
Very warm and pleasant today. General inspection of guns, 
knapsacks, and tents, and knapsack drill. Our company was the 
best in the regiment. The general praised Dodge’s gun _par- 
ticularly. 


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This morning got a mail. The balloon went up twice this 
morning. 
Dodge went on guard at 4 P. M. 
Monday, Jan. 13, 1862. 
Very warm. ‘The grass is coming up as fresh as ever. Fields — 
of oats look as green as mowing fields in May. Roses are in 
bloom. 
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1862. 
Very pleasant. Got a mail. Went on picket guard some 
three miles from camp on the beach. I thought I saw two reb- 
els in some bushes, which proved to be our boys. Elias and God- 
dard went after them. We had a pleasant night and a good 
time telling stories. 
Friday, Jan. 17, 1862. 
Dull and rainy. Came into camp at night. Got another 
mail. 
The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 
Friday, Jan. 17, 1862. 
I am well; never enjoyed better health in my life. We have 
had nice warm weather, as warm as July, but it is rainy now. 
Went on picket night before last about three miles. It was 
a nice moonshiny night, until twelve o’clock. A Frenchman 
from Greenfield (Goddard) and myself told stories and kept 
about half a dozen of the boys up. He would tell one of them, 
then I would, till midnight, when it came our turn to go on 
watch, he down the creek and I up it, forty or fifty rods, for two” 
hours, and then lay down to sleep. After a short time, as we 
lay on the sand, I felt raindrops pattering in my face, so I 
had to get up and roll my woolen blanket inside my rubber and 
kept near the fire, but got some rest as it was. It rained all 
day yesterday by showers. We got back to camp last night after 
dark. ; 
You ask if I have good, wholesome food. I suppose we haye 
the most wholesome food we could have, but I must say that it 
is tough. I wish you could just see us when we get our meals. 
I wonder if we don’t get pork and I wonder if we don’t get 
hardtack, so called. It is sea bread. Did you ever hear of any 


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or see it? Well, I will tell you. Some days we come to din- 
ner with a tin plate, hold it out, and receive a couple of small 
slices of half fried or boiled Western pork, and take a dipper of 
coffee and go along to a barrel of hardtack and help ourselves. 
At night we go through the same, and in the morning also, and 
at dinner, and some nights have half a loaf of bread or a plate 
of rice and molasses. We get half a loaf of flour bread once in 
three days, anu j}iat is all the soft bread we get, unless we pay 
-forit. But we live well when we consider how we lived on board 
the old “Baltic.” Oh, would not I like to sit down at the old 
home table! But I will soon. We are not in the fort—l believe 
you asked about it—we are close by. We live in tents very 
comfortably. 

I cannot get a cotton blossom for you, for they are all gone, 
but I will send you a shell or two so you can say you have a shell 
from South Carolina. 

[N. B. The entry under date of Thursday, Jan. 16, 1862, is 
probably incorrect. According to foregoing letter, it should 
stand under Jan. 15.| 

Saturday, Jan. 18, 1862. 

Today is very cloudy, foggy. We drilled but little but had 
to clean our guns. We went and got a lot, of palmetto leaves to 
make us a bed of. We spread them all over the bottom of the 
tent, and, until they became trampled with use, they made a 
good, cleanly floor. Nutting received a box of good things from 
home, cakes, ete. 

Sunday, Jan. 19, 1862. 

Knapsack drill and inspection. Warm and pleasant day. 
This morning each of our company received a pair of nice 
white gloves, sent us by Mrs. Sleeper, our captain’s wife. 


The record from Monday, Jan. 20, to May 11, 1862, is miss- 
ing, therefore for Jan. 21, et seq., see letter (copy) to Mary Rowe 
and A. I. Paige’s diary, which follows: 
. Jan. 21, 1862. 

Went on board transport “Delaware” from Hilton Head. 

Jan. 26, 1862. 

On shipboard in harbor till today. Today we ran out of the 

harbor to Warsaw Sound, Georgia. 





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Feb. 10, 1862. 

We landed today on Warsaw Island, having been on the 
“Delaware” nineteen days, living mostly on “Delaware 
scouse.” Recipe: A little pork cut up small and a little hard- 
tack in your two cups with a little water; stew on the fire. 

After landing, a large party went hunting and Sam Prescott, 
Company D, shot an alligator seven feet long with a small pis- 
tol. He hit him in the eye. 

Eben Nutting reminded me (when we were snowed in at 
Greenfield, N. H., March 15, 1888) of my shooting a coon while 
we were on a coon hunt at Warsaw Island, which I had forgot- 
ten until he began to relate it. As we were walking along I 
suddenly said, “There is a coon now!” and fired, and as nothing 
fell from the tree he (Nutting), incredulous, said, “A coon!” 
and the next moment the coon fell to the ground, to his sur- 
prise. "The coon was taken to camp and the cook made a pot 


pie for all hands. 
Feb. 16, 1862. 


Embarked on steamer “Empire City” at about midnight, to 
be ready to join fleet for which we were waiting. 


We were on Warsaw Island a week. During this time we © 


amused ourselves by cutting various little things from the cedar 
wood which grows abundantly there and which, while tougher 
than our own white pine, cuts as easily. We manufactured 
Chinese puzzles of different kinds, penholders, paper-knives, 
chains with whole links. Many things of the same kind were 
in the trunks which I sent home in 1864 and which were lost. 


Feb. 26, 1862. 

About this time the fleet arrived just at night. We had been 
lying on shipboard about ten days, from February 16. We 
joined it and sailed all night, anchored in St. Andrew’s Sound, 
stopping there to prepare to strike at Fernandina. Our colonel 
told us that our company and Company B would be landed first. 
and thrown out as skirmishers, and the rest of the regiment 
landed to take the rebel fort on the rear while the gunboats 
engaged them in the front. We expected some fighting. The 
colonel said we would have a chance to show ourselves. 


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March 2, 1862. 

We arrived off Fernandina, Fla., today, and our regiment was 
to enter the city first, but the old boat got aground. We got 
aground in going up the channel past the fort and it took us 
three days to get off. We found the fort deserted. If they 
had stopped in the fort they could have knocked the steamer 
we were aboard of all to pieces. It took two gunboats to haul 
us off. One steamer tried it till midnight and gave it up and in 
going back up the channel she ran aground. 

All of our regiment, except Company C (my company), got 
aboard another boat to lighten ours so she could get off. They 
landed at Fernandina till we got ready to come down here, we 
staying aboard all the time, when all but two companies, who 
stayed at Fernandina, came on board. I understood when our 
gunboats first appeared at Fernandina the enemy were just leav- 
ing the place, had set fire to some of the buildings, and were 
just moving out of town in a-train of cars, and that the engine, 
or at least part of the train, was knocked from the track by 
shells and the rebels took to the swamp. 


March 11, 1862. 
We arrived off St. John’s river today, and all the regiment 
(but Company C) were put on board the gunboats as sharpshoot- 
ers, and ran over the bar. 
Arrived here at 4 Pp. M. The gunboats were the “Ottawa,” 
“Pembina,” “Seneca,” “Isaac Smith.” “Empire City” was a 


steam transport. 
March 12, 1862. 


Company C landed today at Mayport Mills (probably) and the 
rest of the regiment went up to Jacksonville on the gunboats 
and landed. At Jacksonville the rebels had left after burning 
a number of buildings, steam sawmills among others. 


: April 1, 1862. 
Our regiment left Jacksonville today on board steamers 
“Belvidere” and “Cosmopolitan.” 
Company C joined the regiment on board steamers at Mayport 
Mills, where it has been stationed, and the whole regiment, ex- 


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cept the two companies left at Fernandina, sailed for St. 
Augustine. 

Company C had been occupying at Mayport Mills some old 
buildings formerly used by the rebels as barracks. We suffered 
intolerably here from the bad condition of these buildings. The 
rebels had kept many hounds and the place, even to the sand ~ 
itself, was filled with fleas. These were an unceasing torment, 
preventing me from sleeping at night. ‘There was no remedy 
from these. I have lain many a night on a narrow bench, such 
as was used in old district schoolhouses, to raise me somewhat 
from the floor. 

Mayport Mills is on the St. John’s river, about a mile from 
the mouth. It takes its name from a steam sawmill which was 
used to saw up the hard pine lumber, which was shipped in great 
quantities to the North. These mills are numerous in various 
places in the state, as the trade was large. There were a few 
scattering houses, a half dozen, perhaps, a lighthouse, and a lit- 
tle Catholic church. A wharf connected with the mill for use 
in shipping the lumber. ) 

The soil was sandy in the whole neighborhood, with here and 
there low marshes. 

The bank of the river, from the mouth to Mayport Mills, was 
a low sand bluff, on which the village was situated Farther up 
the river was a hill of some height called St. John’s Bluff, sur- 
mounted by a rebel battery. This was so high and the channel 
lay so close under it that a gunboat in attempting to pass could 
not elevate her guns sufficiently to return the rebel fire. 

It was at the wharf at Mayport Mills that we were landed and 
from there were marched down to the mouth of the river where 
we were to be stationed. The road from Mayport Mills eastward 
follows the general direction of the river though in places at con- 
siderable distance from it. It is for the greater part of the way 
a hard, good road, but now and then interrupted by marshes. At 
such places it had been bridged over like our northern “cor- 
duroy” roads. 

Our barracks had been placed where we found them to ac- 
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each on the south bank of the river. One of these batteries at 
the time of our occupancy was close upon the river’s edge, the 
channel being immediately below it, so that a gunboat would 
pass within a rod or so of the muzzle of the guns. 

The negroes told us that their position had been changed sey- 
eral times with the changing character of the bank. This was 
of light river sand which was rapidly eaten away by the force of 
the current, and was also blown away by the winds. 

At Mayport Mills the sand shifted rapidly and there was a 
house to be seen nearly buried up in sand—the work of the 
wind. 

Our barracks were on the river bluff, forty or fifty rods south- 
ward of the battery. From there a road led southwesterly, 
direct to Tallahassee. To the east of us was a creek at right 
angles to the river, with a footbridge across it. South was an 
extensive woods, bordered on our side by a marsh several acres in 
extent. The road to Tallahassee lay through these woods, as 
also did the one to Mayport Mills. About two miles above May- 
port Mills a large creek emptied into the St. John’s. The creek 
was large enough to have been called a river, but it always went 
by the former name among the inhabitants of this section. 
About six or eight miles from Mayport Mills, and on the 
“creek,” was the village of Greenfield. The creek was very 
crooked and its banks extremely marshy. In fact, it ran 
through the marsh. Sailing up it, the boat would double on its 
course frequently. The banks were covered with rank marsh 
grass, so tall and thick that, standing upon them, one could 
not see over or through it. Here we found alligators. 

Our company (C), which had been left in charge of the place, 
numbered at this time between fifty and sixty men only. I 
think the exact number was fifty-eight. Our regiment, which 
was the nearest Union force, was twenty or twenty-five miles 
distant, up the river, at Jacksonville. 

The company felt that it was in a position of great responsi- 
bility and some peril. Captain Sleeper took all precautions, 
and this carefulness decreased our number of available fighting 
men. Out of fifty-eight, a sergeant and ten men were sta- 


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tioned at the Mills. He had his headquarters in the mill it- 
self or an adjoining building, and posted his pickets in the 
neighborhood. At the barracks there were perhaps four or five 
picket posts of three men each, posted at varying positions on 
the roads, leading into camp, and in the woods around us. 
There was also a guard posted about the camp and sentinels 
at the battery, so that nearly every other night each man had to 
take his turn at guard duty. 

The residents of the neighborhood who had remained on their 
plantations were allowed to visit the camp. Some of them pro- 
fessed Union sentiments, which, however, we were slow to trust; 
some made no secret of their secession principles, and once in 
a while we came across a Union man. 

At this time it was the policy of the government to return 
fugitive slaves taking refuge under Union protection. 

There was one slave belonging to a man in Greenfield wha 
escaped into our camp three times and was three times returned 
at the demand of his master. The first time he came into 
camp his master soon followed, and immediately discovered him, 
and, cursing him, said, “When I get you home I'll fix you so you 
can’t run away.” The second time, I heard the clanking of a 
chain in the woods, and several of us went down to find the 
cause. We found the negro with shackles on his ankles, which 
prevented his stepping more than six inches. One ran quickly 
into camp for a hammer and hatchet and his irons were imme- 
diately struck off. In the meantime, his master, missing him, 
had ridden down to the mill and found Captain Sleeper, who 
happened to be there and from whom he obtained an order to 
recover his slave. He had already got a general order from 
General Wright to take his slaves wherever they might be 
found. Captain Sleeper, who was in personal sympathy with the 
men in their desire to help the runaway slaves, gave a flag sig- 
nal of alarm from the top of the lighthouse, as soon as the ma i 
had left, to the sentry at the battery, intending to warn the 
camp. Unfortunately, instead of understanding the hint, it was 
misunderstood and a man immediately sent up to the mills to 
find out the trouble. While thus busy, the slave owner rode 


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into camp, demanding his slave. We there understood too late, 
for in our bewilderment we had neglected, and, indeed, had had 
scarcely time, to secrete the negro. 

The man had with him a stout, long rope. This he tied 
tightly round the negro’s wrists and with many curses threatened 
to kill him if he did not stop running away. He mounted 
his horse and rode swiftly off, the poor slave running for his 
life after him. Our men were in a fury of helpless indigna- 
tion. Some even declared that they were sorry they had not 
waylaid and shot the man. Some of the company who had left 
the North firm Democrats on the slave question were as hot as 
the rest in their denunciation of the institution. 

A third time the poor fellow escaped, and even took refuge 

on board the “Wabash,” but even here he was not safe. His 
master pursued him, under General Wright’s order, and he was 
again given up. We never heard of him again. 
_ This slave owner was afterward arrested by Captain Sleeper. 
Some negroes who came into camp told Captain Sleeper that a 
Confederate company had ben raised by a Mr. Haines, who had 
expected to be elected their captain, it being the custom in the 
Confederate service to appoint the captain by vote of the com- 
pany. In this he was disappointed. The negroes told also of 
large amounts of ammunition which had been secreted in 
Haines’s house at Greenfield, which had been buried near. Cap- 
tain Sleeper took with him twelve men and went out with the 
intention of seeing Captain Haines and also finding the truth of 
the story concerning the buried powder. While on the scouting 
expedition he searched the houses at Greenfield, of which there 
were only a few, one of them belonging to the slave owner. The 
man abused them and defied the federal authority, declaring 
that Captain Sleeper could not arrest him with all the men he 
had in camp. 

That night while the camp was asleep some one laid a hand 
on my shoulder. Other men were waked in the same way. We 
had orders to report with arms and accouterments to Sergeant 
Moody. We went down to the creek, where the sergeant notified 


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us that. we were to proceed to Greenfield and arrest the man. 
Orders were imperative. We were not to return without him. 
“Hither alive or dead you bring his body,” said the captain, 
“alive if you can and dead if you must.” We found the boat 
gone, so walked farther up to the ford and waded up to our arm- 
pits in water, carrying our clothes in a bundle on our heads. 
At Greenfield we were told he had gone the day before to Jack- 
sonville by sailboat to buy corn and was expected home that 
day. We took the best boat-we could find and rowed down 
the river to our ford. It was now early morning and an ex- 
cellent bed of oysters near by furnished us with a breakfast. 
Here we waited all day, posting a man in a tree for an hour at 
a time to keep a lookout for a sail. 

After two or three false alarms the boat came in sight at 
about 4 o’clock p. m. He had on board one negro; otherwise 
was alone. 

We got on board our boat and rode cautiously down the creek, 
keeping under cover of the bank, until at last, as he made a tack 
across stream, we pushed directly out to meet him. He called 
out, “You will run me down,” but our coxswain quickly turned 
the boat alongside and our sergeant said, “I have an order for 
your arrest, sir.’ His reply was a torrent of oaths, but he al- 
lowed us to come on board and turn his boat, loaded with corn, 
down stream. We brought him safely into camp, where he was 
detained several days under guard. After he had given vent to 
his wrathful feelings and looked us all over he said, “Let me 
go home with my load of corn and I will go with you,” and even 
entreated our sergeant to let him, but he said, “No, we will take 
care of your corn.” We did not know but we should find him 
a troublesome man to arrest, he had talked so badly to the cap 
tain, mentioning that he had a rifle, double-barrel and single- 
barrel shotgun, besides two horse pistols and a Colt’s revolver, 
all loaded, in the house, and that a party coming to arrest him 
would get the contents of all of them before he would be 
taken, and some of the men who were with the captain said h 
looked like a man who meant what he said. Two of our num 
ber were rowing, one at the helm, and two had their rifles it 


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hand ready to use in case of need; the other had his rifle near 
at hand. ‘The following night we were waked in the night- 
time by the orderly sergeant as before and sent to arrest Cap- 
tain Haines. We went to Greenfield to find him gone from 
home, but on making inquiries we learned when he would re- 
turn and the next night another party (who had not been out 
scouting two nights in succession) were detailed to go and were 
successful in bringing him to camp. These two men were sent 
to Jacksonville by Captain Sleeper, with a letter to General 
Wright saying they were, in his opinion, dangerous men to be 
allowed to come and go, to and from camp, giving his reasons. 
General Wright gave them a pass to go where they pleased, 
night or day. 

During the latter part of our stay here the rebels came down 
to the river on St. John’s Bluff and encamped in the woods, 
' firing on our gunboats as they passed up or down the river. This 
bluff being between us and Jacksonville, of course we felt rather 
unsafe. It was evident that the general felt so, also, as a gun- 
boat came down the river and lay at anchor over night at the 
Mills, after the enemy made their appearance. ‘To add to our 
anxiety a storm came on and the vessel that was to bring us 
supplies could not come in over the bar and we got all out of 
provisions. We were obliged to entrench ourselves, and to 
shovel on empty stomachs, in a warm climate, is rather trying, to 
say the least. Few of our number were detailed to go out for- 
aging. We visited the plantations some six or eight miles away 
but found but little to bring back to camp, with the exception 
of a barrel of peanuts and some corn. We shot several pigeons, 
which made a nice pot pie. We lived for a day or two on pea- 
nuts, which we burned and made into coffee; this we drank, 
and then ate the grounds. We were glad enough when our ship 
came in. 

One day two of us went out and took a boat at the creek and 
rowed up it several miles but saw nothing but alligators. While 
thus each man was feeling anxious lest we should be suddenly 
surprised by the enemy, many funny incidents happened. One 
of our company roused our camp two or three times in the night 


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while he was on guard around the quarters by firing his piece 
at some imaginary thing. Once a poor old horse came out on 
the beach some quarter of a mile away. He did not hit the 
animal, however. Once the moon suddenly came out of a white, 
fluffy cloud and cast a shadow of a tall tree, which he had not 
noticed before. In every case he would stoutly insist that he 
saw aman. After that when a gun was fired about the quarters 
some one would shout, “Lansey has a shot a man.” 

One man on guard at the mill reported that he saw a single 
light in the top of the lighthouse near by. ‘The sergeant. was 
called but the light had disappeared. The next night the same 
light was seen and, as before, the lighthouse was visited, but no 
light or indication of any person having been there was dis- 
covered. This again being reported to Captain Sleeper, 
Sergeant Colcord and a small squad of men were detailed to 20. 
and arrest the lighthouse-keeper. I made one of the number, 
It was about three o’clock in the morning, as near as I can re- 
member, when we started from camp. We did not know where 
we were going until we got well on the road out away from 
camp, when Sergeant Colcord halted us and gave us the plan 
of what we were going to do. We were going to surround the 
lighthouse-keeper’s dwelling and arrest the keeper and any other 
parties we might find there. As we came in the vicinity of the 
lightkeeper’s house we quickly moved in a circle at several rods’ 
distance from it, and within sight of each other, so that no one 
could pass out through our line without being seen. When our 
line was complete a signal was given and Sergeant Colcord went 
to the door and roused the keeper, who was closely questioned 
and the house searched. The keeper denied all knowledge of 
any light and declared he was a Union man. Nevertheless, they 
took him under guard down to camp. I was left to guard the 
house till morning, with strict orders to keep a sharp lookout — 
that no one left the house. I pitied the lightkeeper’s wife, who 
was almost frantic with fear for her husband. She, poor woman 
asked me several times if I thought her husband would be shot, 
and seemed in great distress. I quieted her as much as I coul 1 
by teiling her I did not think any harm would come to him. 


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think the sergeant intimated that if he did not own up some- 
thing quite serious would happen. He persisted in declaring, 
however, in the strongest terms, that he had not signaled to the 
enemy and asked the sergeant to search his house. It was a 
ereat relief to me when full investigation had been made and 
it was decided that the old man could be set at liberty. I be- 
lieve that it was not till he had been kept in camp under strict 
guard for a day or two. 

Jt turned out that when the moon was first rising a light 
could be seen in the lighthouse from a certain point of ground, 
‘which had been previously occupied by the sentinel. It was 
only a reflection, lasting but a few moments, disappearing as the 
moon rose higher. Captain Sleeper sent me to investigate the 
mystery, with orders to find out what that light was. Imagine 
me going up into that dark, dismal, deserted, old lighthouse at 
midnight alone. “That was about all | remember in regard to 
my investigation. In fact, I do not remember whether or net 
I discovered the cause of the light. 

Another night, about two o'clock, the order was shouted by 
‘the orderly sergeant and quickly repeated by every sergeant, 
“Turn out, Company C, turn out,” and at once there was great 
hurrying on of clothing and accouterments, and in less than one 
half minute we were in line of battle outside the barracks. 
Captain Sleeper seemed somewhat excited, as did both lieuten- 
ants. One half of our number were marched, under command 
of Captain Sleeper, out to the battery near the river, the guns 
of which had been turned inland; the other half were left to 
hold the barracks. I was with Captain Sleeper’s party. When 
We got out to the battery Captain Sleeper said our picket had 
seen men prowling about in the bushes, had fired at them, and 
come in on the run. Some one suggested that we ought to 
communicate with the ten men at the Mills and the captain said, 
“Yes, who will volunteer to go?” Corporal French said he 
would go for one. I said, “I will go,” and two others went with 
us. We took the road on which our pickets had been posted 
and when we got beyond where they saw men we went very 
cautiously, momentarily expecting to hear or see the enemy, but 


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looking to see if any boats had landed. 
While at this place one day the captain called the company 


property. Now I want to know who did it and I am going t 
punish the offender or offenders.” As no one spoke, he made 
a search of the quarters, accompanied by the priest, who, i 
seems, had reported it, and soon found several things. I don’t 
remember now just what the articles were. I have forgotten 
now what the punishment was, but I am sure the captain was 
very severe in the presence of the priest. 

Never were men happier to leave a place than we were to 
go from Mayport Mills, and when all our traps were packed on 
the team ready to go to the wharf and the torch was applied 
the barracks, shouts for joy rent the air, and we said what an 
enormous number of lives were lost in those flames, and unless 
the fleas succeeded in hopping out pretty quickly there was, for 
it burned very rapidly. 

We enjoyed the climate. We had thunder showers nearly 
every day or two. Peach trees were in bloom. We found lots 
of potatoes and green peas out at plantations when we first camé 
here. 

I have not seen any snow here this winter; it seems a long 
summer. 

April 11, 1862. 

We arrived at St. Augustine, Fla., today. 

I have an indistinct impression of my first view of the queei 
old city. I can recall dimly a line of low houses, all built o: 
the universal “coquina,” and here and there among them some 
buildings more pretentious than the rest. There was a lo 
church building, with a little spire. This was, I believe, 
old Catholic cathedral. This faced the square, an open green 
space, which we passed in marching up from the wharf. Here 


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was also a market, to which was brought every day the produce 
of the market-gardens about the city. St. Augustine bore dis- 
tinct traces of the time when it was a walled city. Directly at 
the end of the street ieading across the city are the ruins of a 
large gate, formerly a gate of entrance. A street runs the length 
of the seawall, from Fort Marion at its eastern end to the bar- 
racks at the west. This wall is a fine structure, broad enough 
on the top for two persons to walk abreast. Across the city 
from the seawall were several fine plantations, with orange 
groves and with mansion houses. 

We were quartered at Fort Marion. This is a genuine old 
European fort, built by the Spanish. We entered it over a 
drawbridge, which spans the ditch by which the fort is sur- 
rounded, and through heavy iron doors which opened to admit 
us. Another gate, directly opposite, ushered us into a square 


showed the thickness of the walls. This square, inside, served 
as a parade ground, though we usually held dress-parade out- 
side the fort. On its four sides were arched bastions for the 
accommodation of the garrison. 

In the northeast corner was a doorway leading into a dungeon 
situated under one of the outer angles of the fort. There were 
various stories told about the dungeon, one of which was that 
skeletons of men with chains and bands attached had been 
found, showing that prisoners had been left there to perish. 
Directly under the southwest corner, and under the stone stair- 
way leading up on to the fort, another opening led into a deep, 
dark room, which might have been some time used for a 
dungeon. In this room I went to practice bugling (which I 
shall hereafter speak of), and I found that I could blow the 
bugle as loudly as I wished when just fairly inside the doorway, 
and no one outside in the courtyard could hear a sound. That 
was the only reason I chose this very lonely place to practice 
in, for it was not, to say the least, a desirable spot to pass an 
hour or two alone. Company C occupied the bastions on the 
left as we entered the fort, divided into as many parts as there 
were bastions, each part in charge of a sergeant, who looked 


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after the cleanliness of quarters. The men occupied bunks 
which were built on tiers of four, one on either side the bastion, 
and running the whole length. 

A dining-table extended the entire length of each bastion, - 
between the two rows of bunks. On these the men played 
euchre and various other games, wrote letters, read books, 
papers, etc. Food was cooked in rooms on the opposite side of — 
the fort from the entrance. The company was formed into 
fines by the orderly sergeant at meal-times and marched to the 
cookery, where each man took his ration and went to his 
quarters to dine. Other companies occupied other parts of the 
fort, one the bastion opposite Company C, and several the top 
of the fort, using tents. Part of the regiment (I think) camped 
outside the fort and part were detailed from time to time to 
occupy the barracks at the opposite end of the town, and to do 
patrol duty in the city. Two companies, as previously men- 
tioned, were stationed at Fort Clinch, Fernandina, during our 
stay in St. Augustine. The officers, with the exception of 
Colonel Bell, lived in wall tents pitched on the top of the fort. 
Colonel Bell made his headquarters down in town, in a large 
dwelling house. 

Our stay at St. Augustine was the pleasantest part of our 
army experience. We enjoyed the climate, which was like our 
summer, but in the warmest days the heat was tempered by the 
refreshing sea-breeze. I do not remember ever suffering with 
the heat as at the North, although, of course, the thermometer 
would stand much higher. As a rule, at four or five o’clock, 
we would have a severe thunder shower, with heavy reports and 
very sharp lightning. ; 

We could supply ourselves easily from the hucksters or 
sometimes from the plantations themselves with oranges, lem- 
ons, figs, watermelons, muskmelons, pomegranates, and guavas. 
About every house in town had a large grape arbor. These 
would be covered with great clusters of purple fruit, which we 
could buy for what seemed to us a trifle. Oranges (sweet) were 
nearly done when we arrived, but we had a taste of them at the 
plantations themselves. The sour oranges succeeded them and 


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we soon cultivated a taste for these. They were made by the 
inhabitants into pies, which we found delicious. Mulberries 
grew on large trees, which were used sometimes as shade trees 
about the houses. These berries resemble blackberries. They 
were not offered for sale, not being very plentiful, but several 
times I was invited to help myself from the trees. 

One day Addison Dodge and myself chanced onto the plan- 
tation of Mrs. Anderson, attracted by a great pile of oranges 
heaped on the veranda. The house was a large brick mansion, 
surrounded by a veranda, with beautiful grounds, about filled 
with orange and other trees, and a beautifully laid-out garden, 
the house being almost hidden among the trees and shrubbery. 
An old colored woman came to the door in answer to us and 
took us inside to a large, handsomely furnished room. Mrs. 
Anderson soon appeared, was willing to sell us oranges, and to 
make us pies if we would wait. In conversation with her I 
learned that she married Mr. Fairbanks, a brother of Deacon 
Fairbanks of Francestown, for her first husband. She knew my 
friends in Francestown well—had been to my grandfather’s 
house at the mountain visiting. Her first husband was (I think) 
second cousin of my mother. I was very much surprised to find 
that I had met a lady who had been in Francestown, for I felt 
that we were a great way from home when we came to St. 
Augustine. She told me that her son had been at the North 
a great deal, studying for a physician, and in fact was at the 
time in New York. 

She said she had given her slaves the choice to go away or 
make their home with her, as before the war. All had gone 
except an old negress (the same that had answered the call at 
the door). Mrs. Anderson seemed very glad to have found that 
one of our number was from Francestown and said she had felt 
a fear of the soldiers coming about her premises, and I noticed 
a reserve in her manner when she first came into the room, 
which, however, entirely disappeared during our conversation, 
and at parting she gave me a cordial invitation to come again. 

Mrs. Anderson’s pies, made by her colored cook, seemed to 
me the most delicious eatable ever tasted, and my impression is 


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that I accepted the invitation given and called frequently on 
business as well as pleasure. 

From the next plantation, which could be entered from hers, 
we were in the habit of getting milk, and the kind old “secesh” 
lady who owned it used to invite me to eat mulberries when I 
came there. . 

I used also to visit a house at the other end of the town to 
get milk. Here they were proud to exhibit their secession prin 
ciples. The lady of the house, a large, proud-spirited woman, 
of somewhat aggressive manner, did not hesitate to talk war and 
politics with me. The family were friends of Raphael Semmes 
and were very proud of the intimacy. They declared that we 
should yet hear from him and that he would never be captured 
but would die with his ship if he came to such a pass. 

I made a delightful visit one day on a family of freed slaves. 
The house was, I think, on the street which leads from the wharf 
across the city and outwards to Palatka. I do not recall the 
purpose of our errand but remember being attracted by the 
perfect cleanliness and the air of thrift which.marked the whole 
place. They received us politely, as the better class of negroes 
always did, and we learned from them that they had been slaves 
but had purchased their own freedom. ‘They were very sharp, 
shrewd, intelligent-looking people, not a little proud of having 
achieved their own liberty. 

Our camp was frequently visited by hucksters. They invyari- 
ably announced themselves to be good Union men. They were 
fishermen who brought in their morning’s catch, fruit venders, 
ete: | 

We were a good deal embarrassed in our dealing by the scar- 
city of small money. We had no demand smaller than ten or fif- 
teen cents. Twelve and a half cents was a “bit.” Checks were 
also given for change, redeemable only by the persons issuing 
them. This device compelled patronage. There was some trouble 
with a sutler’s schooner which lay at the wharf. 

Our friends the Union husters were sure to be round at rifle 
practice. This was part of our drill, and there was also firing 
every morning when the guard came off. There was an old 

















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bulk sunk about one half mile out in the bay and about one half 
out of water. This was our target. We were armed at this 
time with long-range Belgian rifles and we heard of them after- 
ward at Beaufort Ferry from the rebels themselves. The old 
hull was also a target for artillery practice from the fort. At 
one time I volunteered to form one of a detail to fire the morn- 
ing and evening gun and raise the flag. We had permission to 
practice target-shooting and drill at libertine. I was anxious 
to get some idea of artillery firing. My first shot fell midway, 
to my surprise, the second about two thirds of the distance, and 
the third struck the ship. . To the inexperience of the gunners 
at Petersburg Heights we afterward owed our escape from se- 
vere loss. 

It was part of my duty here to blow the bugle. Some time 
before our arrival Cyrus Wheeler had been appointed, and after 
him Horace Forsaith. I was the third to iry, and practiced, as 
before mentioned, in the dark chamber in the walls of the fort. 
It was after working at this for about a fortnight that I was at- 
tacked by a very severe headache, something quite unusual for 
me. I got excused from dress-parade, after suffering with it 
several days, and went to my bunk. While reaching down for 
something I had dropped, I nearly lost my balance, and in the 
effort to regain it my body was swayed back and forth. A quan- 
tity of scalding sea-water rushed from my nose and the pain was 
immediately relieved. JI then remembered that one day in 
bathing I had filled my ears with salt water while diving, which 
I knew from my impaired hearing had not been entirely re- 
moved. ‘This was the end of my headache. 

After taking the bugle I had no other duty excepting going 
on dress-parade that I was obliged to do. I had, however, vol- 
unteered to make one of a detail of three for Colonel Bell, to 
have charge of his boat, and take him out for a row whenever 
he wished, and to go for the mail whenever a vessel appeared 
off the bar with one on board. We could tell by the signal of 
a flag, which we could always understand. Sometimes a vessel 
would be out six or eight miles from us, though not often more 
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Once I remember going out for the mail when a sailing vessel 
had it aboard and was out some six miles. It was very rough 
crossing the bar and we had to look out very sharply for the 
breakers, which ran very high. It was owing to its being very — 
rough that the vessel had kept off so far, not daring to come ~ 
nearer to the bar; in fact, so far that we were not sure she had 
a mail, as we could not make out her flag very plainly, but, see- — 
ing her sail back and forth for a couple of hours, concluded to 
go and see. The sand bars caused the breakers to run in all 
directions, making it very dangerous crossing in small boats. 
After we had been out and got the mail-bag, which was a large — 
one, and were returning, as we were in the midst of the break- 
ers, one huge one passed under (for our little boat was a good 
one and rose very quickly with the water) and immediately it 
had passed broke suddenly and fell back just right to fill the 
boat half full of water. Mitchell was pulling one oar and I the 
other, and a little Frenchman was steering. The last, see 
ing another breaker rolling towards us from another quarter, 
said quite sharply, “Pull hard, Mitchell,’ and, being rather 
nervous, he pulled suddenly with all his might and broke his 
row-lock. We felt that we should now certainly be capsized, 
and it really seemed as if there was no help for it. I hardly 
know how we got safely out of the trouble, but somehow, by us- 
ing one oar, first one side and then the other, we managed to 
keep the boat headed to the breakers till Mitchell could tie up 
his oar. Thankful enough were we to get over into compara- 
tively still water. On some of these trips we had to pull hard 
all one way, either going or coming, as the tide would be set 
hard against us. 

It was not an uncommon thing for the men to be sent om 
picket duty, not because of any need of a guard but more to 
make change of occupation for them. On one occasion a num- 
ber of us, twenty or twenty-five, were sent down to the light 
house. This was on a small island, opposite St. Augustine. I 
believe it was from here the coquina was obtained and that the 
place was called Coquina Island. We found a man, the former 
keeper, and his wife, still living in the lighthouse buildings, un- 


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molested. We staid here all night, I think. It was about this 
time that Captain Sleeper received his commission as lieuten- 
ant colonel, Colonel Whipple having resigned and Lieutenant- 
Colonel Bell having been given the coloneley. Colonel Sleeper 
used to drill the regiment in skirmish exercise, and on these oc- 
casions expected me to blow the bugle. This I had gained con- 
fidence to do by practice in the dark chamber, and with Bryer, a 
bugler from Company I and a beginner like myself, outside the 
fort. I remember very well the first time I ever attempted to 
blow a call for the regiment. Colonel Sleeper sent for me and 
wanted to know how I got along with the bugling, and said he 
was anxious to use the main calls as soon as possible, and urged 
me very hard to attempt the retreat and tattoo calls. I felt dif- 
fident about trying, but he persuaded me, and that night I got 
up on top of the fort to blow the retreat. After the call there 
was a sound of applause from the colonel’s tent, which was taken 
up in the different officers’ quarters, and the men cheered and 
clapped. ‘So I did not become “broken-down ‘bugler No. 3.” 
After this I blew the principal calls regularly and soon worked 
into them all. 

After we had been in St. Augustine about three months an 
event took place which put us more on our guard. 

There had been an old man over sixty years old living down 
in the village, just below the fort, who, in spite of his age, had 
been pressed into the rebel service. After our arrival he de- 
serted and took up his abode in his old home. He was by trade 
a cobbler and found plenty of employment from the soldiers. 
He kept a cow, which he allowed to pasture at large and even 
beyond our pickets, where he used to go to milk her in the early 
morning. We warned him of the danger of the habit, as there 
was a bounty fixed on his head as a deserter, but he laughed 
at the idea of their troubling an old man like him. One morn- 
ing, just at sunrise, our pickets heard a volley of musketry in 
the bushes near by, but not being allowed to leave their posts, 
they passed the word along the line to the first reserve. <A party 
immediately went out to find the cause of the disturbance and 
discovered the old man’s body lying on the ground beside his 


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cow, perforated with bullets and buckshot from his head to 
his feet. He was evidently shot by several muskets while in the 
act of milking. ‘The cow also, which was standing helpless near, 
was covered behind with bullet marks. The old man was car- 
ried to a house near the fort, and the colonel immediately sent 
out a scouting party to find the assassins. I made one of the 
detail. We went out onto all the main roads and divided into 
small parties to explore cross roads. We visited plantations and 
searched thoroughly in every. way for a circuit of five or six 
miles, but could discover nothing. 

In some cases we found men at work in their fields near their 
houses, their muskets hanging up in the house, but none of 
them knew anything of the affair and expressed surprise when 
told about it. We never got any clue to the murderers. The 
old man was buried from near the fort, with military honors. 
This death caused a deep feeling among the soldiers, who re- 
garded him as a Union man and a martyr to the Union cause. 
Among many of the residents, even such as were avowed seces- 
sionists, there was much indignation, while others laughed and 
scoffed at the occurrence. ; 

After this Colonel Bell got permission to organize a company 
of cavalry for scouts. A few picked men were taken from each 
company and Sergeant Hicks (Company H) was given the com- 
mand. 

They practiced the cavalry drill and were quite separated 
from the rest of the regiment. They were accustomed, as part 
of their drill, to go out riding eight or ten miles into the coun- 
try. On one of these expeditions Captain Hicks lingered a lit- 
tle behind his company, and they lost sight of him in turning 
the corner of a road. Probably they were only two or three 
rods in advance of him. They heard firing and directly turned 
back. The horse of Captain Hicks was found shot through the 
head but no trace of his rider, nor of any one else, and no signs 
of any scuffle were found. They could not fate him and re- 
turned to camp. I think about two or three hours after their 
return he made his appearance. He said he had been suddenly 
attacked by a party concealed in the bushes and that he man- 


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aged to throw himself from his horse and elude them by hid- 
ing in the bushes and underbrush, and so creeping away. His 
story was doubted among some of the officers and men, who 
believed that he had simply been concocting an adventure; but 
that Colonel Bell believed it is proved by the precaution he took. 
He detailed parties to throw up earthworks on the side of the 
fort commanding the road to Palatka, the scene of the captain’s 
mishap, and the cavalry were sent out eight or ten miles scout- 
fing but without result. There was also a party, of which I 
made one, under command of Lieutenant Kendall, to search 
the neighboring plantations. 

These events gave us the feeling that perhaps an attack on 
Fort Marion was intended and kept us on the alert. 

One night the pickets fired and the report was sent in that 
men had been seen creeping in the bushes. Colonel Bell came 
up to the fort and ordered the shelling of the woods beyond 
our pickets. We fired in earnest from the howitzer with which 
we had been practicing, and had an opposition to show the bene- 
fit of our practice. It was fully believed in camp that the fort 
was about to be attacked. The unusual sound of the booming 
from the old fort-and the explosion of shell in the woods in the 
night time considerabiy excited the inhabitants of the town, but 
the anticipated did not come. Whether the shelling of the 
woods satisfied the enemy or whether it was a false alarm, the 
men did not ever know. 

Hubbard and I had one day a pleasure excursion into the 
country. Colonel Bell gave us a pass (outside the lines). We 
went to one empty house and explored the devastated rooms. 
One, perhaps a library, had bookcases in it. These had been 
opened and books and pamphlets were strewn about the floor. 
We found similar ruin in other apartments, books and letters and 
papers thrown about the floor, as if some one leaving in haste 
had rejected one after another from what he was carrying. The 
house indicated an owner of wealth and refinement. 

We wandered cautiously about, enjoying our freedom for some 
hours, and my impression is I got back to camp just after my 
name had been called at roll-call and I had been reported. 
Hubbard, I believe, arrived before his name was called. 


























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A party of us went one day down to a sandy point at th 7 
mouth of the river, opposite the lighthouse. This point mak 
out into the sea to a great distance and at high tide most of 
is covered, making a dangerous sand bar. It is here that y 
had our perilous adventure in rowing the mail in. It being low 
tide, we amused ourselves gathering shells and fishing for crabs 
A singular sight to us was a long row of pelicans standing i1 
military order, erect and still, on the low sand bar, with the sea 
for a background. ‘They deceived the eye completely in their 
resemblance to a line of men. Wherever we stopped along th 
coast and found pretty shells I always took pains to collect them 
to send home. 

There was a bathhouse a little way down the seawall fro 
the fort which was visited by the men very often, some goin 
in pathing as often as two or three times a day, so that on 
could hardly ever find it unoccupied by a goodly number of men 
ut any time of day. As it was not so pleasant bathing with the 
crowd, some of our party got in the habit of going in just ea 
of the fort (into the bay), where there was a nice sandy beac 
Here, however, we were troubled with sharks. We had see 
them several times but thought they would not touch us. One 
day while a party of us were in bathing one of our number 
suddenly cried out, “I am bitten by a shark,” and swam ra 
idly towards the shore, as did all of us. We found he had th 
marks of the shark’s teeth in the flesh of one of his legs, whie 
was lacerated quite badly and bleeding freely. He said he sa 
the creature just as he was about to attack him and began kie 
ing quite briskly, which he thought saved his leg. It is n 
less to say that the number of bathers was smaller afterwar 
for this particular location. 

On the vessel coming down in the expedition we could see 
sharks, when the air was clear, following in the wake of tl 
steamer for hours, sometimes on one side and sometimes on 
other, as though ready to pick up whatever was thrown over- 
board. 

We usually had some kind of an entertainment on the Fourth 
of July. While here at St. Augustine the officers got out 9 





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regular program for the Fourth of July celebration, which was a 
rather funny one, to say the least. Among other things was a 
greased pig which was let loose, and a number of contestants 
started in pursuit in expectation of getting a reward of $5 (or 
some such sum) offered for the one who could catch and hold him. 
Another feat was the climbing of a greased pole to reach some 
article placed at the top, a prize to be given the one who ac- 
complished it. In vain did one after another try, only to slide 
to the ground after succeeding in mounting a few feet. A tub 
filled two thirds full of meal was placed on the ground. In this 
meal was said to be a $5 goldpiece. Two negroes, who had very 
‘black faces, one on either side of the tub and on their knees, 
with hands tied behind them, took upon themselves the task 
of finding the money in the meal, which the finder was to have 
if he would find it with his mouth. There were bag races and 
wheelbarrow and tub races, ete. 

One of the men, a private in the regiment, married a young 
lady whose home was in the village, and when we left St. 
Augustine he sent her north to his home. 

During our stay at St. Augustine a sad accident happened. 
A boat capsized in the bay and three men were drowned, Cor- 
poral Cofran and Privates Libby and Lamey of Company D. 
There were nine in the boat and only two were able to swim 
ashore. 

[Dates from June 17, 1862, to September 9, 1862, missing, 
the matter being condensed under April 11, 1862. ] 


May 11, 1862. 
We are at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla. I am on guard 
tonight. 
May 12, 1862. 
The story has circulated that we are to go home, that Goy- 
ernor Berry has seen the President and that we are to go on 
the 20th of May. I don’t believe it but I think we shall go m 
afew weeks. We each have a new suit of clothes throughout, in- 
eluding shoes. The boats run about once in two weeks or ten 
days, so our mails are old. 
The climate here is the most like New Hampshire of any state 
in the South. There is a nice cool air, even when it is very hot. 


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June 16, 1862. 
Captain Sleeper has been promoted lieutenant colonel. I hate 
to have him leave the camp. Lieutenant Wallace has taken his 
place. I have made out almost all his rolls for him. One of 
the men drowned from Compny D was found today. 
June 17, 1862. 
Received five letters and eight papers by mail today, including 
a letter from Addie. There was also a book from Aunt Hat- 
tie. I am well and in good spirits and live in hopes all 
the time, though I don’t know as peace will be declared for 
a long time, but I think they must give up soon. JI have 
weighed one hundred and sixty-three pounds since I have been 
here, but only one hundred and sixty now. I weighed one 
hundred and forty-five when I left home. I hear Smith Whit 
field has gone home wounded. I was in hopes all Francestown 
boys would get home free from hurt. I don’t know but what 
they will remove us from here if they send out raw recruits and 
put us forward. I am willing to go, I am sure. 
We have some hot weather here but not as much as | ex- 
pected. We have nice watermelons. 
September 9, 1862. — 
Today general order from General Hunter relieving the 
Fourth New Hampshire went into force. It was read on dress- 
parade at about 5 P. M., on parade ground west of fort. After 
the reading Adjutant Fuller indignantly tore up the paper and 
threw it behind him and the men cheered him heartily. 
This order we all regarded as an insult to the colonel and the 
regiment. Whether General Hunter had been misinformed, or 
whether he had allowed himself to be prejudiced against Colonel 
Bell was uncertain. It is only sure the regiment was very un- 
justly disgraced for a time. 
The facts which led to the trouble were as follows: A young 
girl, perfectly white in appearance but having colored blood, 
was in the habit of visiting the fort, to the annoyance of the 
regiment. Colonel Bell at last forbade her coming to the camp 
any more, and finding that these orders were not obeyed, form- 
ally notified her that if she repeated her visits she would be 


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put outside the picket lines. She paid no heed to this order 
and the next time she made her appearance she was sent out- 
side the lines. It was very easy at this time for an order to be 
misinterpreted if a man had any personal enemies, for the 
popular sentiment was setting very strongly in favor of the 
negroes. The regiment never knew the reason of the unde- 
served punishment, but I suspect there was a great deal of un- 
derhand work in it. As I have only suspicions, which I cannot 
verify, I shall not detail them here. One thing is perfectly 
sure, his men never for a moment lost confidence in Colonel 
Bell, and the fact of his immediately resuming command again 
seemed to show that the affair was treated lightly by General 
Hunter. It stirred up a good deal of excitement and ill feel- 
ing against the commanding general, however, which by and by 
subsided. These matters will be referred to again under the 
proper dates. 

The obnoxious order required Colonel Bell to report at once 
to Hilton Head and the regiment to also report as soon as pos- 
sible after the arrival of Colonel Putnam and his command 
(Seventh New Hampshire Regiment), which was today. 

September 10, 1862. 

Today we embarked on board the steamer “Ben DeFord.” 
The inhabitants of the city had become attached to the regi- 
ment and gave us a most cordial good-by. The windows and 
doors were everywhere thrown open and filled with people wav- 
ing handkerchiefs and cheering, and some even weeping, as we 
marched down through the town from the fort to the wharf. 
Bitter secessionists told me that they were astonished at the 
good behavior of our regiment. Some of their own troops had 
immediately preceded us in the occupation of the city and they 
found them to be thieves and plunderers. Of course they ex- 
pected nothing better of their enemies. We consoled them with 
the news that another New Hampshire regiment was to take 
our place, and predicted that they would find them the same 
kind of men. We were sorry ourselves, apart from our indigna- 


tion, to leave our pleasant quarters and surroundings in St. 
Augustine. 


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September 11, 1862. 

We arrived at Hilton Head today, and what howling there 
was for Colonel Bell! © Old Hunter had to relieve Bell oy I 
think the boys would have killed him. Ran to Beaufort and 
went into camp in the bushes with no tent. They say it is to 
punish us for howling so at Hilton Head. } 
That night it rained hard and we had to take care of our 
selves as best we could. Our camp was on ground covered bg 
low, scrubby, harsh bushes, and we had to work hard to clear it 
up Fuicientiy to rest and to get ready for our tents when they 


should come. 
September 13, 1862. 


General Mitchell tried to review us but could not see the 
whole regiment on account of the bushes, but he made a speech 

and promised us some fighting. 

[| Dates to SCinenauen 28, 1862, missing. | 

September 28, 1862. 

We are at Beaufort, 8. C. Report came today that Stone- 

wall Jackson and force are taken. I don’t believe it. 
September 29, 1862. 

I am in good health. We have moved our camp from where 
we were when we first came up here, and are now only about a 
mile from the village, under a nice pine grove. The war looks 
pretty dark now but I believe we are going to see better times 
soon and I don’t feel discouraged yet. 

I am sick of the life, and was when I commenced it, but I 
don’t allow myself to think of the disagreeable part but feel 
willing to endure almost anything and stay as long as Pm 
needed, and then I want to go to New Hampshire. 

I have the feeling that as long as I stay in the Fourth New 
Hampshire Regiment they will never go into a regular battle. 

We have a chaplain in our regiment but they don’t seem to be 
what they ought to be. They hold meetings only once in a 


great while. He'takes the mail. d 
Saturday, Oct. 18, 1862. 


At Beaufort, S. C. Came in from picket and found ourselves 
under marching orders of several days’ standing. 


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October 19, 1862. 

We are in Beaufort, S. C. I am in excellent health and 
spirits, though I learn you (E. P. B.) are inclined to be a lit- 
tle discouraged about the war, but I think when you look things 
squarely in the face you will come to the same conclusion that 
I have, and that is this: I think that there is an overruling 
Hand in this, from beginning to end, and that the Lord had 
more than one object in putting it into the minds of the South 
to rebel. One is for punishment to the whole nation, and an- 
other is to bring freedom to all slaves, and I think that it will 
never be settled until the slaves are emancipated. I believe if 
our troops had whipped the rebels right away after the time we 
had such good success in every battle that it would not have 
killed slavery. But the Lord caused it to be so. I think that the 
rebels were stronger than we were aware of and we can’t whip 
them until we emancipate their slaves. They keep them at 
work fortifying and raising crops while they are fighting. If 
we had only done that in the first place we could have been vic- 
torious now, but we have shown to the world, and the South in 
particular, that we did not come out here to fight to liberate 
their slaves but to whip them. We must do so now. I look 
forward to see our army prosper as soon as the slaves are freed. 
Of course we don’t expect they can get away and he free in a 
minute, but I hope the rebels will find they have got hard work 
to keep them. 

We have been under marching orders for a week but do not 
move, though some say we are to go aboard a boat by next Mon- 
day to go to Savannah or Charleston, but I don’t believe we shall 
go. If we do the rebels will run. They always do where we 
go. 

One night while the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania were on picket 
at the Port Royal ferry they said to the rebel pickets across the 
ferry that they were going to be relieved. The rebels asked 
what regiment was to relieve them, and were told it was the 
Fourth New Hampshire. “What!” said they, “the regiment 
that has been at St. Augustine with the long-range rifles? We 
have heard enough about those fellows. We don’t want to have 


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anything to do with them.” By the way, the Seventh New 
Hampshire, who took our place at St. Augustine, were fired upon 
by the rebel guerillas. One man was killed in sight of the 
Seventh Regiment pickets. 

We have now changed our Belgian rifles for a lighter one, the — 
old ones weighing some eleven or fourteen pounds. Our new 
ones are just as accurate and equally good in close action. 

I feel real provoked when I-think of it—young men that haye 
to work out for a living staying at home these times. I know 
of a fellow that told me before I came away that he was not 
afraid to enlist but he could make money fast enough at home 
and live easy, and he thought it for his interest to stay at home, 
Yes, such men as that are cowards, but in after years, if any-— 
one should be talking about the rebellion, they would be the first 
to brag and tell how smart the North were—how they whipped. 

Apples are selling here at six dollars a barrel, or five cents” 
apiece. 

I am almost twenty-two; shall be the 26th of October. I hear 
we are to have a general inspection tomorrow, so I guess we shall” 
move soon; it is a pretty sure sign. I expect to go to Savannah 
or Charleston, though they have a pontoon bridge all loaded to” 
take up to the Ferry. We may go over that way instead. 


Monday, Oct. 20, 1862. 
Had orders to have three days’ rations cooked and be ready to 
march Tuesday morning at nine o’clock. 


Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1862. 
At 9 A. mM. marched down to wharf and went on board 
steamer “Boston,” which, after waiting till 1 Pp. m., took us down 
to Hilton Head. Here we went on board a gunboat [“Cone- 
maugh,” as given by A. Dodge]. : 
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1862. 
Lay on board gunboat over night. Started at about 3 A. My 
and went about twenty-five or thirty miles, as near as I could 
judge, to Island. Here a small detail in command of 
a sergeant was sent ashore to capture picket post. It was said 
that they took this means for the secret landing of the troops. 





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Owing to some blunder of the sergeants, it was said, the rebels 
discovered them and fled on horseback. We immediately 


landed. 
October 22, 1862. 


It was while charging through the woods in the skirmish line 
that Corporal Gilpatrick and myself, who were a rod or two in 
advance of the rest of the line, came to a puddle of rain water 
caught among the dead leaves. We were very thirsty, from our 
Tun and the warm weather, and dropped quickly to the ground 
for a drink. When we arose Corporal Gilpatrick, noticing men 
running a little in advance of him, raised his rifle, exclaiming, 
“There are the rebels! Shoot the cusses!” I looked and, recog- 
mizing a part of our own skirmish line, which had passed us 
as we paused, cried, “Hold on, Tom! Don’t shoot our own 
men!” He stopped, horrified at his narrow escape. I think I 
did save Sergeant Rollins’s life, first where the Sixth Connecti- 
eut made the advance charge. In this woods the colonel or 
lieutenant colonel was killed. A rebel sharpshooter had secreted 
himself in a tree and remained behind after their retreat, and 
while inside our lines deliberately fired at Some of the 
men saw him fire. A whole company was ordered to shoot at 
him in the tree, which they did, and killed him. 

The object of the expedition was to cut the railway coming 
between Charleston and Savannah at Coosawhatchie. The river 
at this last place is very difficult to cross, it being impossible at 
low tide on account of the mud, and at high tide on account of 
the depth of water as well. They had a strong battery com- 
manding a drawbridge which crossed the river here and which 
was the only means of getting to the opposite shore. 

_ As soon as possible we commenced our march and marched 
about eight or ten miles on a road which crossed the island in 
the direction of Coosawhatchie. At this point the rebel troops 
came out, accompanied by two pieces of artillery. It was now 
about 2 p.m. As the Fourth New Hampshire had the place of 
honor, the first lieutenant (Richardson) said it was the second 
regiment to be called into the fight. We had been marching 
by four rank and Colonel Bell gave the order to go double quick, 























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and we went so about one half mile, and then we heard our artil- 
lery (we had two pieces) fire a gun, to draw out the enemy, I 
suppose. We kept on a short distance, when we had orders 
halt and form a line of battle. Then the shells came over in 
good earnest. We were on an open slope and the rebels in some 
woods below, where they could see us without being seen and 
could get a good range. The Sixth Connecticut formed the first 
line of battle. The Fourth New Hampshire were immediately 
behind, forming the second. We were followed by the Seventh 
Connecticut, forming the third. 

The first two or three shells burst in the air to our right and 
back of us, but not many before a solid shot or an unexploded 
shell struck exactly in the ranks of the regiment in front of us 
and precisely in range of me. It made a space in the ranks 
about eight feet wide, killing one man and wounding two, and 
knocking down two or three more. The air from such a shot 
is enough to knock a man down. I have heard of men being 
killed by losing their breath from the wind of a ball. If these 


conta see it ene eee this shalline we were e simi at 
“parade rest,” on close column by division, that is, two companies 
in line, making five lines. In this position we waited orders. 


the sound of their guns from ours, sent a shell which exploded 
in the air immediately in front of us, throwing the pieces over 
my head, and buried themselves in the dirt behind us. The 





same time. As we were at “parade rest,” this saved his life 
My own position was on the extreme right of the company. In 
marching I marched in the rear of the orderly sergeant. I had 


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a chance, being on the right, to move out a few feet from the 
line, which I did. ‘This lasted only a few minutes and the regi- 
ment again formed into line of battle and followed the Sixth 
Connecticut, who charged down the hill. The rebels fell back 
about a mile and made another stand across a bridge, which 
they tore up after them. When we got there our regiment 
took the front and the Sixth Regiment fell back to the rear, 
pretty tired. Lieutenant Henry, U. 8. A., commanding the ar- 
tillery, a cool, brave fellow, called to us, “Boys, will you go with 
me? Now is our time! I want you to support me and I will 
support you if you will come on. If not, I will go alone.” We 
tushed in. I felt like helping him and so did all our regiment. 
The engineers put down a bridge for the artillery and we went 
across the swamp on their left and right. Our company was 
ahead on the right and got across first. It was an excellent place 
for the rebels to rally. The mud where our company crossed 
was a foot or more deep, and directly in front was a high bank 
which we must climb, covered with bushes and shrubs. . We 
rushed across like hounds, through the long grass and mud, ex- 
pecting to meet the rebel fire every moment, but they had fallen 
still farther back. 

On reaching this bank our company immediately deployed as 
skirmishers to find the enemy. We pursued them over a large 
cotton field, full of ditches, as far as some woods, in which they 
made a stand. The firing was rapid but wild. Our regiment 
soon came up and charged into the woods, driving them again 
through cornfields, cotton fields, and swamps, they occasionally 
making a stand and as often being routed. 

We drove them in this way about four miles, to the river, 
which they crossed on a bridge, which they drew up after 
them. This river is at low tide a bed of mud, which would bury 
anyone attempting to ford it. Our regiment still retained the 
same line of battle, across the road under Lieutenant Henry, 
occupying the road, and our regiment marching on either side. 
The line was parallel to the river and Company C held the ex- 
treme right. On our reaching the bank, which was covered with 
a heavy growth of wood, they opened on us from the other side. 


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They were now strengthened by a heavy land battery in their 
rear and by intrenchments. Here was the railway which it was 
our object to cut. The first few shots were directed to our left 
and center. From our position on the right we could see on the 
opposite bank mounted officers riding about and evidently giving 
orders to the battery, which was hidden under the trees. Ac- 





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cordingly, the right fired in the direction thus indicated, and it — 
was soon evident with some effect, for their guns were immedi- — 


ately turned on us. ‘This was the signal for hotter firing from 
the left and center, which again drew the rebel firing upon 
them. Lach side in turn sent up a defiant shout every time 


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as the rebel batteries thus acknowledged their fire. Their shells 


were soon replaced by grape and canister and chain shot, which 
were much more damaging. I saw large limbs of trees as big as 
my thigh snapped off. One man whom I saw led from the field 
had received a huge splinter of green wood directly in the face 
close to the nose, burying itself two or three inches in his face. I 
saw another with his head blown quite off, having been struck on 
the head by a shell, which exploded at the instant. His blood and 
brains were spattered over a comrade standing near. He had 
fallen forward as he fell, the muscles stiffening at once from the 
suddenness of his death, and stood supported on his feet and ex- 
tended hands. ‘This happened quite near me. Another was- 
wounded within a rod of me by grape shot, which swept over 
an acre. The charge went each side of me, so near I could feel” 
the wind from the bullets. Another was killed also beside me. 
I got behind a large tree and thus protected myself somewhat. 
The firing was very hot, hotter than anywhere else, the boys on 
the left afterward said, but I could not tell except by what they 
said. An important thing is to improve all advantages for pro- 
tecting the men, and Major Drew soon came along with orders to 
fall back into the woods a rod or two and protect ourselves as 
well as we could. I and Private Griffin, who was with me, had 
secured good positions, and Major Drew said “All right,” so we 
remained where we were. Soon after this the Fourth New 
Hampshire were relieved by the Seventh Connecticut and our 
regiment moved off some half mile into some woods on the 


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extreme left of the line, to protect its flank against any sur- 
prise. Griffin and I remained in our places, busily firing, un- 
conscious of the removal of our regiment, until about an hour 
of sundown, when, our ammunition being exhausted, we looked 
about us. All the soldier-caps near us had the figure “7” on 
them. In answer to my inquiries they said they had relieved 
the Fourth New Hampshire some two hours before. Getting the 
direction from them, we started somewhat anxiously to rejoin 
our regiment. We passed men all through the woods, some dead 
and some wounded. The latter were being removed and 
assisted. I did not allow myself to be affected by what I saw. 
All I could do was to look out for the bullets. They were pass- 
ing me on all sides and shells bursting in the air over my head. 
We came out into the road occupied by our center and here met 
Colonel Bell, who had been wounded in the foot and was on his 
way to the surgeon. He seemed glad to see us alive and well. 
Griffin had had a bullet lodge in his cartridge box. Colonel 
Bell directed us to the regiment and we soon found our com- 
pany. Captain Wallace and Lieutenant Mayne were sitting 
close under a tree with a group of men when we came up. As 
I stood talking, Captain Wallace called to me as a bullet struck 
into a green tree near us with a sharp crack, “Bryant, sit down! 
Youll get hit!’ The next instant a rifle ball struck him in the 
shoulder and came out at the elbow and wounded Lieutenant 
Mayne in the thigh. I think it was a sharpshooter concealed 
in a tree. It was a matter of surprise to me that more of our 
men were not injured, but if they had been drawn up in line 
of battle where Griffin and I were, and remained there as long, 
they would have been cut to pieces. They were protected by 
moving out of range of the batteries. ‘The nature of the ground 
and the position of the enemy made this possible. 

We did not succeed in our object, namely, the cutting of the 
railway and burning the railway bridge. We were prevented by 
lack of ammunition and reénforcements. The rebels were re- 
ceiving reénforcements all the afternoon. We could hear on our 
side the arrival of the trains. Our gunboats, it was said, burned 
the bridge, which was afterwards contradicted, and they 


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knocked an engine of a train of eight or ten cars, loaded with 
troops, off the track. That was above us. If they had come 
down to us they would have routed us at once. As it was, we 
fought them till after sundown. We ate our supper lying in 
the woods and there commenced to prepare for retreat. 

Our regiment was the last to leave, being given the post of 
honor, viz., that of rear guard to protect the retreat, to bring in 
the wounded, and to bury the dead. General Mitchell was par- 
ticular to see personally that all the dead were properly buried 
and all the wounded picked up. We buried them in their 
blankets under the trees. We sent the wounded to the front of 
the regiment and followed the retreat, marching by the four 
rank. We were obliged to carry the wounded in blankets, not 
being fully provided with stretchers. The enemy’s cavalry fol- 
lowed us a little timidly, and delayed us somewhat by occasion- 
ally dashing down on us. We would immediately form into 
line of battle and hold them in check, while the wounded moved 
on, and then proceed again. I helped carry a wounded 
sergeant from Company B of our regiment. He came from 
Nashua. I believe he was wounded in the breast and had a 
furlough afterward and recovered and came back to the regi- 
ment. 

It was a tedious march to landing. 

Thursday, Oct. 23, 1862: 

We got to the landing about 4 o’clock a. M. We slept om 
the ground till after sunrise. It was a grassy marsh in which 
we lay, but we were so completely fatigued that we dropped 
down in the mud, where we halted and slept. In the morning 
we woke lame and stiff from our exertions, and swollen and 
heated from the hot morning sun which had been pouring down 
on us. We got on board the gunboat, which was no small job, 
and lay on the deck through the day and night. Got fresh, 
hot rations here. The rations were a present from the men, and 
I believe a ration of whiskey from the officers of the gunboat, 
as they saw our men were so exhausted. Many of the men on 
the boat were very hospitable, offering their own hammocks to 
us. Some were accepted; but I preferred sleeping on the deck. 


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Friday, Oct. 24, 1862. 

Got back to Beaufort this afternoon. General Mitchell says 
he “means to clear them out of there,” so we are anticipating 
going up again in a few days. 

Horace Forsaith is in the hospital sick. I found myself ex- 
tremely nervous today and others were affected the same way. 
Every fly that buzzed by would cause us to dodge as if it were 
a rifle ball. 

There were only fifteen wounded and three killed in our 
regiment, according to report. I think, however, there were 
some twenty-seven or twenty-eight wounded. Other regiments 
suffered much more, some losing as many as forty or fifty, I 
think. - 

[Dates to December 22 missing. | 


The following is a letter received by Mary Rowe: 

BEAUFORT, 8. C., Dec. 22, 1862. 

Dear Sister—I have just returned from battalion drill, in 
which the whole, or nearly the whole, regiment deployed as 
skirmishers. ‘They had blank cartridges and fired just as though 
the enemy were really before them. And it seemed as though 
Pocotaligo had got round. I blew the calls for the major, back 
at the rear; a call for every command: “Forward,” “Right Flank,” 
“In Retreat,” etc. It is only fun for me. I am well and in 
good spirits, but don’t know much news; could write you some 
camp stories but don’t consider them worth writing. I am in 
hopes that Burnside will clean them out at Fredericksburg, but 
T am fearful that the rebels will concentrate their whole force 
there and whip him. But they have got a tough old fellow to 
deal with. 

Little did I think when I wrote last winter that this unholy 
war would last till now. I have been in as smart a battle as 
any that has been fought, I think, considering the number en- 
gaged; had some pretty narrow escapes. By the mercy of God 
I came out without a scratch. I looked my coat all over to see 
if there were any holes in it made by grape shot or pieces of 
shell, for I could feel the wind from them as they passed me 
many times and wounded or killed those behind me. 

_I understand we are going back to St. Augustine before 
long; it may be a camp story. But I guess we shall go in a 
month or so. 


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I suppose you imagine it is warm down here, but we have 
some real cold weather. It freezes ice an inch thick nights and 
we are not allowed any stoves in our tents, so it makes it “fired” 
cold evenings and mornings; only warm in the middle of the 
day. 

How I should like to be sitting tonight by a good warm fcal 
in my old home, eating some of those good Baldwin apples. I 
could eat about a peck of them. 

The story that is in circulation in camp is that Burnside has” 
been driven back across the river and has lost 1,505 men, but 
I hope it is not true. I have heard it three or four times since 
I have been writing this. One story was that we had 
whipped the rebels up there. You probably have the whole 
truth of the case before now and know the result of the hat- 
tle, but I shall have to wait a week or ten days. I am now 
stopping nights with the postmaster. I have to look after the 
office while he goes away when I am not on duty. 

I understand the mail goes from Hilton Head tomorrow and 
I guess you will get this letter pretty soon after date. I have 
learned forty-eight calls on the bugle and don’t know the notes 
very well either. I have them to blow almost every day. 

I suppose I can go into the band when it comes from New 
Hampshire if I want to. They are getting up one and are going 
to fill it up from the regiment. I don’t know whether I shall 
or not; shall see Dignam (the old leader of the Manchester 
Cornet Band) when he comes. The captain (Wallace) of my 
company wants me to come back into the company and take 
a corporal’s berth, and says there is no doubt but that I should 
be a sergeant in less than three months, as two of the sergeants 
are to be made lieutenants soon. But I came out here to fight 
and can fight for my country as a private. I may go into the 
company sometime but the colonel doesn’t want me to now. 


Thursday, Jan. 1, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. No drilling. Game of ball. Got a mail 
at Beaufort. Report in camp today that rebel steamer “Alas 
bama” had captured our sailing vessel “Ariel,” which was in our 
fleet. 


Friday, Jan. 2, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant; had a long drill. Captain Wallace re- 


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turned a few days ago to our company; says times are gloomy 
enough. 
Saturday, Jan. 3, 1863. 
Another hard drill. Signed the clothing roll. 


Sunday, Jan. 4, 1863. 
Knapsack and general inspection. 

Monday, Jan. 5, 1863. 
Drilling as usual. Very cloudy and looks like rain. 


. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1863. 
Our Company C was on guard today. It rained hard most 
of the day; no drilling. 
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1863. 


Drilling today as usual. 
Thursday, Jan. 8, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Had a grand review. It began at 
8 A. M. and lasted till noon. After the review we had a sham 
battle between infantry and artillery. The review and inspec- 
tion were by order of Generals Seymour and Brennan. Both 
were present. 


Friday, Jan. 9, 1863. 
Mail came today. Cool and windy. I wrote a letter and 
sealed it and gave it to Dodge to direct to whom he pleased. 
He sent it to Addie. 


Saturday, Jan. 10, 1863. 
Our regiment got up at about three o’clock to go out to the 
Port Royal Ferry on-ten days’ picket. It is ten miles from 
camp. It rained hard. Dodge went on guard when we got 
there. The countersign was “Monterey.” 


Sunday, Jan. 11, 1863. 
Cool and pleasant. Dodge says: “I got relieved from guard 
and got into camp (meaning picket headquarters) just at noon. 
My post was five or six miles from camp.” 


















256 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Monday, Jan. 12, 1863, 
Warm and pleasant. 


Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Dodge was on guard at the same post 
countersign “Buena Vista.” 


Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1863. 
Fair and windy. Dodge returned from picket. 


Thursday, Jan. 15, 1863. 

Dodge speaks of visiting: Rose Island Place. Mail came 

Cool and windy. 

Friday, Jan. 16, 1863. 

Cool and windy; very rainy. Dodge on picket; counter 

“Tory.” Our artillery left for Beaufort to go in the expedi 
supposed to be starting to take Charleston, 8. C. 


Saturday, Jan. 17, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant this morning when we came in from 
picket but a cold, windy night. 


Sunday, Jan. 18, 1863. 
Very cool and windy. Baked beans for breakfast. Dodg 
was on quarter-guard; exchanged places with William Wo 
bridge. Countersign was “Malacall.” Dodge sprained his ankl 
and took cold so that it troubled him, but he managed to do 
guard duty. 
F _ Monday, Jan. 19, 1863. 
Cold and rainy. Another mail. Corporal Tenney shot his 
thumb off accidentally. He was corporal of the guard and wa 
returning from one of the posts to which he had been eallec 
carrying his rifle over his shoulder, with the barrel in front, I 
hand near the muzzle. He stumbled in the dark, throwing his 
gun forward and striking the hammer. The piece discharged 
blowing off his thumb. He was sent to Hilton Head hosp 
and after recovering served there as nurse for some time. 
was then put into the invalid corps. These duties he seemed 
to prefer to those of a soldier. 


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Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1863. 
Rained very hard this morning. At 9 a. m. the Sixth Con- 
necticut came out to relieve us. We got into Beaufort about 
noon. It was very muddy all the way. Our guns were well 
rusted by the time we got back. Mail came. 


Wednesday, Jan. 21, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant this forenoon. We cleaned our guns. 
Harvey Buxton came back to the regiment. He was taken pris- 
oner on our way from Annapolis. 
Thursday, Jan. 22, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Had two battalion drills, one in the 
morning and one in the afternoon. 
Friday, Jan. 23, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Had a company drill. 
Saturday, Jan. 24, 1863. 
Warm and very pleasant. Got a mail. 
Sunday, Jan. 25, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Had an inspection. 
Monday, Jan. 26, 1863. 
Cool, windy, and rainy part of the day. 
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1863. 
Cool and rainy. Our company on guard. Dodge did not go. 


Countersign “Toronto.” 
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1863. 


Cold and windy. A little snow on the ground this morning. 
We could just scrape up a little for snowballs. Another mail. 
Thursday, Jan. 29, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Our company at work on the rifle pits 
and felling trees. Dodge worked, chopping. 
Friday, Jan. 30, 1863. 
Had a gun and knapsack inspection by Lieutenant Henry (of 
the U. 8. Regular Artillery). In the afternoon he drilled our 
regiment in battalion drill. He tried all the captains and first 
lieutenants in commanding regiment. 


258 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Saturday, Jan. 31, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Went on picket tonight. Countersign 
was “Matrimorphos.” 
Sunday, Feb. 1, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant again. Our company have no inspection 
today, as we came in from picket. In the evening we received a 


mail. 
Monday, Feb. 2, 1863. 


Cool this morning and cloudy. Our company were all detailed 
to go out to shovel on the rifle pits. 
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1863. 
Pleasant but cool. Company C again detailed to work on the 
fort. Eleventh Maine and One Hundred Fourth Pennsylvania 
regiments pitched their tents near us. It rained last night. 


Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1863. 
Cool and windy. We are again at work on the fortifications. 
Hiram Foster in Company H, in carrying a heavy log, broke his 
leg. His twin brother was with him. Rained last night again. 


Thursday, Feb. 5, 1863. 
Rained hard all day. Mail today. 
Friday, Feb. 6, 1863. 
Company C are on guard today. Cold and rainy. Dodge was 
on supernumerary list for first time since he enlisted. Counter- 
sign was “Brandywine.” 
Saturday, Feb. 7, 1863. 
The most of the regiment went out working on the rifle pits, 
but our company did not go. We cleaned up our guns for in- 


spection. 
Sunday, Feb. 8, 1863. 


Had a company inspection and the “laws of war” read to us. 
Very pleasant day. Went down about a mile with the mail to 
Beaufort, the postmaster being sick. Very indignant with 


“Northern Copperheads.” 
Monday, Feb. 9, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. We are at work upon the rifle pits again 
today. 


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Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Drilling. We had the pleasure of 
showing Colonel Sleeper’s wife how well our company could do 
the bayonet exercise. 
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1863. 
Drilling as usual. Warm and pleasant. 
Thursday, Feb. 12, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. 


Friday, Feb. 13, 1863. 
Another warm, pleasant day. 


Saturday, Feb. 14, 1863. 
Warm and rainy. 


Sunday, Feb. 15, 1863. 
Company inspection today. Mail. 


Monday, Feb. 16, 1863. 
Company C on guard today. Dodge not on. Cloudy and dull. 
Paid off: two months’ pay, with clothing bill deducted or added, 
as the case might be. Dodge received $13. He says not enough 
to pay all his little bills. 
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1863. 
Rained in the forenoon; warm and pleasant in the afternoon. 
The regiment went out to shoot at target. The companies were 
changed today at dress-parade. Company C is now second com- 
pany. Robert Seaver begins to act as second lieutenant of Com- 
pany E. 
Thursday, Feb. 19, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Our company presented Lieuten- 
ant Seaver, formerly our orderly sergeant, with a new sword and 
sash. 
Friday, Feb. 20, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. Our regiment went out to Port 
Royal (the ferry) on ten days’ picket. Our company is on guard 
tonight. The countersign is “Mexico.” 
Saturday, Feb. 21, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Came into headquarters with a lot of 
peanuts. A. D. went to a dance. Colonel Sleeper joined in 
with the negroes, which pleased them very much. 


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Sunday, Feb. 22, 1863. 
Warm and rainy till 9 a. u., when it cleared away. A. D. got 
reported for being absent at roll-call. He had gone over to the 
brick yard to get some peanuts, cider, and oysters. Mail today. 


Monday, Feb. 23, 1863. 
A. D. was on picket today on the island; countersign 


“Potomac.” 
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1863. 


A. D. came in from picket and brought two superior hoe- 
cakes and some more peanuts. Mail today. 
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. The rebels came over with a flag of 


truce. Another mail. 
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. A. D. says: “On picket tonight. The 


countersign is ‘Canton.’ ” 
Friday, Feb. 27, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. A. D. says: “Had a good time.” 


Saturday, Feb. 28, 1863. 
Rainy. Our regiment came into camp from the ten days’ 
picket. F 
Sunday, March 1, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. We had another regimental inspection. 
S. P. Hubbard, our regimental mail agent, was detailed to post- 
office in Beaufort, and I was notified by Colonel Bell that I was 
to take his place. We got a small mail. Dodge and I went to 
town tonight. 
Monday, March 2, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Drilling as usual. The regiment went 
out target shooting. Each company was to fire one hundred 
cartridges on three different days, the prize, a Burnside rifle, to 
be given to the company which made the best shots. 
Tuesday, March 3, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Our regiment is at work cutting bushes 
by the side of a shell road so the artillery can cross. William 
Winn shot a “perron.” 


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Wednesday, March 4, 1863. 
We all got ready for general inspection by General Saxton, 
but he didn’t come. Got orders to take the place of the Sixth 
Connecticut and be ready to leave at any time. (The Sixth 
Connecticut were probably under marching orders, and we put 
under marching orders in their stead.) ~ 


Thursday, March 5, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Our company is on guard. 


Friday, March 6, 1863. 
Very pleasant. Received orders again to be ready to leave 
here at a moment’s notice. 
Saturday, March 7, 1863. 
Very pleasant. Rained last night. All of the provost guards 
and others detached from the regiment up in good shape. That 
these men were sent back we considered an indication that the 
Tegiment was soon going into action. 


Sunday, March 8, 1863. 

General inspection by General Saxton. He called us a model 
regiment and an honor to the old state of New Hampshire, and 
when he inspected Company C he said that was the best company 
he had inspected in the department. We understood that he 
had been down to the Head three days in succession to see Gen- 
eral Hunter about having the order for our departure counter- 
manded, which was done. But we were finally ordered to be 
ready again, to go in case the colonel and other officers of the 
Sixth Connecticut did not return from the North in time for 
that regiment to take our place. Therefore we were at this time 
under marching orders but uncertain of leaving. 


Monday, March 9, 1863. 
Very warm. We had avery hard skirmish drill. J. Corcoran 
of Company B got shot through the wrist by an accidental dis- 
charge of his gun. 
Tuesday, March 10, 1863. 
Our regiment is on picket tonight; countersign “Monterey.” 
Tonight the mail was so heavy that I took a man down to Beau- 
fort to help bring it up to camp. It took about an hour to dis- 


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tribute it. Some half dozen officers helped me. I had to fasten 
up my tent (a large wall tent), the men rushed in so eagerly to 
get letters. My dutics as mail agent were to collect the mail 
(I usually went to the officers’ tents for their mail but kept a 
mail box at my tent door for the men to drop theirs in) each 
morning and carry it to the Beaufort postoffice, and get any 
mail that came in for us, and bring it up and distribute it into 
boxes, the officers usually coming in and helping; then the or- 
derly sergeants would come and get their company’s mail. I had 
at the back of my tent a set of boxes (pigeon holes) built to re- 
ceive the letters, one for all the officers and one for each com- 
pany; in front of this a table on which the officers and myself 
stood to distribute the letters. We have large mails but not very 
often. 

I still help bugle some. Buglers all have orders to (as many 
as wish) turn over their guns to their captain. All have, but I 
chose to keep mine. 

We expect to have some fighting to do very soon by all the 
signs of the times. 

Wednesday, March 11, 1863. 

Warm and pleasant. Came in from picket. Mail. 


Thursday, March 12, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Drilling as usual. 


Friday, March 13, 1863. 
Warm again; very windy—sand blows. badly. Mail. 


Saturday, March 14, 1863. 
Pleasant and warm. Another piece of mail. 


The following is a letter to Mary Rowe: 


Beavurort, S. C., March 14, 1863. 
Dear Sister,—I received five letters, two from Addie, one from 
Sarah Emerson, one from G. F. Woodward, and your own, and 
expect to get a few more tonight when the mail comes up from 
Hilton Head, as I understand the express boat is in with the 

mail. I am well and in good spirits and enjoy myself finely. 
You asked if I were regimental bugler. I am not at present; 
am postmaster for the regiment, and have been for some few 


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weeks. Each company has a bugler now. I helped to teach a 
greater part of them and now some of them can blow the calls 
right. JI have learned about one hundred different calls, but we 
have only forty-eight which we use daily. I have to go after the 
mail and distribute it here at the office. Each orderly comes to 
get his mail for his company. Each company has a box. Some- 
times the officers come in and help me assort the mail. I keep 
stationery, ink, newspapers, pens, etc., for sale. 

The boys don’t have much manners out here. They came in 
and sat on my bed and [I had to tell them forty-’leven times to 
get off it. Finally I had a counter built across the tent, so they 
can only come so far. The officers say it’s a good plan and ought 
to have been done before. 

_ Yes, I wish F. could have a ride on the wooden horse, but he 
ean do as he pleases and nobody will interfere with him in 
Francestown, but he’d better keep still to me when I get home. 

Tam ina hurry. I have to frank letters. All that cannot 
pay the money have them franked by signing Major Drew’s name 
or the colonel’s. 

I doubt your seeing me before my year and a half is ended, 
unless I am wounded or sick, in which case I should want to 
come home. I expect we shall have to go into a big fight soon, 
as we are under marching orders and have been for a week. As 
quick as they get ready to strike on Charleston we shall go, I 
expect. 

I have refused to take a corporal’s berth when I should soon 
be sergeant, and if I was a mind to go in for it, could get a 
lieutenancy, I suppose. 


Sunday, March: 15, 1863. 
Pleasant. Had company inspection. 


Monday, March 16, 1863. 
We are on guard today. Countersign was “Vera Cruz.” 


Tuesday, March 17, 1863. 
Drilling as usual. Cool and windy. We are still under 
marching orders. 


Wednesday, March 18, 1863. 
Windy. Went out to shoot at target; prize, $10 for the best 
shot. Man ia Company D got the prize. Dodge made the best 
shot in Company C, putting a ball into the inside ring. 


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Thursday, March 19, 1863. 
Drilling as usual. Dodge wrote to M. J. Daniels and to 
Frances Wallace, care A. ©. W. 


Friday, March 20, 1863. — 
Cold, windy, and rainy. Our regiment went to the Ferry on 
picket. 


_ Saturday, March 21, 1863. 
Weather today is the same as yesterday. 


Sunday, March 22, 1863. 
Windy and rainy this morning but cleared away. Dodge on 
guard; countersign “Agincourt.” 
Monday, March 23, 1863. 
_ Pleasant. Got mail. 
Tuesday, March 24, 1863. 
Rainy in the morning but cleared away by noon. Dodge re- 
ceived a New York Ledger, with answer to his letter of March 
14 in it. 
Wednesday, March 25, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant again. On guard tonight. Countersign 
was “Hastings.” 
Thursday, March 26, 1863. 
Came off picket this morning. Mail. 


Friday, March 27, 1863. 
Pleasant and warm. 


Saturday, March 28, 1863. 

Very pleasant. 
Sunday, March 29, 1863. 

Went on picket. Countersign was “Marengo.” 


Monday, March 30, 1863. 
Came in from picket; rained very hard; got very wet. 


Tuesday, March 31, 1863. 
Cold and rainy. 


Wednesday, April 1, 1863. 
We came into Beaufort camp. Mail. 


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Thursday, April 2, 1863. 
Warm, pleasant day. Drilling on battalion drill again. 
Friday, April 3, 1863. 
We did not drill today but struck tents to go on board a boat, 
but as the wind blew so hard we did not go. It rained hard at 
night. Dodge has bad cold. Slept with me in the postoffice 
tent. 
Saturday, April 4, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. After sundown we again struck our 
tents, and half of our regiment went on steamer “Convoy” and 
half on another steamer. After dark, while on board, I heard 
that a mail had arrived and went on shore for it. In the 
meantime the regiment left for Hilton Head. As all my 
blankets, rations, etc., were on board, I had to look for lodgings, 
ete. I stopped with the postmaster over night. 


Sunday, April 5, 1863. 
This morning I visited the provost marshal, Captain Green- 
leaf, and got a pass; went to Hilton Head, thinking to overtake 
my regiment, but as they left the Head last night at twelve and 
arrived at Stono Inlet at 3 Pp. m., I returned to Beaufort and 
stopped again with the postmaster over night. 


Monday, April 6, 1863. 

Got a pass again to Hilton Head and went to the depot- 
quartermaster there and got another to pass me to my regiment 
on the first boat that should go. I found that the “New Eng- 
land” was going tomorrow at 7 o’clock a. m. As I was not ac- 
quainted in Hilton Head since the departure of our brigade, and 
as I was burdened with the mail bags, I determined to go on 
board the steamer at once. The sailors were very hospitable; 
built me a bunk and gave me a supper. 


Tuesday, April 7, 1863. 

Cool and windy. The sailors gave me a breakfast. Went up - 
to Edisto; there got on board another boat, which took me up 
to Stono Inlet. I got my supper on board. Here I found my 
regiment, still on shipboard and no signs of landing. I distrib- 
uted the mail and took up my quarters, by invitation, in the 


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cabin with the officers. While here on shipboard I had to carry _ 
the mail out to the mail steamers about to sail. They would 
send word to the vessels of the fleet when about to sail, and the 
captain of our boat would notify me. I notified the men and 
collected the mail. Our captain furnished a boat to take me to 
the steamer. On the morning of the departure of the mail 
steamer she hoisted a flag. One morning we picked up a man 
on our way out. His boat had been upset by some collision. 
We took him to his vessel. 

This afternoon we heard heavy firing, which came from our 
monitors at Charleston. On our way from Hilton Head this 
morning we passed the “Arago,” bringing the northern mail. 
We expect to be at or in Charleston soon. I do not know 
whether they mean to keep us on board until they have taken 
the forts and then put us in to hold them or not. Cool and 
windy. 

Wednesday, April 8, 1863. 

Still aboard in Stono Inlet. Eben Nutting surprised us by 
joining the regiment. He had been home some months recruit- 
ing and came down in the “Arago.” Fair and cool. Heard 
heavy firing at Fort Sumter. 

Thursday, April 9, 1863. 

Got the “Arago’s” mail. On board in Stono. The regulars 
took some of our rifles and were going to take a battery, but did 
not land. 

Friday, April 10, 1863. 

Still lay at anchor. Received news that Adjutant Dupont ran 
up by Fort Sumter and wanted to burn Charleston but General 
Hunter ordered him back. They got into a dispute and we have 
to go back to Hilton Head. It made the boys very indignant 
with Hunter. 


The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Mourn Stono River, OFF CHARLESTON, 


April 10, 1863. 
Dear Sister——I am well and enjoying myself. I am post 
master for the regiment and stop in the cabin with the officers. 
I have been having a nice time today, riding around in a sail- 


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boat with Major Drew. We have been all over the harbor and I 
went on board the boat where the quartermaster is, where I 
carry the mail. 

All I have to do is to take the mail and frank letters, sell and 
stamp, and carry the mail to the mail-boat; and when a mail 
comes in, sort it. I enjoy myself first rate. I have a chance to 
write at the officers’ table. 

I don’t know of any news. We are still here at Charleston 
with a big fleet. I don’t know for how long, but in all prob- 
ability it will be for nineteen days. 

I would like to be at home now they are sugaring. I could 
eat a little. 

I have been in the service from eighteen to twenty months 
and have only one year from next July to stay. It will not be a 
great while before I shall be free again, but I hope peace will 
reign first. I am for sticking to them and thrashing them any- 
how. I am down on “Copperheads,” as are all soldiers. 


Saturday, April 11, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. About 1 o’clock P. Mm. we started for Hil- 


ton Head, where we arrived at 8 p. M. Dodge complains of a 
bad cold. 


Sunday, April 12, 1863. 
Received a mail this morning. Our regiment landed and 
pitched tents one and a half miles from the wharf. Eben Nut- 
ting got his trunk and he and Dodge carried it up into camp. 


Monday, April 13, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Got a lot of grass to make our beds. 


Tuesday, ‘April 14, 1863. 
Our company is all detailed for provost guard at headquarters. 
We began today. Got a mail. Rained hard. 


Wednesday, April 15, 1863. 
Warmer and pleasant. Our company is on guard today. 
Dodge says: “I am one of the police guards; had an easy time, 
no countersign.” 


Thursday, April 16, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. 


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Friday, April 17, 1863. 

Qur company is on guard. Got marching orders. 
Saturday, April 18, 1863. 

Our company was paid off for four months,—$52. Our regi- 
ment went onto the “Vidette” and “City of Bath.” Dodge and 
I came near being left. We were busy packing and the regiment 


were embarked in great haste. 










Sunday, April 19, 1863. 
We started at 6 a. m. for North Edisto; arrived at 1 P. M. 


Monday, April 20, 1863. _ 
Warm and pleasant. Had an inspection. 


Tuesday, April 21, 1863. 
Still on board at Edisto, doing nothing. 
Wednesday, April 22, 1863. 


Still on board “Vidette.” 
Thursday, April 23, 1863. 


Our band joined the regiment as we lay on board “Vidette.” 
Walter Dignam of Manchester has come lately with five other 
musicians and has made up a band from our regiment, Herman 
Gregor, a bugler, being one; several other buglers. 

Friday, April 24, 1863. 

Mail came today. Still on board. 

Saturday, April 25, 1863. 

Regiment landed today. Some of the men set the woods on 


fire. Returned on board. 
Sunday, April 26, 1863. 
On board as usual. 
Monday, April 27, 1863. 


At noon we sailed for Stono with a schooner in tow, and a 
the wind and tide were very strong had to run back after go 


ing a few miles. 
Tuesday, April 28, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. At 6 a. M. started for Stono Inlet, wher 
we arrived at noon, and landed on Folly Island. 


Wednesday, April 29, 1863. 
Today we are looking around over the island a little; foum 
ripe blackberries. 


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Thursday, April 30, 1863. 
Company were mustered for their pay. Dodge was away 
hunting for blackberries and was not mustered. 


Friday, May 1, 1863. 

Our regiment went to the upper end of Folly Island to camp. 
Our tents, etc., did not come and we had to lie without shelter. 
We are where the rebels can shell us easily if they wish. By 
going a short distance we can get a good view of Fort Sumter, 
-and with a glass we can see the men on the fort. ‘We can also 
see with a glass quite distinctly Forts Simkins, Johnson, 
Moultrie, Bragg, Battery B, Wagner, and Gregg. Numerous 
batteries are interspersed. We can also see their gunboats 
and transports running from Sumter to the city and back. 


Saturday, May 2, 1863. 

Warm and pleasant. Our tents did not come today. Dodge 
sleeps on a little knoll, where at high tide water comes partly 
over his bed. 

Sunday, May 3, 1863. 

Our tents came today and we worked hard clearing up camp- 
ground, pitching tents, etc. Dodge saw a very large alligator 
killed by one of another regiment. Heard heavy firing from 
Fort Sumter last night. 

We were encamped at the extreme southeast end of the island. 
All that was between us and Lighthouse Inlet on the east was 
a bank covered with shrubby trees, and just beyond this a sandy 
beach. A similar bank and beach lay on the south, between us 
and the sea. Morris Island is twice the size of Folly Island and 
to the northeast of it. The southwest point of it was directly 
Opposite our camp and easily reached by crossing Lighthouse 
Inlet. To the northeast of us, on the farther side of Morris 
Island, was Fort Wagner, the approach to which was protected 
by numerous small forts and batteries. Towards the northwest 
of Wagner, and on the extreme point of the island, was Fort 
Gregg. This was the fort built to reduce Fort Sumter when 
under command of Major, afterward General, Anderson. North 
of Gregg was Sumter; beyond and towards the city was Fort 







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Simkins, farther on was Castle Pinckney. To the southwest of 
_ Fort Simkins, and opposite it and Fort Gregg, on James Island, 
was Fort Johnson. On Sullivan’s Island, which lay northeast of 
Morris, was Fort Moultrie, opposite Sumter. On the same 
island, farther towards the sea side, was Fort Bragg (or Beaure- 
gard). Farther still was Battery B. Both on Sullivan’s and 
James Islands were other batteries commanding Morris Island — 
and also the Hunter entrance. On James Island these reached 
along the whole length of the island on the side next us. 
Of the forts mentioned, Pinckney, Moultrie, Sumter, and 
Simkins were United States forts. The others were built during 
the war for the purpose of strengthening them. 


Sunday, May 3, 1863. 

The Union camp on Folly Island was within reach and range 
of the fortifications on Morris and James Islands. 

Wagner was protected not only by the batteries and forts on 
the west but a ditch on the north. It was a sand fort of singular 
construction. On the front, the sea side, its top was level with 
the natural embankment, showing only a row of portholes. In 
the southernmost of these was a Whitmouth gun, which could 
be turned to shoot out to sea or along the island. The tops 
being level, the rear of the fort on the north side fell perpen- 
dicularly for about twenty feet to its base. The east and west 
sides were prolonged into an embankment, which, beginning 
with a height of twenty feet, gradually diminished, ending im 
a wide ditch, which protected the north side. Beyond the ditch 
was an impassable marsh. 

This ditch and the north and west embankments formed, with 
the fort, an enclosure into which the only entrance-way to the 
fort opened. It was a small doorway, about large enough to rum 
a small fieldpiece and carriage through. The aperture was pro- 
tected inside by heavy doors. The ground plan divided it into 
four compartments. One of these was a magazine, the other 
three being used for troops. These chambers had small doors 
connecting them, so that a cross fire could be had from any 
one of them into either of the others. Each compartment was 


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therefore a fort in itself, which must be captured separately by 
any assaulting party, provided an entrance was gained. ‘These 
doors could also be securely closed. But the chances of getting 
inside were small. An assaulting party gaining entrance into the 
yard by climbing the banks found themselves in an enclosure 
into which all the surrounding forts could pour shot, endanger- 
ing Fort Wagner, and with no chance of escape except by climb- 
ing the banks again. 

There were portholes on the west and east sides as well as 
on the south. These could be closed. The body of the fort was 
built of enormous timbers, two feet or more in thickness, and 
piled on each other, with a covering of sand many feet in depth. 
The four-hundred-pound guns of the fleet could make no im- 
pression beyond tearing up the sand embankments, even after a 
continuous bombardment of a week. 

Sumter was a brick fort. Gregg and Johnson were of sand. 


Monday, May 4, 1863. 
Dull and rainy. Got ready for inspection, which was omitted 
on account of the rain. 
Tuesday, May 5, 1863. 
Very warm. Detail at work on battery but they had to come 
in on account of a heavy shower. Dodge was on this detail. 
A large and very high lookout was being built on upper end of 
island. 
Wednesday, May 6, 1863. 
Dodge was on detail again, helping raise a frame for a look- 
out which is being built. About noon a blockading steamer 
chased and took an English schooner, which tried to run the 
blockade in plain sight. 
Thursday, May 7, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Company C are on detail today (prob- 
ably building batteries at upper end of island). Another fight 
out at sea. Our blockaders took another ship. 


Saturday, May 9, 1863. 
Company © went up to the outer post to do five days’ picket 
duty. It is but a few rods over to the rebels; can see the church 
spire of Charleston, Forts ‘Sumter and Moultrie, gunboats in 


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the harbor, etc. On guard tonight; countersign “Bunker 7 


Rebels sent up rockets all night. 
Sunday, May 10, 1863. 


Very pleasant. Got mail. Probably on picket at upper end 


of Folly Island. ; 
Monday, May 11, 1863. — 


On guard. A company of rebels are at work throwing up 
batteries within reach of our rifles, but we are not allowed to 
fire upon them. A little sailboat in going out to the blockade 
was fired at four times by the rebels on Morris Island, the halls 
whistling over our heads. The first shot was the best, striking 


near the boat. 
Thursday, May 12, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. Still on picket. Dodge speaks of going 
blackberrying today. Some of the men killed seven snakes, 


quite large ones, today. 
Wednesday, May 13, 1863. 

Warm and pleasant. 
Thursday, May 14, 1863. 


Warm and pleasant. On dress-parade for first time since we 
left Hilton Head. Regiment have got new color flag and mark- 
ers, making, with a band again, a very fine display at dress- 


parade. 
Friday, May 15, 1863. 


Dull and rainy. Part of our regiment are at work today put- 
ting their tents on posts about eighteen inches high and making 


bunks to sleep on. 
Saturday, May 16, 1863. 


Still continues to rain. Some of the men still at work mount 
ing tents on posts. 
Sunday, May 17, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. An alarm was given and all the regiment 
was aroused before light. Proved to be a false alarm. Had an 
inspection. There was considerable firing of heavy guns near 
here. The rebels put a new flag upon Fort Sumter. 


Monday, May 18, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. All of our regiment at work upon the 
battery. 


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Tuesday, May 19, 1863. 
Today we worked upon our tents, driving down palmetto trees 
to make the sides. 
Wednesday, May 20, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Lying in camp, doing nothing. 


Thursday, May 21, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Our company is on guard. Dodge’s 
post was to guard the whiskey. The blockade sent up a lot of 
rockets in the evening and fired a number of heavy guns. 
Friday, May 22, 1863. 
Had a battalion drill. Warm and pleasant. 
Saturday, May 23, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Corporal Nutting resigned and took off 
his stripes this morning. He felt aggrieved because, being 
ranking corporal, another had been promoted sergeant in his 
place. Lund, Mallard, Libbey, and Martin were promoted 
corporals. 
Sunday, May 24, 1863. 
' Very warm. ‘Twelve guns were fired from Fort Sumter, prob- 
ably a salute. 
Monday, May 25, 1863. 
Our regiment is at work upon the batteries. Company C was 
detailed to carry planks from the landing to lay the platform for 
the cannon. » 
Tuesday, May 26, 1863. 
Our company is on guard. Dodge’s post was a doctor’s tent, 
to guard whiskey, same as before. 
Wednesday, May 27, 1863. 
» Dull and rainy. 
Thursday, May 28, 1863. 
We worked on the battery today. Warm and pleasant. 


Friday, May 29, 1863. 
We went on picket at night. It was dark, rainy, and very 
windy. Got a mail. 
Saturday, May 30, 1863. 
Wind last night blew over a large pine tree in our camp, 
smashing two or three rifles and tents and falling across some 


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bunks where men were sleeping. No person injured, but a nar- 
Tow escape. Warm and pleasant and drilled as usual. 


Sunday, May 31, 1863. 
This morning an alarm was given and at about 2 A. M. we 
were all in line of battle, where we staid till daylight, then broke 


ranks. 
Monday, June 1, 1863. 


Dodge detailed to work on batteries. 


Tuesday, June 2, 1863. 
Dodge on guard. It rained hard almost all night, with heayy 
thunder and very sharp lightning. We had no tents to go into. 

Countersign “Williamsburg.” 
Wednesday, June 3, 1863. 

Warm and pleasant. 

Thursday, June 4, 1863. 
Very warm. Lieutenant Brown of Company B died very sud- 
denly this morning of diphtheria. He was well yesterday. He 
was buried this afternoon. He was beloved by all who knew 
him and was a perfectly upright man and good officer. He 
came out sergeant major and was promoted lieutenant. This is 
the first death in the regiment since we left Beaufort. 


Friday, June 5, 1863. 

Warm and rainy. Dodge’s birthday. I believe we have not 
had a mail for nearly two weeks. We still live in the woods and 
suffer from heat, though we have a cool sea breeze sometime d 
ing the day. No news. I am hoping to hear that Joe Hooker is 
doing something. I fear he will wait till fall, when the nine- 
months’ and the two-years’ men will be going home, and then 
he will be no better off than now, nor so well, unless they draft, 
which I hope they will do. I should enjoy seeing some of the 
northern men compelled to take their turn at fighting. Bugling 
again. Since leaving Beaufort I have been taking care of the 
mail and have omitted the other. 
The other day Colonel Bell took the regiment for battalion 
drill. Called on one of the buglers, who couldn’t remember the 
calls. He sent him to his quarters and called on another and 


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the failed. He then called Greager, who failed purposely, as he 


was blowing a bass horn in the band and did not wish to be 
engaged in an extra duty. When the drill was finished the 
colonel ordered me to report to his tent. He said he wanted me 


to blow the bugle, even if I had to give up my mail duties, but 


if I could attend to both he would prefer it. Told him I could 
do both. 

After this order I was promoted principal musician, the ap- 
pointment to date back to December. 

When the adjutant brought me the appointment he said I 
was to select a bugler from each company, on trial, and to reject 
such as proved inefficient, repeating the trial until I had ten men 
capable of being trained. My duty would be to organize and 
drill the bugle corps, and to see that the proper camp calls were 
blown. I was excused from guard and fatigue duty inspections, 
except general inspection, and dress-parade. 


Saturday, June 6, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. 


Sunday, June 7, 1863 
Very warm. 

Monday, June 8, 1863. 
Regiment is detailed to work upon the batteries. Dodge was 


sick and excused. 


Tuesday, June 9, 1863. 
Lying in camp. Dodge and many others sick. The water was 


very poor. Wells three and four feet deep had to be dug every 


day or two. At first the water would be comparatively pure but 
in a day or two would become so foul that insects would die 
about the brink. 
Wednesday, June 10, 1863. 

Our company is on guard and police duty. A rebel steamer 
Was run ashore on the island by our blockade boats. It was 
loaded with clothes, ammunition, and crockery, and all kinds of 
fruit, figs, pineapples, dates, etc. At low tide we could reach it. 
Ii was near the mouth of the Lighthouse Inlet but nearer Folly 
Island than Morris. Some time previous to this one of our pick- 
ets, posted on the beach of Lighthouse Inlet, swam across .to 






















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Morris Island on the assurance from the rebel pickets that he 
should be allowed to return in safety. They exchanged keep- 
sakes. He took buttons from the rebel’s coat and came back 
safely. or this offense he was tried by court-martial and sent 
down to the Dry Tortugas. : 
Thursday, June 11, 1863. 
Rebels shelled last night and killed a negro who belonged to 
one of the other regiments. Dodge on picket guard today; 
countersign “Washington” for the patrol guards and ours was 
“Valley Forge.” In the night there was a heavy thunder shower. 
We fired a few shot and shell at the boat and hit it several times. 
Rebels shelling tonight. 
Friday, June 12, 1863. 
Some of the rebels from Morris Island tried to get out to the 
grounded boat. Our boys fired upon them. We went out onto 
the boat soon after the rebels left it and they fired at us with 
shell from batteries. We brought off some things from the boat 
such as we wanted. They also threw shells into camp and we 
stood in line of battle for some time, expecting an attack. 
man in Company K was buried today. 
The rebels shelled the camp of one of the regiments who were 
encamped next to us and killed one man. The shot struck a 
tree and cut it off. It fell on his tent, killing him. Hitting the 


the afternoon and we returned a pretty sharp fire. They fired 2 
number of shots, — rods from our camp, at the stranded boat 


while attempting to board the vessel in small boats and had 
killed three of their men. Upon this, they ran down a ram 
from Charleston, which joined the batteries in shelling 


shelter behind a woods, out of sight. This blockade runner wa 
one of four which undertook to get into Charleston. 
captured two, this one ran aground, and the fourth one got in 


Saturday, June 13, 1863. 
Our regiment is at work upon the magazine. There has been 
considerable shelling on both sides today. 





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The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Foutiy Isuanp, June 13, 1863. 


Dear Sister—I will send you a ring made out of what they 
eall crabwood. It is very hard indeed, and it grew down at Key 
West, Fla. The ring is not very nice; I did not finish it up well. 
The wood is so hard it is difficult making it very nice. It is 
trimmed with silver from a ten-cent piece. I don’t know as it 
will fit any of your fingers, but if it does you may put it on and 
wear it. 

I have one I am going to send Addie and will make one for 
Sue one of these days. I am going to try to get a gutta-percha 
button from the rebels sometime and make one from that.. I 
made one for Addie, and they make fine rings, I think. 

Tam well and guess, if accounts are true, which say that Gen- 
eral Hunter and Adjutant Dupont have rumored, we shall make 
a move sometime on Charleston. I think they ought to do 
something now, while General Grant is at Vicksburg, to keep 
the rebel troops here around Charleston, if nothing more. I 
am afraid they will send out so many reénforcements to Johnston 
that he will raise the siege at Vicksburg. I think that was the 
reason General Hooker did not succeed, because the rebel troops 
were all drawn away from Charleston and Savannah and all 
around in the eastern part of their confederacy, and he had the 
whole to fight, when, if all our generals had made a move, even 
if they could have accomplished nothing more, it would have 
kept the rebels scattered and Hooker would not have had so 
many to fight. Why did not Hunter send up the iron boats and 
keep pegging away at Fort Sumter or some of these islands and 
make them think he was getting ready to move, and Foster in 
North Carolina, and those at Suffolk, etc.? But, no, They all 
lay still, except at Suffolk, and the rebels knew that if they were 
whipped up there it would be all day with them and they made 
a grand effort and ran the risk of taking all the troops from 
here. I tell you, our generals don’t work together here as out 
in the West. JI am afraid they will get troops out to Johnston 
before Grant can take Vicksburg. 


Sunday, June 14, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Went toa funeral in Company D. Man. 
was buried down at the end of the island, nearly seven miles 
down and back. About four o’clock both sides opened their bat- 












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teries and rebels kept it up nearly all night. We had sharp 
firing. We all turned out in line of battle. 


Monday, June 15, 1863. — 

Warm and pleasant. We are at work again upon the maga. 
zine. I am busy drilling the buglers. The rebels fired only a 
few shells today and in the night. y 


F Tuesday, June 16, 1863. — 

Warm and pleasant. Dodge on picket again today. About two 
o’clock in the afternoon rebels began to shell out our pickets 
and kept up sharp firing until dark. Countersign “Port Royal.” 


Wednesday, June 17, 1863. 

Very warm. About nine o’clock in the morning very heayy 
and sharp firing was kept up for two or three hours between our 
gunboats and rebel batteries on lower end of James Island. 
These were some of the double-ended ferry boats. The troops 
on this island held a meeting to celebrate the battle of Bunker 
Hill and some speeches were made from our regiment, also the 
Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Illinois regiments. 


Thursday, June 18, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Countersign “Roanoke.” About sun- 
down we had a very heavy shower. 


Friday, June 19, 1863. 

Very warm. Seventh New Hampshire Regiment came up and 
pitched their tents near us. Fourth New Hampshire are now in 
the First Brigade. Another heavy shower in the afternoon. 


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Saturday, June 20, 1863. 
Another very hot day. Had a general inspection and some 

drilling, also a knapsack inspection. Dodge went out on picket 

to the outside post. The rebels didn’t shell any tonight. 


Sunday, June 21, 1863. © 

Very warm. Had a heavy shower. No firing today except 
rifle now and then when we showed ourselves. After sundown 
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and went on board the old boat. We were not allowed to fire 
upon them for fear they would shell us. 


: Monday, June 22, 1863. 
Very warm, with another hard shower. Dodge is on picket 
guard. Every man has a hole dug into the sand and covered 
with logs and sand to crawl into when the rebels shell us. We 
were ordered into them in expectation of shells, but they did 
not fire. Rebels have been going on and off the boat all day. 


Tuesday, June 23, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. All picket guards have to be relieved 
after dark. None are allowed to speak much more than in a 
whisper. No fires or candles are permitted after dark, even in 
camp, and no one is allowed to look over the bank at the rebels. 


Wednesday, June 24, 1863. 
Very warm. This morning about twelve o’clock Ephraim 
Crandall of our company died in the hospital, where he had been 
only four days. When we occupied the large tents he was with 
us. 
Thursday, June 25, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Our regiment is on fatigue duty: 
work on the batteries. 


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Friday, June 26, 1863. 
Dodge on guard duty at the landing; countersign “Plymouth.” 
Got a mail. 
Saturday, June 27, 1863. 
Our company have gone down to the Point to work. Very 
warm. ‘The rest of the boys who started to go home on a 
furlough came from Hilton Head. My impression is that they 
were just beginning to give furloughs and, finding the men were 
needed, recalled them when they had reached Hilton Head. 


Sunday, June 28, 1863. 
Our company were detailed to get provisions for the brigade 
at the landing, four miles from here. Had a hard day’s work. 
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; Monday, June 29, 1863. 
We did not work today. Warm. 


Tuesday, June 30, 1863. 
This morning about two o’clock we were called to go on five 
days’ picket duty, about three miles out. About 7 o’clock P. M., 
after a heavy shower, we were ordered into camp, which we 
reached at about 9 P. M. 
Wednesday, July 1, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Lay still all day and when the sun was 
about one half hour high our regiment started out for the outer 


picket post to work on the batteries. Came into camp just 
before daylight. 


Thursday, July 2, 1863. © 
Warm and pleasant. Lay still all day and went out to work 
all night, as on Wednesday. : 
Friday, July 3, 1863. 
The work today and tonight is the same as yesterday. 


Saturday, July 4, 1863. 
We expected to open fire on the rebels or have them open on 
us, but neither fired. Our company tonight is on grand guard. 
Countersign is “Alexandria.” Captain Paine of the One Hun- 
dreth New York passed us, scouting. 
Sunday, July 5, 1863. 
We came off picket at 10 A. M. and went out to work all night 
on the batteries as usual. 


Monday, July 6, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. 


Tuesday, July 7, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. We are not on duty today. 


Wednesday, July 8, 1863. 
Our regiment left camp at 5 p. M. and marched down to the 
landing, at the lower end of the landing, where we stopped all 
night and had some very heavy showers. 


Thursday, July 9, 1863. 
It is reported we are to make a strike on Morris Island today. 
It has been very showery. At 4 Pp. mM. we went on board steam- 
ship “Beaufort.” Quite a number of boats arrived today at 
Stono Inlet, loaded with troops. We went up to the landing om 


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James Island. Our fleet consisted of nine transports loaded 
with troops, two gunboats, one monitor, one mortar schooner, 
and two or three dispatch boats. This landing was on the lower 
end of James Island. <A few shots were fired from our boats but 
none fired in return. Part of the troops landed but the Fourth 
New Hampshire were not among them. About the time our 
regiment was going on board Major Drew came to me to say 
that a mail had just been sent up to brigade headquarters, Gen- 
eral Vodges’s, about a mile from landing. While I was gone for 
the mail the vessel started and left me. I took the mail up to 
camp and staid there over night. 
Friday, July 10, 1863. 

_ The masked batteries which we had been building were fin- 
ished, and last night the men worked all night cleaning away 
the trees and bushes in front and shoveling away banks. These 
batteries mounted sixty pieces, including guns and mortars. By 
morning these were ready, early in the morning. These bat- 
teries were built along the length of the bank, facing Morris 
Island. These batteries, assisted by the gunboats, all opened 
fire, pouring shot and shell into the rebel camp, which lay just 
over the bank on Morris Island, out of sight by reason of the 
rising ground, but within easy reach of our guns. Under cover 
of this fire, a storming party which had been secreted in flat- 
bottomed boats on the opposite side of Folly Island moved across 
Lighthouse Inlet and landed on Morris Island. This was com- 
manded by Colonel Strong of the New York. They 
charged up the rise of ground, down the hollow behind, up the 
bluff in front, and through the rebel camp, taking battery after 
battery. From our battery I could distinctly see the whole, from 
the landing of the party to the end of the action. 

The attack was a complete surprise to the enemy. Their 
camp was found to have been left in the greatest possible haste, 
everything being left just as the men had jumped from their 
bunks. The sight partly recompensed me for the disappoint- 
ment of not being with my regiment, particularly as the move- 
ment toward James Island proved to be a mere feint, some of 
the troops not landing at all, among which were the Fourth New 



















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Hampshire. This, however, I did not know at the time and sup- 
posed that an attack was preparing on the James Island bat- 
teries. 

The “Governor Morton,” loaded with troops, came up to 
James Island, landing at about 10 a. m., taking the news to the 
men there that the greater part of Mowe Island was captured. 
This was the first they knew of what I had been an eye-wit- 
ness to. 


Saturday, July 11, 1863. 

Heavy firing all day today and yesterday from James Island 
(upper end) and Fort Sumter. Very warm. At half past five 
in the morning we started back for Folly Island. Colonel Bell 
joined the regiment on the boat. He had just arrived from 
home. We landed at 10.30 a. m. I went to see and haye a 
talk with some of the rebel prisoners (taken in surprise yester- 
day). There were two hundred or three hundred, a hard-looking 
set of men. We had a hard march into camp; got there at noon. 
At 3 o’clock Pp. M. we again started for the upper end of Folly 
Island, with the expectation of charging on the rebel fort or bat- 
teries on Morris Island. 


Sunday, July 12, 1863. 

Pretty still. But few shells have as yet been thrown from 
Fort Sumter. Every few minutes boats arrived from Morris 
Island, loaded with wounded prisoners. They also took many 
unhurt. Among these were a major and a captain. About 9 
o’clock A. M. our gunboats opened on Fort Wagner and fired all 
day. They ran up past Fort Sumter and destroyed a rebel ram 
Dodge worked hard all the forenoon, loading guns and mortars 
to go over to Morris Island. 


Monday, July 13, 1863. 

Very warm. ‘Dodge detailed to load things to go to Morris 
Island. The rebels are shelling from Fort Wagner, Fort Sum- 
ter, and James Island. 


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‘The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Foutuy Isuanp, July 13, 1863. 

Dear Sister,—I suppose before you receive this you will have 
heard of our move toward Charleston. And now, I suppose, 
until we get the famous city, it will be all the talk up North, as 
it has been about Vicksburg, which has been surrendered at last. 
Now, Mary, you can see what a general can do. We have a gen- 
eral now in this department. He has been here a little over 
three weeks and has built batteries (though the Fourth New 
Hampshire built most of them) nights, just as he did at Fort 
Pulaski, right under their nose and they knew nothing about 
it. And on the day when all was ready we opened on them and 
took all their batteries but one. 

We have got to build batteries to drive them out of that one, 
then we shall have the whole of Morris Island, which runs clear 
up to Sumter, the same island from which they laid siege to 
Sumter and compelled the surrender of Major Anderson. Our 
infantry charged on Fort Wagner twice and could not take it, 
and now we are to dig a little and plant guns and as soon as that 
is taken, if the monitors can’t take Sumter, etc., we can, for we 
ean build batteries nights, and when all is ready again, give it 
to them. 

I suppose you will get the particulars of our fight of the 10th 
in the papers, though not correctly. I will not tell you much 
about it now but I have no doubt by what I hear and see that 
T shall have a chance to tell you face to face instead of on paper 
before a great while, for I believe this thing is about coming 
to a close. We took lots of prisoners and I talked with lots of 
them. ‘They say Lee has got whipped and Vicksburg is taken 
and that they have been whipped these three months, but Jeff 
sticks out. Said one, “There is no use talking, the southern 
confederacy is played out, and I would not be afraid to bet a 
million of money, though I have but little and what I have is 
good for nothing; but I would not be afraid to bet in gold that 
this thing will be settled in six weeks.” We are having very 
hot weather here now. We have moved up (though not our 
tents) to the end of Folly Island and expect to have to go over, 
but can’t tell. We may camp up at the end of this island, next 
to Morris. Our light artillery, under Lieutenant Henry, ran up 
between Forts Wagner and Sumter and fired on a boat the rebels 
tan down, loaded with troops to land on Morris Island. They 
knocked the boat full of holes and she blew up, one shot going 
through her boilers. I saw it when it blew up. Sumter could 


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not bring her guns to bear on our artillery, they say, and I gues 
that is so, for she did not fire. The boat is aground now an 
I guess always will be. 

We have a man who will not be idle here, V’ll bet. ‘The boys 
are well satisfied with him. I believe either Hunter was ne 
capable or was too much concerned in rebel property aroun 
Charleston. I understand Stewart, the rebel commander ¢ 
cavalry, married Hunter’s daughter. I believe him to be— 
will not say it, though, but I think pretty strongly he is 
“seash—y,” somewhere. : 

I guess in the course of a month or so Sumter will have the 
stars and stripes floating over her. But of course we can’t tak 
it in a minute. We have got so that our wooden gunboats, b 
running near Morris Island, can throw shot to Sumter, but o 
course they can’t do great execution so far. But we can bothe 
them now, and the gunboats keep playing over onto them hb 
spells. I don’t have much to do, either by bugling or postoffic 
business, now. Battalion drills are played out, the men don 
write much, and we don’t get any mails more than once in @ 
week or fortnight. 

The colonel came along when we came to where we sto 
now and, putting his hand on my shoulder, said he wanted 
to come and stop with him and then he would have a postmaster 
and bugler, etc., all handy by. So I stop with him at presen! 
I guess I shan’t get a furlough this summer, for I will have one 
for good soon. 


Tuesday, July 14, 1863. 

Dodge feeling unwell. He went down to camp and got Is 
knapsack. Heavy showers all last night. He made a little tent 
of his rubber blanket. He is on guard tonight; countersign 
“Folly Island.” Part of our company is detailed to put up a 
telegraph wire on Morris Island. Dodge feeling sick and ex- 
cused from duty. 


Wednesday, July 15, 1863. 

Dodge feeling quite sick; fainted three or four times today 
About noon heavy firing was kept up for an hour or two nea 
the landing on James Island by our gunboats. 


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Thursday, July 16, 1863. 
Cloudy. Our company is again on five days’ picket duty on 
Morris Island. Rained all last night very hard. 


Friday, July 17, 1863. 
Dodge still unwell. Heavy showers all last night. Our gun- 
boats still keep their firimg on Fort Wagner. 


Saturday, July 18, 1863. 
Rained hard all the forenoon. Our gunboats were firing all 
day. Our troops charged on Fort Wagner tonight but the reb- 
els went into their “bomb proofs” and all the forts in Charleston 
Harbor opened on the fort. Our men had to retreat after gain- 
ing the fort, as there was no chance to protect themselves from 
the rebel cannon. 
Sunday, July 19, 1863. 
Warm and pleasant. Dodge was sent to the hospital under 
care of Major Brown. He is quite sick. 


Monday, July 20, 1863. 
Charge made tonight on Fort Wagner. Seventh New Hamp- 
shire engaged and Gage and abel were wounded and sent 
to Hilton Head. 


Tuesday, July 21, 1863. 
Our regiment moved our camp over to Morris Island today. 


Thursday, July 30, 1863. 
Dodge sick in hospital since 19th of July. 


Friday, July 31, 1863. 
Dodge was sent back to his company, although not well. They, 
are going to break up the hospital and send the sick and 
wounded to Hilton Head. A. D. not fit for duty. Got a mail. 


Saturday, Aug. 1, 1863. 
Very warm and pleasant. A. D. excused from duty today. 
Our regiment have been at work almost every day and night 
since they came on the island, building batteries. Our company 
is on picket today. 


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One night Colonel Bell was detailed with a party of men { 
go up and drive back the rebels and build batteries. I was or 
of the party. We started just at dark, and after marching 
mile or so from camp suddenly came upon the rebel pickets at 
received a volley of rifle shots. ‘The colonel ordered us all 
drop flat upon the ground and return the fire, which we di 
We immediately advanced again, very cautiously, and soon foun 
the enemy, who had fallen back on their reserve. A sharp fight 
ensued for a few minutes, the bullets whistling past us as we 
again lay on the ground. It being so dark we could not see or 
be seen, the firing was wild. The rebels, momentarily expect 
ing an attack on Fort’ Wagner, had now fallen back to await 
our advance, but our object was a far different one. 
had come prepared with shovels as well as rifles. We worked 
lively, and when we withdrew from the place at the first appear- 
ance of dawn, in the morning we left a battery (which was the 
first one built, and the commencement of the first parallel, wh 
was immediately afterward built to reduce Fort Wagn 
with six (or four) guns. We laughed and joked among o 
selves as we talked about what the rebels would say at dayli 
to see the guns facing them and on the very ground their re 
serve had occupied the night before. 

Sunday, Aug. 2, 1863. 

Very warm and pleasant. A. D. still excused from duty. 
Went down today to call on G. and W. of the Seventh New 
Hampshire and found they had been sent to Hilton Head. 


Monday, Aug. 3, 1863. 

A. D. still excused from duty. Very warm and pleasant. 
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1863. 

Our company out on picket. A. D. still excused from duty. 
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1863. 

Got a mail. A. D. still unwell. (Last entry in A. D.’s diary.) 
Since Dodge has been sick and in the hospital the past 
eral weeks I visited him as often as I could. He always see! 
very glad to see me. I noticed a great change in him ey 
time I visited him from day to day, and the day he died (I ha 














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been with him most of the day and was at his bedside when he 
died) it seemed to me that he had not a particle of flesh left. 
His sickness had been a gradual wasting away. Just after the 
Pocotaligo fight he wrote me a confidential letter in regard to 
his feelings, which showed me that he was very much depressed 
in spirits. In this letter (which he asked me to keep private 
from the members of the regiment) he stated that he was confi- 
dent that he should not come out of another fight alive and 
should never live to see his friends again, and instructed me 
what t» do with his effects. I think these feelings did not 
diminish up to the time of his death, but on the contrary in- 
creased. After his death I told the captain so much of the let- 
ter as related to his wish that I should take charge of his af- 
fairs, and he told me to do what I thought proper in the mat- 
ter and detailed me to dig his grave and attend to his burial, 
which I did, putting up a board marking his grave, with name, 
regiment, and company. I sold at auction such things as were 
salable and forwarded the proceeds, with his revolver and papers 
and money, to his father. 
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1863. 

At Morris Island. Got a mail today. There was very severe 
shelling last night. Both sides are shelling every day. How 
many were killed and wounded, I don’t know. Greager saw one 
man of the Ninth Maine with his head blown off by a piece of 
shell. The Fourth New Hampshire and others are at work on 
the batteries about every night. Sometimes other regiments re- 
lieve us. The work cannot be done in the daytime, as it would 
give the enemy an excellent chance to fire upon us with more 
accuracy. 

The firing is incessant, both night and day. Our regiment 
does not lose many men, but still there are two cr three or half 
dozen get hurt every day. The Ninth Maine, who worked al- 

_ternately with our detail, lost many men every few days. The 
One Hundredth New York was also very unfortunate. We 
thought it was because they did not take sufficient care. It was 
necessary to watch the course of the shells from the batteries 
and the fort and calculate their fall. We got so used to reckon- 


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ing this from long practice that from the.more distant ba 
we could tell whether it was a mortar shell or a Colum 
where it would hit, and how much time we had for g 
under shelter. We generally, by order of the officer in 
mand of detail, had a man posted while we worked to give war 
ing when a shell was coming in a particular direction. He woul 
hide behind a heap of sand-bags and as he saw danger in 0 
direction would call to the men the name of the fort—Sin 
















so near was the fort and so direct the course of the shell. T 
Whitworth gun, too, on Fort Wagner enabled them to fire w: 
great rapidity and accuracy. This gun we could always tell, @ 
report of the explosion following immediately on that of the { 


each line of parallels. These were large enough to hold a eo 
pany. 
They were built directly against the line of earthworks. 
top slanted down to the fortification of which it was a contin 
tion. They, of course, faced away from the enemy. 
framework was a number of upright supported crossbeams a 
a timber roof. On this the sand was piled. The structure 1 
about high enough to allow a man of average height to en 
without stooping. 
There was a large one at headquarters, larger, on the grow 
than the barn at the farm. One day as I was standing near | 
mouth of this a shell struck the top and bounded off, burs 
as it fell about a rod behind us as we started at the shout 
“Wagner” to run under cover. This was an every-day oc¢ 
rence. 


by order of the governor as a matter of economy. 
formation was again permitted. W. Dignam came out, bri 
ing five musicians as a nucleus. Two of the bugle corps ¥ 
taken W. D. came several times to persuade me 





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join them. Greager also, who belonged with them, was anxious 
to have me join them. Appointed principal musician soon after. 


August 17, 1863. 
Bombardment of Sumter and Wagner commenced. 


August 19, 1863. 
Bombarding still going on. Sumter badly bruised, if not 
breached. 
August 22, 1863. 
Sergeant Drake, Company D, was wounded and died (Nut- 
ting diary). 
August 27, 1863. 
At Morris Island. Our regiment detailed for work on paral- 
lels at front. Had four wounded. One of these was Corporal 
Gilpatrick, who was with me in the Pocotaligo fight and came 
near shooting Sergeant Rollins. He had been detailed as a vol- 
unteer sharpshooter. Quite a number had been called for to 
watch the rebel sharpshooters on Fort Wagner, who in their turn 
watched our gunners and shovelers. Sand-bags were piled up on 
top of our works, which were intended to serve as a protection 
to our sharpshooters. While on this duty Corporal Gilpatrick 
was struck by a solid shot or unexploded shell from James 
Island, which took off both legs above the knee. Of the left 
one there was just enough left to apply a tourniquet. One of 
these was put on to each and he was laid on a stretcher. The 
surgeon gave him a dose of brandy. I was some little distance, 
a few rods, from him, but the word soon came. I said, “Tom, 
this is pretty hard.” “Yes,” he replied, “but I guess I shall live 
through it.” Two men were wanted to carry the stretcher, and 
I was one of them. On the way he repeatedly raised himself 


| by grasping the sides of the stretcher and would sit upright for 


a minute and then drop back again. He lived as long as the 
stimulant of the brandy lasted and died before we reached the 
hospital. I think this happened towards night. 

Tonight a charge was made on some rebel rifle pits. Our 
parallels had approached so near Fort Wagner that the rebels 
had constructed rifle pits in front of the fort to intercept us. In 


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this charge we took the rifle pits and eighty prisoners. 






New Hampshire and one other. The Third were around with 
rifles and with shovels strapped onto their backs; the other had 
rifles only. The regiments were behind the Union parallels, 
all ready to move. An officer, mounted on the works at a point at 
where he could easily be seen, gave the signal, the waving of & 
white handkerchief. ‘The beer forward was immediately given 
and the men rapidly clambered over the works. 

The made the charge, closely followed by the Third 
New Hampshire. 

The pits were held by a part of a North Carolina regiment, 
who fired one volley, threw down their arms, and surrendered. 
The regiment with the shovels immediately threw the works over 
facing the rebel front. ‘They at once opened all their guns on 
all the islands about. These, I think, were the last rebel works 
outside of Wagner. About an hour after the assault (I should 
think) Colonel Bell said to me, “I am told there are two rebel 
soldiers that were wounded in the assault tonight lying up im a 
turnip patch. I wish you would have them brought down.” I 
determined to go myself for one. We found the pits had been 
dug in a turnip field, and the man I carried was lying in the 
midst of them. It was now dark, and the night was a more 
than usually dark one. The rebels were shelling this neighbor- 
hood. We had one of the wounded men on a stretcher. My 
impression is that he had a flesh wound through the thigh. 
Shells were coming from the mortars and Columbiads on James 
and Sullivan’s Islands, from Forts Sumter and Gregg. We could 
watch them coming and calculate the point of striking. 

We sheltered our prisoner and ourselves from them as well as 
we could under our parallels, but every explosion terrified him 
afresh and he would groan and lament that he had ever been 
born. “Oh, my God, my God,” he would exclaim, “how much 
farther have I got to be carried under this terrible fire?” il 
would assure him that it was not very far, but the comfort 
lasted no longer than till the next explosion. 

Farther down the works we got in range of Wagner. When 





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we were safe from the shells he told us of his hardships as a 
rebel volunteer. He said the North Carolina troops were put 
into all the worst places and were poorly fed and _ shabbily 
treated by the South Carolinans on account of their suspected 
loyalty to the Union. I was anxious, on getting to the hospital, 
to see his treatment by our surgeons, but of course was not 
expected to stop. I noticed they handled him somewhat 
roughly and twitted him of his condition. He seemed afraid 
of them and made no answer. I pitied the poor fellow. 


August 28, 1863. 

This morning, just at break of day, Colonel Bell came to ine 
and said there was a negro who had been wounded during the 
night and left at the extreme front by his own regiment, and 
asked me if I would send some one to bring him down. I asked 
for a volunteer from the men at headquarters and one said if 
I was going he would go with me. We found that the colored 
regiment (either Fifty-fourth or Fifty-fifth Massachusetts, I 
think) had commenced a new parallel from the rifle pits which 
were taken the first of the night, having thrown up dirt to a 
height varying from a foot to two feet. 

These parallels were commanded by a line of men on their 
entire length. One night detail would succeed in making a 
shallow ditch, throwing up the earth on the side toward the 
fort. The bank thus raised would vary in height from one to 
two feet, the depth of the ditch added to the height of the bank 
giving some protection to men standing in it. In some places 
a man could entirely protect himself by crouching down; in 
others he would be covered only to the knees. On succeeding 
nights these ditches would be deepened, the earthworks in front 
raised and the bank graded down behind to a level. with the 
ground. 

The negro was at the extreme end of this new parallel, which 
was now left for the day. He had been wounded several hours 


| before by the premature explosion of one of our own shells, and 
| his wound had become lame and sore already. ‘The fellow with 


me did not want to go up for him when he discovered his dan- 
gerous position and said, “Let’s go back. We can’t get up there 


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without getting hit.” “But,” said I, “he has lain out all nigh 
and let us go up and try to get him.” And we did. 

He was lying on the lower side of the ditch, wrapped in a 
blanket. The wound was on the hip and, of course, behind, s¢ 
that he could not lie upon his back. We approached him cant 
fully and consulted as to the exact way in which he should be 
moved before disturbing him, since to reach him we were 
obliged to get out of the ditch onto the bank where he lay. 

We placed the stretcher in the ditch and sprang up onto the 
bank. One took his shoulders, the other his feet, and we placed 
him as rapidly and carefully as possible, face down, upon the 
stretcher. Every movement was the result of previous arrange- 
ment. We ran a rod or two and then dropped down behind the 
bank, into the ditch, and in this way proceeded, the sharpshoot- 
ers from Fort Wagner firing at us whenever we showed our- 
selves. 

The difficulty of the work was increased by great quantities 
of water and sticky mud in the ditch and by numerous tor- 
pedoes which obstructed the ditch. These had been placed there 
by the rebels and were discovered by the negroes the night he- 
fore, who, afraid to touch them, had left them just as they 
found them. They were made with a percussion lock, which a 
jar or touch would explode. Over these the stretcher had to be 
carefully lifted, regardless of sharpshooters. We were very 
thankful when the last of these was passed. The soldier himself 
bore the jolting bravely, uttering no complaint, nor even sound, 
however roughly we were compelled to use him. In the next 
parallel, which was finished, we felt ourselves comparatively well 
sheltered. We were protected from the sharpshooters but in 
getting farther from the fort came into the range of her gums, 
and also sometimes of our own. We accomplished our danger- 
ous journey, however, without hurt to any one of us and deliy- 
ered him in safety at the hospital. 

I find that a great many of the men that have the handling 
of the wounded handle them like a lot of sheep in a slaughter- 
house, and, I tell you, I should hate to be wounded. I always 
pity a man who is wounded and take as good care of him as 








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though he were my brother, it seems to me, even if he is a 
rebel who has been shooting at me a moment before. Little 
do the folks north know what this war is doing, but it will not 
last always. 

I see by the papers that Lee is losing most all his army. Now 
if that is true, such a feeling(?) is going to grow very fast and 
I look for a rather speedy end of this war, but I fear the story 
is exaggerated. 

O, I do hope two or three up in my neighborhood will be 
drafted, a butcher, etc., and a few others. But some will have 
a lame knee and others a lame back, ete., and will get out of it. 
I wish I could have the say about it for about five minutes. I 
would start a few. I don’t like the idea of taking off all the 
loyal men and leaving those plaguy traitors to keep howling 
in our rear, and raise mobs, etc. The government ought to take 
them by the collar and “snake them out” and let them smell a 
little of the southern powder and they would not feel so friendly 
towards Mr. Rebel and the so-called confederacy. 

T can take a colored soldier who is wounded and lug him on 
a stretcher with just as good a grace as a white one, though I 
find they are a bit heavier. They do weigh down. 

The rebels took one of their dead negroes and tied him to 
a torpedo and when our men went to get him on a stretcher the 
torpedo exploded and wounded or killed eight men. So you 
see how they will contrive all manner of means. It does seem 
as though the curse of God would follow such men. It would 
if He were not so long-suffering and ready to forgive. I sup- 
pose those men know not what they do, at least don’t realize 
it. 

August 30, 1863. 

I tell you, we never knew what hard times were, we think, 
until we came here and commenced this siege. We knew but 
little about war before. 

I don’t want you to write anything to the folks at home to 
let them know we are having very hard times, for they worry 
so about us. 

We are under a tremendously heavy fire now while up in the 


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front, which is twenty-four hours at a time. We go about once 
in three days. Our regiment has been very lucky thus far, 
One shell burst the night I was up there in among the Highty- 
fifth Pennsylvania regiment and killed or wounded eight or ten, 
Our regiment is out now. I did not go this time. The adjutant 
said he did not want me to go when he could get along, for I 
do the bugling and take care of the mail. I go about every 
other time. I think the rebellion is about played out, don’t 
you? I-don’t know how long before we shall get to Charles 
ton, but I think in a week or two we shall have Wagner, an¢ 
then we can go farther up. We can’t go far, though, before : 
shall have to take Gregg, but I don’t imagine it will be much to 
take that. And Sumter comes next; and she is disabled now, I 
think, though they are banging away at her today. I wish 
Rosecrans could get in the rear of Charleston so as to take them 
as they did at Vicksburg. It will be some time before we get 
to Charleston, but time will fetch it. We are digging day and 
night. The rebels have got pretty well discouraged in some 
parts of the confederacy, so called. How do you get along this 
summer? I tell you, we have almost died with heat. I think 
that I ought to be thankful that I have been spared as I have 
from sickness. I believe there is hardly a man in the regiment 
but has been on the sick-list since we came from home. ; 


August 31, 1863. i 

At Morris Island. We are seeing pretty hard times here now. 
Our regiment came in tonight from the front and had thr 

wounded. In all the different regiments there were twenty 

four. We were out twenty-four hours. 

September 1, 1863. — 

Nutting is not very well but is able to be around camp. We 

have had very hot weather; hardly a man in the regiment but 

has been sick. I feel very thankful that I am spared with such 

good health. I received a photograph of Mary’s little “Tot” (my 


niece). (W. R.) 
Friday, Sept. 4, 1863. 


Heavy and rapid firing from the batteries and gunboats com- 
menced today, preparatory to an assault. Tonight about three 


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hundred men started on an expedition (round the back of the 
island), supposed to be directed to Fort Gregg, but they met a 
rebel boat containing one major and twelve soldiers, which they 
captured, thus betraying themselves and failing in the attack 
on the fort. 
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1863. 
Today all the land batteries and the gunboats, “Ironsides” 
among them, are pouring shot and shell into Fort Wagner. We 
are losing men every day. ‘The weather is very much like sum- 
mer in New Hampshire. 
Sunday, Sept. 6, 1863. 
Bombardment of Wagner has been going on for forty-eight 
hours. Sand and timbers have been flying high. All the regi- 
ments on the island were called out tonight to assault Fort Wag- 
ner. The Fourth New Hampshire marched cautiously up 
through all the parallels but one, I think. At least, we were 
out of range, being so near Wagner that they could not depress 
their guns enough to fire on us. This last line of works entered 
the side of the fort, as we could plainly see from our position. 
We were marched out from the parallel onto the beach and up it 
to a position opposite the fort. Here we stood in line of battle, 
awaiting orders, as a rebel deserter from Fort Wagner had joined 
us at this point with the news that the rebel troops were evacuat- 
ing. “Hurry up,” he called to us, “the rebel troops are evacuat- 
ing and you'll be too late.” While we were waiting there we 
were shelled from Sumter, Gregg, James Island, and Montin. 
Several shells struck into our lines, wounding a number of our 
men. We could hear the boom of the cannon, see the curve 
of the coming shell, the noise of the explosion, and then the cries 
of the wounded. These were probably random shells. ‘They 
were probably firing at Fort Wagner, having received some in- 
timation of its evacuation and inferring its occupancy by Union 
troops. We soon had orders to advance and passed around to 
the north or Fort Gregg side and here again awaited orders for 
afew moments. Having heard that Fort Wagner was really 
evacuated, we were ordered to advance on Fort Gregg. We had 
not gone far before several of our men were blown up by tor- 












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pedoes hidden in the ground. These caused us to move cau- 
tiously. We reached Gregg in season to capture eighty men, 
who were waiting their turn to be taken across to James Island. 

Rebel prisoners were set at work digging up torpedoes and 
opening magazines in Wagner. 

All the time we were on the island after the first assault on 
Wagner we suffered much from the horrible stench of decompos- 
ing bodies. The air and earth seemed saturated, and in digging 
the parallels we were compelled to dig over what was the same 
as a graveyard. 7 


September 8, 1863. 

A monitor got aground today in the harbor at Charleston 7 
threw a shell into Fort Moultrie that blew up a magazine. ‘The 
forts about, especially Moultrie, thought to take advantage of the 
accident to the monitor and fired very furiously at her. This 
caused her to defend herself with vigor and one shell exploded 
the magazine, as already mentioned. The force with which this 
was sent must have been something tremendous, for of course 
the magazine is in the most secure and best protected part o 
the fort, and is always built over with a greater amount of sand 
as an additional safeguard. I knew at the time just the resul 
of the explosion, as reported from rebel sources. I believe there 
were fourteen or fifteen men killed. j 
There was considerable fighting at about this time between 
the United States gunboats and the forts in Charleston “_ 


September 16, 1863. 
Three orderly sergeants died today—Mack, C. A. Brown 

Company I, and Jones of Company D—a very singular and um 

common occurrence [Nutting diary]. , 


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Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1863. 
Still at Morris Island. Wrote a letter to father about hom 
matters. 


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September 24, 1863. 
A grand review of the troops on Morris Island by General Gil- 
more. Another soldier of Company OC, D. W. Gordon, died. 


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. September 25, 1863. 
Private Charles Brown died. 
October 1, 1863. 


This is the date of Addison Dodge’s death, of which an ac- 
count is given under date of August 5, 1863. He died at 
quarter past ten in the morning and was buried the same day. 


October 8, 1863. 
Got a mail today. 
October 9, 1863. 


We are not quite in Charleston but are so near we can look 
right into the city, as we can look into Manchester from that 
hill near *Squog, and could burn it very easily. They can’t run 
the blockade here now, as we hold the mouth of the harbor. 
Charleston is of no account to them beyond the name of holding 
it. Up North the people think that Sumter is all that need 
be battered down, but they don’t know much about it. Sum- 
ter is the weakest fort in the harbor. 1 mean it was. It is 
nothing now but a pile of ruins. I have , so that I don’t 
know when to believe anything I read. If a man don’t see with 
his own eyes and hear with his own ears, he doesn’t know how 
much is true. 

About our getting vegetables. We get more now than awhile 
ago, but, let me tell you, we have seen rough times here. We 
have been without vegetable matter so long and lived on “salt- 
horse” and hardtack part of the time and part of the time on 
soft bread, not much better, that our systems are all out of 
gear somehow. Take the strongest, most robust man and let 
him take hold of the side of a barrel of apples or potatoes, carry 
it a few rods, and when he sets it down he feels as weak as a 
rat, and trembles all over. Blood is thin and bones have lost 
something that gives a man strength. We get some potatoes 
now. When we have them, which is once or twice a week, we 
get three for a ration and a piece of salt meat, and finish our 
meal with soft bread or hard. I almost always get enough to 
eat. J don’t know the time for the past year when I haven’t 
had enough, such as it is, but to have one thing over and over 
for two years I don’t relish. O, I would give as much for a 
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Perhaps I would not like to come in and test my sister’s cook- 
ing once! But after all has been said and done I would not 
come home today if they would offer me my discharge. I never 
have been sorry I enlisted and am ready to die out here if 
need be. 

You need not feel any alarm about my forming any bad habits. 
I have been just as particular to guard against them here as at 
home. I don’t go by the outward feeling and because I am 
away in the army go to drinking, swearing, etc., for I consider 
that it is wrong, and what I consider wrong I try to shun, let 
me be where I may. 

Dodge, a Francestown boy belonging to our company, died the 
other day, and James Ellis, also from Francestown, was wounded 
by splinters struck from a pile of boards by a shell. The pile 
of boards was for use in building the parallels and the fortifica- 
tions within them. Ellis was wounded only slightly. Another 
man was hit at the same time in the legs and hurt badly. I 
think they were shoveling. At the same time, I believe, one of 
our guns in the same battery burst at the breech, dismounting 
it, but not hurting any one. It was no uncommon occurrence 
for a gun to burst, frequently injuring our men. Sometimes our 
shells would burst prematurely. We lost quite a number of men 
from such accidents. 

I think in about nine months now I shall be coming home, 
that is, if we are discharged in June. It is near sundown and 
I have got to blow the retreat. 

Friday, Oct. 16, 1863. 

Still on Morris Island. The work here appears to be done 
and yet there appears no prospect of our leaving. We are con- 
jecturing the probability of remaining here all winter. Our 
camp is in among the sandy bluffs, and the sand blows over and 
drifts among the tents like dry, light snow. Sometimes, coming 
into camp from fatigue duty at headquarters all night, I would 
find myself, after sleeping during the forenoon, covered by a 
drift of sand. The sun beating down onto the unshaded camp 
made the heat in the tent almost unbearable and the day’s rest 
anything but refreshing. 


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The tents had to be moved at times lest they should become 
buried in the sand. The graveyard had to be carefully. watched 
lest the shifting sand should leave the graves exposed. I be- 
lieve there were some cases of re-burial. 

There was much fatal sickness about this time and orders were 
issued to bury the dead without the usual music, as the sound 
had such a depressing influence on the hospital patients. Until 
this order, at almost any hour of the day we could hear the shrill 
fife playing the Portuguese Hymn and the muffled drum tell- 
ing that some funeral procession was on its way to the grave. 

George says: “Sickness in the regiment is getting worse every 
day. ‘There are fifty-five in the hospital here (regimental), be- 
sides the sick in other hospitals.” It was very difficult at this 
time for a sick man to obtain a discharge, though before it had 
been customary to give them; but here the sickness was too 
quickly fatal. 

General Terry (resumed) is in command of the island and 
comes out with a big order every day. Some are very strict, 
and only the men despise him and the army. One very im- 
proper order was that the men should pack all extra clothing, 
etc., into their knapsacks and wear these and march in good 
order when going to and from work. This made it very hard, 
as the men were on fatigue duty every night or day. It is 
customary for a fatigue party to leave and enter camp, keeping 
step in good military order, but when out of camp the com- 
manding officer invariably, where the distance made it neces- 
sary, would give the order, “Rout step,” when each man would 
take his natural and easiest gait, although keeping the line. 
This order was so very troublesome that at last some of the 
officers petitioned for its abolishment. This was done by the 
general of the department (Gilmore). 

General Gilmore had commanded the operations on Morris 
Island in person, but after the taking of the forts General 
Terry resumed command of division. 

October 26, 1863. 

Second bombardment commenced on Fort Sumter November 
6, 1863. Bombardment still going on. 


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November 17, 1863. 
Still on Morris Island. This regiment got one hundred 
ninety-three recruits today, all substitutes, some twenty of them 
Germans. Before this, Greager was the only German in the 
regiment. These substitutes were very unpopular among the 
veterans and officers and they were treated with dislike by all, 
as arule. A substitute had to conquer a prejudice and earn a 
place in the regard of his comrades. There was good reason 
for the dislike. We were disgusted with the methods taken by 
the government to raise men. We could not respect a man 
whose services had been bought, and the majority of them were 
men who had enlisted only for the bounty, etc., and deserted at 
the first opportunity. 
November 19, 1863. 
There is nothing new here. Firing is going on on both sides, 
but without effect. The weather has been very fine for the past 
week but the week previous was very cold. ‘There is no pros- 


pect of our taking Charleston. 
November (after 8th), 1863. 


At Morris Island. I am in good health now and doing well. 
Can get plenty of apples now by paying five cents apiece, and 
they do me more good than anything I can get. Father has sent 
me two barrels of apples. I suppose they are at Hilton Head. 
I don’t know when I shall get them but as soon as the quarter- 
master sends for them. 

I think I should like to go to Boston, as you propose. I will 
see about it when I get home. You can see what it costs. I 
would like to know. We don’t have to work as hard as we did 
a few weeks ago, but I don’t know how soon we shall haye to 
again. I expect something will be done before long. ‘They 
have been knocking old Sumter to pieces lately and I guess in a 
few days we shall hold it ourselves. It will soon be New Year's. 
How time flies! I shall soon be at home again if I live, and then 
I will beat you at a game of gammon. [I'll tell you what I am 
thinking of most every day, that is pudding and milk. I would 
give more for a bowl of it than for anything I know of, I be- 
lieve, and it would do me more good. 


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I never was sorry I enlisted but I shall always look back with 
a feeling of dreary dread to think what I have passed through, 
and feel very thankful to think I got through safely. I will en- 
list again if I think, after I get home, the country is in a peril- 
ous condition and needs me badly. But I think after I have 
served three years they can get along and ought not to ask any 
more of me, unless things are different from now. I believe 
three years more would kill a fellow, for each summer seems to 
take hold of me worse. My system loses more in summer than 
it can recover in winter, for we get vegetables in winter, such as 
potatoes and onions. I don’t wish to stay here on this island 
another summer. I don’t think I shall have to, but don’t know. 


The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Morris Isuanp, Dec. 24, 1863. 

Dear Sister,—tI received your kind letter and now hasten to 
reply to it. I am well and hope to continue so until I return 
to my home, which I hope will be in about nine months (some- 
what less). That will fly fast and soon be gone. This is the 
last winter before I can take a furlough. I could take it now 
by only going to the adjutant and asking for it, but as my time 
is so nearly out I don’t care about coming until I can be inde- 
pendent of anybody and can take my own furlough. 

I have been promoted since I wrote to you. I don’t belong to 
Company C now. I belong to the non-commissioned staff; am 
principal musician; get $21 a month. Just think of your 
brother, Cuffee Bradshaw, wearing a sword and scarf! (See 
June 5, 1863.) 

We haven’t taken the famous city yet but hope to sometime 
before we come home. 

You ask what I had for Thanksgiving. I wish you wouldn’t 
ask such puzzling questions. I declare, I don’t want to tell you 
of all the nice little dainties I had, such as boiled hog and hard- 
tack. Well, if I must, I must, so here goes. We had tongues 
and sounds, and I went down to town, was at the lower end of 
the island, where some buildings for settlers and government 
storehouses, etc., had been put up, got back, found dinner all 
cold, and so had a cold tongue and a cold sound, both, and two 
potatoes with them. I guess you didn’t have anything that beat 
that. 


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Tomorrow is Christmas and we are going to have boiled beef 


and bread. I am going into a mess with the rest of the non- — 
commissioned staff, and we shall live better if we get up a mess. — 





We are having real cold weather here now. It is tedious — 


enough. We feel it more than I ever did at home, in the coldest 
of weather. Just so, I think! One week less every Saturday to 
stop in the service, and then for the trial of gammon. 

We have a chaplain now, and have services every Sabbath. 


December 25, 1863. 
Still on Morris Island. The rebels had built a battery behind 
some houses on James Island(?), at La Granville(?), then tore 
away the houses and today opened on our troops on Folly Island. 
Union troops took the battery. 


December 26, 1863. 

Reénlisting is slowly going on in the regiment. The fleet is 
lying idle, but in the last gale one monitor was sunk. A great 
many timbers have been washed ashore, supposed to be obstrue- 
tions in Charleston Harbor. 

About this time Private Kendall of the Third New Hamp- 
shire was shot for desertion. He was a newly arrived substitute 
and said to be a bounty jumper. He deserted and went over to 
a neighboring island, which he supposed to be in the possession 
of the rebels, but in reality in our possession. When he dis- 
covered his mistake he passed himself off as a Union refugee 
from James Island. He told stories of the destitution and dis- 
couragement of the rebel troops there. He was brought into 
camp and put under guard at headquarters but treated with con- 
sideration and communication with him forbidden. The Third 
New Hampshire, on grand guard that day, and the regiment 
generously sent him rations, blankets, ete. General Terry was 
on the point of sending him to Hilton Head, en route for New, 
York, according to his own request, when a soldier of his com- 
pany, a substitute who had come down with him a few days be- 
fore, from New York, looked into the tent, in spite of the care 
of the guard, and recognized him. As soon as the orderly ser- 
geant of his company came, he at once identified him, and strict 


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orders were given to have him closely confined. He was promptly 


~ court-martialed and sentenced to be shot. There had been much 


deserting and this was necessary in order to preserve the morals 
of the regiments. I believe this was the only occurrence of the 
kind on Morris Island. On the day of’ his execution all the 
troops on the island, not on duty, were ordered out to witness 
it. We were marched out onto the beach and formed into three 
sides of a square, the sea making the fourth. The prisoner rode 
in an open ambulance, seated on his coffin. He was followed by 
a platoon of soldiers, detailed as a guard, marching at “charge 
bayonets”; then the band, playing the death march; then an- 
other platoon with reversed arms, and then the provost marshal 
and other officers. It was the duty of the provost marshal to 
see that the order for execution was carried out, and in case of 
the soldiers failing to kill the prisoner, to do so himself with 
his revolver. The prisoner, with hands tied behind him, eyes 
bandaged, was caused to kneel on his coffin, which had been 
placed within the square, with his back toward the sea. A 
platoon of soldiers was placed in front of him, at a distance of 
paces. At the order “fire” he fell forward, pierced, as it 
were, with one bullet, so accurately had the men fired. As is 
customary, the pieces had been loaded by the provost marshal, 
without the knowledge of the soldiers, one rifle being loaded 
with a blank cartridge. 





December 28, 1863. 
At Morris Island. Never better. Iam in good health; weigh 
dout 160. I went down to see Paul Whipple. I found they 
had broken up camp, set fire to their rubbish, and gone to Beau- 
fort. I intended to have gone before, but forgot all about it. 
There seems to be good news all the time lately. I don’t see 
how the South can hold out much longer against Uncle Sam’s 
force. It is about as the rebel said, “I don’t believe you Yanks 
will fire those big guns much longer because the confederacy is 
sO narrow you will shoot across and kill your own men on the 
other side.” The rebels begin to think if they could not hold 
Lookout Mountain, there is no place they can hold. I think the 


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rebellion is nearly gone through on all sides, and but a few more 
whacks and it will all cave. I am of the opinion the leaders 
of the rebellion are looking for a way to get out of the country, 
and think the government had better look well to the blockad 
for they may try it. By the way, I am a nine months’ man ar 
in a few days will be an eight months’ man. How time fli 
with me! I wonder where Amasa Downs is? The last I heard 
of him he was sick. 

You will notice I don’t keep on the line very well, but yo 
must consider what conveniences I have. For a light I have 
for you notice it is evening, a cover to a tin box, with a ra 
for a wick, and grease I got at the cookery. Quite a numb 
of the boys have been examining it this evening and I expect 
will try to steal the patent. 

I hope by summer something will be done towards gettin 
into Charleston. I think something is in the wind now in th 
department, but don’t know just where; I think on anoineny part 
from Morris Island. 

I am thinking of going to school again when I get home. — 


Monday, Jan. 4, 1864. 

Wrote to Sarah Bickford, dated 5th; also to Addie at Morris 
Island. ; 
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1864. 
Received a mail: 100 T'ribunes, 50 Leshes, 12 Harper 
Monthlies, and 300 New Souths. Ever since taking charge 0 
the postoffice I have had the privilege of selling papers and any- 
thing else I wish. Accordingly, I supplied myself every mail 
with such New York and other periodicals as were pa 
among the soldiers. 
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1864. — 

Wrote to Addie; also sent to editor of New South $15, and to 
Elliott, Thomas, and Talbot, $17 for Shattuck and me. 


Thursday, Jan. 7, 1864. 
Wrote to father, No. 6. Sent $25. Sent the boys each two 
or three papers. 


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Saturday, Jan. 9, 1864. 
Received letters from Addie, mother, Uncle Horace Pettee, 


one from 8. Tousey, and fifty Lesties, five dozen almanacs, and 
four dozen pencils from Shaw & Clark. Wrote 8S. Tousey. 
Monday, Jan. 11, 1864. 
Wrote to Otis Woodward. 
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1864. 
Wrote to Zogbaum & Fairchild, No. 10 Maiden Lane, New 
York; sent $5. Wrote to S. Tousey; sent $15. Received 100 
Tribunes, letter No. 17 from Addie, one from Hovey, agent for 
the “History of the Rebellion.” I was in correspondence with 
Hovey relative to taking an agency, at his solicitation, for the 
sale of his book. I did so at last but when we left Morris 
Island sold it out. Wrote to mother. 


Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie, No. 20, also to editor of New South, and sent 
—. Sent J. A. Demuth $32. Wrote to editor of Tribune 
(N. Y.); sent $5. Wrote to mother. 


Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1864. 
Received letter from mother and boys, one from 8. Tousey, 
one from Demuth. Wrote to Addie, No. 21. Wrote to boys 
and Mrs. Quinley about her husband. (Mr. Quinley was a mem- 
ber of Company E, Fourth New Hampshire, and was at this time 
sick in the hospital. His wife had not heard from him and was 
feeling anxious, and wrote to me for information.) Wrote to 
S. Tousey; sent $5. Received a letter from W. H. Johnson, 
Company H, Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, Washing- 
ton, D. C., and a Ballow’s Magazine from Demuth; also 50 
Tribunes, and 250 Free Souths. 
Thursday, Jan. 21, 1864. 
Wrote to W. H. Johnson, to the editor of the New York Her- 
ald. Received letter from Sue by Milton Abbott. 


Friday, Jan. 22, 1864. 
Wrote to Sue and sent a ring. Fine day. ; 


Saturday, Jan. 23, 1864. 
Sent Addie Ballow’s Monthly. Very nice day. 


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Thursday, Jan. 28, 1864. 


Very fine weather for some weeks past. Wrote to mother 
and to the editor of the New South; sent $30. 


Friday, Jan. 29, 1864. 
Received a letter from Addie, one from Sarah Bickford, and 
two Congregationalists, 250 Tribunes, fifty Leslie’s books, from 
Talbot & Company. Wrote to Addie, No. 22. Wrote to J. H. 
Winslow; sent $3.30. 
Saturday, Jan. 30, 1864. 
Wrote to J. A. Demuth. Wrote Merwin & Bray, 262 Broad- 
way, New York. Wrote E. 8. Johnson. 


Thursday, Feb. 4, 1864. 
Wrote to Ormsby for three books; sent $2.50. 


Friday, Feb. 5, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie, No. 23, dated the 4th. 


Saturday, Feb. 6, 1864. 

Wrote to Elliott, Thomas & Company (sent $17 in the name 
of A. Shattuck). 

I had got into the way, as will appear from the entries of this 
year, of sending for books and papers to New York and else- 
where. These I sold to the men at a small advance on the re- 
tail price, which gave me a profit sometimes of one hundred per- 
cent, since I bought at wholesale. I began, at the suggestion of 
some of the men, by getting from New York about $25 worth of — 
sensational stories. These sold as fast as I could deliver them, 
so eager were the men for reading matter. Another lot went 
not quite so fast, the appetite being somewhat satisfied, but 
newspapers and stationery were always salable. 

One day, having a general pass as regimental mail agent, I 
went down to Folly Island from Morris, where our camp was, to 
a settler’s and got about fifty pounds of candy. This proved 
also to be what the men wanted. In an apple speculation I was 
not so fortunate. I bought two barrels of apples for about $19 
from a settler down at the landing on Morris Island and hired 
a government teamster to carry them up to camp. His team 


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consisted of a great two-wheeled truck, with six horses in a tan- 
dem for dragging cannon. ‘The barrels were placed on this, and 
I got on to hold them in place. All went well until we reached 
the camp of the Fourth Rhode Island. We had been on a 
smooth, hard beach, but here a road turned up in the quarters 
of the regiment and the horses were determined to go up it. 
A large piece of driftwood lay in the way, the mast of some 
vessel perhaps. . One wheel rolled over this, while the other 
gouged a convenient hole in the sand. One barrel rolled off 
and burst open, filling the hole with fruit, which another turn 
of the wheel completely buried in a foot of sand. The other 
tumbled safely off and the horses galloped away. I dug the 
apples out of the sand and got a man to help me carry them 
up to my tent and left another to guard the remaining barrel. 
They were the only two men in sight, but when I returned to 
get my barrel of apples there was nothing to be seen of either 
barrel or men, and the whole Rhode Island camp were busy de- 
youring apples. 

A. Shattuck was in partnership in two or three of these 
ventures with me, but he soon gave it up, and about this time, 
too, I changed my quarters, as Colonel Bell wished me to blow 
the bugle again. 

Received letter from father and mother (two from dad), one 
from Addie, one from Sally Emerson, one from Otis Woodward. 


Monday, Feb. 8, 1864. 
Sent the boys four papers. A blockade runner got aground 
today off Morris Island and our artillery set it on fire. 


Thursday, Feb. 11, 1864. 
We left Morris Island and marched to the south end of Folly 
Island and embarked on board of steamer “Saxon.” This is the 
first time we have been from under fire since July 18, 1863. I 
think the boys will sleep easy tonight. 


Saturday, Feb. 13, 1864. 
Received two letters from Tousey, one from Addie, one from 
W. H. Johnson, one from father, mother, and the boys, one 
from J..A. Demuth. We ran to Beaufort today and landed to- 
night. 





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Sunday, Feb. 14, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. Wrote to editor of the Tribune, editor of 
the New South, and wrote to father, No. 7. 


Friday, Feb. 19, 1864. 
We embarked on board steamer “Dictator” and ran to Hilton — 
Head with three days’ rations. Got orders to go back and await 


orders. 
Sunday, Feb. 21, 1864. 
Got orders to report to Hilton Head to go to Fort Pulaski. 


Monday, Feb. 22, 1864. 
We were ordered to Skull Creek—the Eighty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment and one company of the Sixty-seventh Ohio 
and the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. We took fourteen 
prisoners and were ordered to Jacksonville, Fla. 


Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1864. 
We arrived at Jacksonville today. Heavy fighting at Olustee 
but we are not yet ordered in. (This was the fight in which 
the Seventh New Hampshire were engaged and lost so heavily 
and General Seymour and his brigade taken prisoners.) 


Wednesday, Feb. 24. 1864. 
The boys are reénlisting fast today for three years of the war. 
There have enough enlisted to make it a veteran regiment and 
we are to go home on a veteran furlough. 


Saturday, Feb. 27, 1864. 
We are ordered to Beaufort and embarked on board steamers 
“Ben DeFord” and “Peconic.” 


Sunday, Feb. 28, 1864. 
Received a letter from father and Addie, dated February 13; 
one from mother and Addie, No. 22, dated February 6; one from 
Mary, one from M. J. Daniels, one from Julia Sargent, one from 
editor of the Tribune, one from Merwin & Bray, books from 
Elliott, Thomas, & ‘Talbot, and one hundred New Souths. 
Just got back from Jacksonville; been gone a week. 


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The following is a letter addressed to Mary Rowe: 


Beavrort, 8. C., February 29, 1864. 

Dear Sister,—We have just returned from a scout and ex- 
pedition, as I call it, for (as you plainly see) we are back to 
Beaufort, and before we had been here three days we were 
ordered down to Hilton Head, laid aboard of a steamer over 
night, but as all things were not ready in the morning we came 
back and the next night but one went down again and joined a 
couple of boats with another regiment (Highty-fifth Pennsyl- 


yania Regiment), then kept on down to Fort Pulaski, and ran up 


one of the rivers to within eight miles of Savannah and landed 
on White Marsh Island, a part of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania 
Regiment going round in the meantime to the back side of the 
island to cut off a bridge to keep them from reénforcing the 
island and keep on what were there. The bridge was within four 
miles of Savannah. ‘They found the rebels too strong, for they 
had a battery of three guns, and got repulsed. We landed on the 
island and expected they would cut off communication by the 
bridge, but as they did not, the rebels came on like bees and we 
had to retreat again when we found out how matters were; took 
fifteen prisoners along with us and all that saved us were two 
brass pieces on one of our boats. "The colonel opened fire and 
threw shells into the woods. They (the rebels) did not. dare 
to come too near, thinking we had gunboats with us, but they 
fired a volley or two of musketry over our heads out of the 
woods as we came away, and took our lieutenant and one man 
prisoner and wounded one lieutenant. If they had been smart 
they could have taken all of us prisoners who did not fight til 
killed, though they would have had a tussle, I guess. They had 
lots of men and we could hear the cars as they came in with 
more; kept rushing them in. 

As soon as we got through with that job and got back to Fort 
Pulaski the order came for us to go to Jacksonville, Fla., so we 
went down there and stopped a week and got back today. We 
threw up a rifle-pit for them down there, then came back up 
here, and landed today. I have not had a chance to write a 
letter home since a fortnight ago, but received a letter from 
father today, dated February 13, saying mother was very sick, and 
as I was about worn out with fatigue of going on the expedition 
and getting bad news, I have felt kind of blue this afternoon, 
but tonight the other mail has come in and I have a letter from 
Addie, who says mother is better, and I feel better also. I 
don’t allow myself to have the blues, but I had a strange feel- 


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ing, being so fatigued and to think they were sick, which I could 
not describe. 

The regiment have reénlisted to be a veteran regiment, that 
is, two thirds, so they go home on the next boat. I am not one 
for the reason I consider my duty calls me home. The colonel 
wants me to enlist badly, and I could have a commission, but I 
don’t see it. I calculate to do what I consider my duty as it 
is made known to me without regard to money or honor. I 
think the colonel thinks more of me for it. He told me that of 
course I knew my duty best, but wished I could enlist. I shall 
be at home, if I live, in about six months. Folks need me at 
home. I know they are having a hard time. All hands have 
worked themselves down. 

Love to Ben, Mother Rowe and Helen, also Sister Moll, and 
a kiss to Winnie. TI shall have a good time while they are gone 
home on the furlough. Sha’n’t have anything to do, hardly. 

Write often and accept with love, 

BRIAS LIAS. 


Monday, Feb. 29, 1864. 
Received letter from Addie, No. 24. Wrote to Charles W. 
Ambrose, New London; wrote it yesterday. Wrote to Mary 
Rowe last night. Wrote to S. E. French; sent picture. 


Tuesday, March 1, 1864. ; 
Wrote to Mary E. French. Wrote to Addie. Wrote to 
mother. 


Wednesday, March 2, 1864. 
Those of our regiment who have reénlisted embarked on board 
steamer “Verona” for New York. 


Friday, March 4, 1864. 
Received letter from father, one valentine from Laura E. 
French. Sent two papers to Addie. 


Monday, March 7, 1864. 
Wrote to J. A. Demuth. Sent colonel two papers. Received 
letter from Addie, dated 27th, probably No. 26. 





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Tuesday, March 8, 1864. 
Received letter from Flora Dodge Atwood. Wrote to Addie, 
No. 26. Wrote to father, No. 8; sent $25. Wrote to Charley, 
Eddie, and Willie. 


Thursday, March 10, 1864. 
Wrote to the editor of the T’ribwne, editor of the Palmetto 
Herald, Dick & Fitzgerald, and to Elliott, Thomas & Talbot, 
in Shattuck’s name. 


Saturday, March 12, 1864. 
Sent Charley three papers, Palmetto Herald and Free South. 


Sunday, March 13, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie; also to Miss 8. F. Bickford. 


Wednesday, March 16, 1864. 
Sent Charley one hundred Souths. Received a letter from 
Demuth, a Congregationalist. 


Thursday, March 17, 1864. 
. Wrote to Charley. 


Friday, March 18, 1864. 
Wrote to Father. 
Tuesday, March 22, 1864. 
Received a letter from Addie, No. 27. Received a letter from 
Dicks & Fitzgerald, one from Adams Press Company, 31 Park 
Row, New York. 
Wednesday, March 23, 1864. 
Received a letter from Addie, one from Mother, one from 
Sue in Addie’s. 
Thursday, March 24, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. 
Saturday, March 26, 1864. 
Wrote to Sue. ; 
Tuesday, March 29, 1864. 


Wrote to Mother. Sent Addie Ballow’s Magazine. 


Thursday, March 31, 1864. 
Received a letter from Father, one from Demuth, with $3.50. 
Received paper from L. E. F. 





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Saturday, April 2, 1864, 
Wrote to father. Wrote to Addie. Wrote to Elliott, 
Thomas & Talbot; sent $3.38 in Shattuck’s name. 


Tuesday, April 5, 1864. 

Wrote to Otis and Adella. 

Friday, April 8, 1864. 

Received a letter from Mother and Brother Ed; one from 
Sarah Emerson. 

Saturday, April 9, 1864. 

Wrote to Sarah E. French. 

Sunday, April 10, 1864. 

Wrote to Addie. 

Monday, April 11, 1864. 

Wrote to father; sent $50. Wrote B. W. Hitchcock; sent $10 
for two albums. Wrote to Richard & Company, Nos. 37 and 39 
Wassau street, New York; sent $2.25 for patent pipe. Wrote 
to Emma Emerson. 

Tuesday, April 12, 1864. 

Received a letter from Sarah F. Bickford, one from Addie, 
one from Mark and Sarah Fletcher. Wrote to Mark and Sarah. 
Wrote Sarah Emerson. 

Wednesday, April 13, 1864. 

Wrote to Mother. 

Saturday, April 16, 1864. 

Wrote to Addie. Arrived at Yorktown today; landed at 
Gloucester. I should think there were about one hundred men, 
the rest of the regiment being home on a furlough of thirty 
days, given them on account of reénlistment. 

We encamped about a half a mile from the wharf, back of the 
bluffs. On these bluffs were old fortifications, though not 
mounted and of course not used. On the opposite side of the 
York, a beautiful river, was the old town of Yorktown. I used 
to go across the river quite often on a general pass. At York- 
town were quite a number of stores, where we could buy most 
anything in the way of groceries. 

We saw the house at Yorktown in which it was said (I be- 
lieve) that General Washington made his headquarters at the 
time General Cornwallis surrendered his sword to him. It was 
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My duty here at Gloucester, while the rest of the regiment 
were absent, was to drill some boys in drumming, as we found 
we did not have drummers to drum for guard-mounting. Ad- 
jutant Carleton requested me to search through the regiment 
and get one or two men who could drum or who could learn, 
and drill them. I told him I did not know how to drum but 
would see what I could do. I therefore searched till I found 
two young fellows who said they could drum. I found they 
knew how to use the sticks but had no idea of playing a tune 
or keeping time so that a company could march by their music. 
I drilled them a great deal and we managed to have some 
music after a while. One of these boys I found was very hard 
to manage, for, being detached from his company and under 
my care, he tried me very much by going away from camp with- 
out a pass. He went away on one occasion and came just in 
time to do duty at guardmount, but of course missed his regular 
drill. His excuse was that he fell asleep behind a pile of boards. 
I said, “I shall be obliged to punish you if you go away again.” 
I soon after found I was obliged to report him absent at guard- 
mount and said to’ Adjutant Carleton that it was not the first 
offense. Said he, “Put him on a barrel and let him stand all 
night.” I put him on a barrel at the guardhouse and let him 
stand several hours, and then relieved him. 


Sunday, April 17, 1864. 
Wrote to Sarah F. Bickford. 
Wednesday, April 20, 1864. 
Received a letter from Otis, one from Mary French, one from 
E. F. Hovey, and two papers. 
Thursday, April 21, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. 
Monday, April 25, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. 
Wednesday, April 27, 1864. 
Received letter from Addie, one from J. A. Demuth. Re- 
ceived package with letter from Aunt Sarah Pettee, with one 
from Sue. Reénlisted veterans arrived today from furlough in 
New Hampshire. 


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Thursday, April 28, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. 


Friday, April 29, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie Bryant. Wrote to Father. Sent picture of 
Yorktown siege and my warrant of principal musician. 


Saturday, April 30, 1864. 
Were reviewed by Gen. B. F. Butler. We had understood 
that we had some 40,000 men in our force who were encamped 
here, that General Butler was going to take command, and 
there were a great many stories going about camp as to where we 
were going to strike. 
Sunday, May 1, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. Received letter from Addie. 


Wednesday, May 4, 1864. 
Wrote to Eddie. We left Gloucester; went on board the 
“Salvor.” Cool nights. 
Thursday, May 5, 1864. 
This morning found us at Fortress Monroe. Came up James 
river to Appomattox and up Appomattox to Bermunda Hundred 
and landed at two o’clock in the morning; marched out and 
slept in a field about a mile from the landing. Bermuda Hun- 
dred is a very old looking place, on the shore of a deep, muddy 
river. The soil being clayey made it very sticky and bad travel- 
ing just after a rain. J remember it was quite so when we 
marched up from the river. I got the impression of the river 
(Appomattox) being full of stumps and fallen trees at some 
points as we passed up. We encamped on a beautiful green, 
grassy field, in the open air. ‘The land about here looked very 
rich and fertile. 
Friday, May 6, 1864. 
Beautiful morning; very hot. We started from Bermuda 
Hundred about seven o’clock; marched up five or six miles; came 
back two or three (got on wrong road was the reason for 
countermarching, I believe), and lay in the open sun in an 
open field on a branch road till about three o’clock; marched 
on about eight miles and encamped for the night and dug in- 
trenchments (on Foster’s plantation). We had orders before 


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leaving Gloucester to rid ourselves of everything that would im- 
pede us in marching, and those who wished could pack up and 
send home such things as they did not want to throw away and 
could not carry. I packed all my traps in a trunk which I had 
received from home and forwarded to my father by express, 
putting in all those things I had collected as relics of the war. 
This trunk was lost. 

Many of the men heeded not the orders but tried to carry an 
extra pair of boots or blanket or coat. The consequence was 
that, after marching about one or two miles from Bermuda 
Hundred, the sides of the road began to be lined with blankets, 
shoes, boots, and various things, which grew more and more 
numerous the farther we marched, till the men were again in 
“light marching order.” Many of the men gave out from the 
march; some were sun-struck and left by the roadside in care 
of a comrade. I noticed some very pale from faintness. I 
found myself suffering from a bilious attack and tried hard to 
keep along. Assistant Surgeon Walker noticed ie and insisted 
I should get on to his horse, which I rode a mile or two, and 
think I felt better soon after. It was a hard march. 

We were marching through woods in an entirely strange 
country, with a feeling that we were likely to have a fight at any 
hour, and wondering, as we came to a cross road and halted for 
a consultation among the leading officers, as to our route (and 
this happened several times), if we should not be surprised by 
the enemy. It was with no little anxiety and feeling of inse- 
curity that we marched from Bermuda Hundred to Foster’s 
Plantation, going several miles on the wrong road and turning 
back to get on the right one. However, we were glad to get to 
the end of the march. The ground near the Plantation House 
was high and we commenced a regularly laid out line of fortifica- 
tions, with James river on the right and Appomattux on the 
left. Here we bivouacked for the night again in the open air. 

Saturday, May 7, 1864. 

Stopped all day here. Part of our corps were in a fight at the 
front. ‘The railway from Richmond to Petersburg ran through 
a valley below our camp and about two miles off. The party 


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went out to reconnoiter and the result was an engagement at 
the crossing of the railroad and turnpike. We heard the firing 
during the afternoon and occasionally got reports, and the whole 
camp felt excited and anxious. We were ordered to pack knap- 
sacks, ready to leave for the fight, which we fully expected, 
but no order to march came. We went on picket and dug in- 
trenchments all day. At night the reconnoitering party re- 
turned to camp, having succeeded in cutting the railroad. 


Sunday, May 8, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. Lay in camp all day. Very hot. We felt 
anxious in a vague anticipation of what might come Monday. 


Monday, May 9, 1864. 

Our first fight since we left South Carolina. Up at three 
o'clock; packed light for the front. This means one rubber 
blanket rolled over a woolen one and strapped onto the back. 
The Fourth New Hampshire took the lead; marched out onto the 
railroad between Richmond and Petersburg. We went very 
cautiously through the woods, expecting at any time to be at- 
tacked from some ambuscade. We finally came out where we 
could look down into the valley onto the railroad. I recall read- 
ing the warning, “Look out for the engine when the bell rings.” 
The rebels had retreated towards Petersburg. When we came 
down onto the road, at the scene of Saturday’s fight, we found 
lying beside the road some dead bodies of the regiment engaged. 
They were perfectly black from the exposure to the hot sun. 
Only by the hair could we tell the white from the colored men. 
Some of them had been bayoneted. ‘The regiment to which 
they belonged believed that this had been done before death, 
and swore vengeance. 

There was a man in our regiment, named Alonzo Gay, whom 
Colonel Bell sometimes employed as a scout, as he was a reck+ 
less, fearless fellow, who enjoyed it. The first thing he did on 
reaching the road was to climb a telegraph pole, cut the wire, 
and iook around for the enemy. Fortunately for him, they 
were nowhere near. 

We went up and down the tracks, tearing up the rails and 


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bending them, and burning the sleepers. Then we advanced on 
the turnpike to Petersburg, came up with the enemy within 
about five miles of Petersburg, fought them till night, and drove 
them into their inner works, three miles from Petersburg. 

In this fight the Twenty-second(?), T'wenty-third(?), Twenty- 
fourth Massachusetts were on the advance. The Fourth ar- 
rived later, being detained in tearing up the track. Fighting 
commenced a few minutes before our arrival. 

As we came up the road we could distinctly see the rebel line 
about thirty rods away from us. We could distinguish the men 
loading and firing and those who took charge of the caissons 
carrying ammunition from them to the gunners. Wounded were 
brought out; some from the Massachusetts regiments, I noticed 
in particular. 

It was always the hardest part of an engagement to be wait- 
ing for our turn to enter it and see the wounded carried past 
us from the front. It was having the horror of battle without 
the excitement of the fight. It was fulfilling our gloomiest an- 
ticipations without any of the satisfaction that comes from 
achievement. It kept the imagination busy with disaster and 
defeat at the very moment when it was most needed to stimulate 
us to exertion. But the poor fellows whose work was done al- 
ways had some encouraging word for us who were to take their 
places. The few minutes’ fight which preceded our arrival had 
wounded a good many. They passed us—some walking with 
arm or leg bandaged, some on stretchers, wounded in all possi- 
ble ways. We marched through some open bars into a field at 
our right. There were one or two old deserted houses here 
which we passed by. 

We were feeling somewhat anxious as to where we were going 
and how soon we should meet the enemy. Stray rifle shots and 
shells occasionally came over into the field, although we were 
not directly under fire. 

We were immediately ordered to the front on the right of the 
battle-line. This brought us into the woods, facing some rebel 
batteries only a few rods from our lines. A little stream called 
Swift Creek ran at the foot of the rising land on which we stood, 


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and separated ‘us from the batteries. A light rail fence ran in 
front of us. We fought here without intermission until into 
the evening; at our left the Second Massachusetts, the two flank 
companies of which were armed with seven-shooting rifles. 
These, after the first few shots, kept up a continuous war, one 
company firing while the other loaded. This, in connection 
with the firing of the rest of the regiment, made it sound as 
though several regiments were firing. The beginning of mus- 
ketry-firing always reminds me of the popping of corn—first 
one and another, then many, and then one unbroken sound. 
The heaviest firing was directly on our left, in the Massachusetts 
regiment. 

In the evening we moved still farther to the right to protect 
the extreme right of the line. By this time the heavy firing was 
over. We moved a little back and threw out skirmishers, and 
camped for the night in the open field on our arms. The reb- 
els charged on the line twice during the night, to our left, but 
could not break it. They had been. twice repulsed during the 
day and driven into their breastworks. Very hot weather. ; 


Tuesday, May 10, 1864. 
About nine o’clock we marched out a half a mile, a little in 
advance of our old position of Monday morning, formed in line 
of battle, all ready for action. We lay here in the woods await- 
ing orders till 12 m., the rebels meanwhile firing on us from two 
pieces of artillery. We had expected to make an immediate ad- 
vance on the enemy, but at 12 m. we had orders to occupy the 
extreme right. Here we lay in line in advance, where there 
had been a fight, the rebels having tried to flank the line. At 
night we came back into camp at headquarters, where we started 
from the day before. Very hot and terrible dusty; marched in 
hot sun; many were sunstruck. 
Wednesday, May 11, 1864. 
Wrote to Father. Received letter from Addie, No. 32; one 
from postmaster, Old Point Comfort. Got mail today. Lay im 
camp all day; boys on detail. Moved camp back a little just at 
night. Hada shower. Probably the detail was at work on the 
fortifications. 


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Thursday, May 12, 1864. 

At 4 o’clock a. m. had orders to be ready to march by five. 
Marched out to the railroad and lay in line of battle till about 
5 o'clock P. M., then had orders and marched up to the right 
on the Richmond and Petersburg turnpike, where they were hav- 
ing an engagement. Lay in line of battle all night near an old 
house between the main turnpike and the railroad, which ran 
from Richmond to Petersburg. In our front, towards Rich- 
mond, were the two opposing lines of battle. It rained very 
hard nearly, if not all, night. We had nothing but rubber 
blankets over us and the ground was very muddy. Colonel 
Bell, Major Drew, Paige, and I got a shovel from the neighbor- 
ing building and threw up a mound of mud just large enough 
for the four of us to lie on, and by using all four of our rubber 
blankets we tried to keep ourselves from the storm somewhat, 
and might have succeeded had not the pickets fired several times 
and got the whole line to firing, in every case bringing us all to 
our feet and into line ready for action. We would return to 
our bed each time, after waiting half an hour till all was quiet 
again, to find it was as wet as when first made up. 


Friday, May 13, 1864. 

Still rainy. Lay in line of battle till 9 o’clock «a. m., then 
marched down to our left onto the railroad and up the railroad 
toward Richmond, the enemy having fallen back. General 
Smith was in command of the right wing, which moved up the 
turnpike; General in command of our part of the army 
(the center), and General in command of the left, which 
were moving in same general direction with us, but to our left. 
We marched (I think the distance was) seven or eight miles, feel- 
ing quite anxious for our safety, as it was by four-rank route 
step and directly into the enemy’s country. We were so anxious, 
in fact, that the men talked about it. As we heard firing at the 
right, showing that the right wing, then from one to two miles 
from us, were fighting, Captain Clough remarked that Baldy 
Smith was there and in command of the expedition. This piece 
of news made all of us feel better and we said, “All will go well 
if Baldy is in command.” 











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We came in sight of their works, which were on high ground, 
and as they discovered us they opened fire with artillery. Find- 
ing their shells came too near, we moved our position behind 
a piece of woods and waited some time, until we heard firing off 
to our left. This was the signal to the center to charge on the 
front of the works, in codperation with the flank movement on 
the left. The hill on which the rebel batteries were placed was — 
very much like the hill on which the barn stands at Francestown 
and our position in waiting would correspond to a position in the 
Kemp woods. The distance was about as great as from there 
to the barn but the slope a little more gradual. We charged up 
the hill, Colonel Bell leading the regiment about a rod or two 
in advance. My place, as bugler, was by his side. I was armed 
that day with a large horse-pistol, one of a pair belonging <o 
Major Drew, which he usually carried in his belt. I very gladly 
accepted his offer of one, which he found cumbersome and I 
thought to find useful. As we advanced we could distinctly see 
a line of blue-coated men standing behind the works. Our men 
had begun firing, which was not returned; the artillery also had 
stopped. I said, “Colonel, I believe those are our men.” He 
ordered the firing to stop and examined them through his glass. 
He was of the same opinion. Not until we got into close range 
did they undeceive us by opening fire. But we had hardly a 
chance to return it, so abrupt was their retreat from the fire 
in their rear. Then we could see the gray legs below the blue 
coats. 

There was great scrambling to see which regiment would be 
the first to plant its colors on the captured works. The Fourth 
New Hampshire succeeded. ‘Some of the men climbed up onto 
the embankment and the color sergeant took the staff from the 
socket and threw it up to them, thus giving us the honor. 

This was at Chesterfield Heights, on the road to Richmond. 
It was now 4 o’clock p. mM. We lay down and looked at the 
others fighting at our right. We could follow our line, two mles 
long, move straight on, sometimes hidden by woods, sometimes 
marching through open fields, but always steadily advancing, the 
rebels gradually dropping back. We could see the enemy mak- 


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ing a stand behind fences and woods wherever opportunity of- 


' fered. We could look over the country in much the same way 


as one can look from the house onto the Dinsmore meadow and 
towards Mr. Dodge’s. It was broken land of much the same gen- 
eral appearance. The railroad to Richmond ran through a lit- 
tle gap in the hill corresponding to the turnpike past Mr. Dins- 
more’s. Rebel camps could be seen a mile or so back from the 
line of battle, scattered over the fields. We were amused to see 
little groups of soldiers, who had evidently been left to guard 
the camp, busy getting their breakfast by little fires. Sud- 
denly, as the battle neared them, they would start up, gathering 
accouterments hastily or perhaps leaving them altogether, and 
tun. Our men found all kinds of things strewn about, the evi- 
dences of hasty flight. Some of them did not scruple to sit 
down by the rebel fires and drink rebel coffee, still cooking where 
it was left. We watched till 8 o’clock vp. um. In the fort and 
back of it, where they had had the fight with our left wing, were 
a great many wounded rebels. JI remember seeing one or two 
very badly wounded. One was just breathing his last. He was 
almost torn to pieces. Some comrade had placed him close 
under the bank for shelter and covered him with a blanket. In 
an old house near by were a great many wounded and lying on 
old straw. 

Chesterfield Heights was the fortification on the extreme right 


of the enemy’s line, protecting Richmond. It extended from 


here to Fort Darling on James river. It formed the outer line 
of works, about seven miles from the city. 

At about 8 o’clock P. M. we received orders and moved towards 
our left some two or three miles, down a road into the woods, 
till we came to Salem church. Here we halted in the darkness 


-and rested a little while, when it was whispered about that we 


_ were to go on picket duty on a cross road by which our supply 


trains were expected. 

From Salem church we marched back in the same general 
direction from which we had come the day before but by another 
road. It led us to a cross in the roads which commanded that 
by which our ammunition trains were expected and also one lead- 


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ing into the country from which an attack was apprehended. We 
had gone only a few rods on this before we surprised the rebel — 
cavalry pickets. A volley from them in the darkness caused the 
little body of cavalry which preceded us to whirl and we had 
to take care not to be run over, but in a moment the riders got 
control of them and pursued the already flying rebels. We could 
hear the clanking of the sabers as they hurried away. Our cay- 
alry soon came back to where we had halted and reported every- 
thing safe and quiet, so we moved on a little farther and pick- 
eted the road for the night. 
Saturday, May 14, 1864. 

This morning came. back to the earthworks we took the day 
before at Chesterfield Heights. Received a letter from Addie, 
No. 33; one from Mother. Moved to the north of Chesterfield 
Heights, somewhat beyond the line of engagement, yesterday, 
and lay down in a little clearing in the woods to await further 
instructions. Here we remained most of the forenoon. It was 
very hot but the trees gave us a good shade. Our next move 
was across the railroad into an open field. Here we found our 
troops engaging the enemy and the rebel shells flew thickly 
about. We were ordered to lie down below an old house in the 
field. Some shells went directly through this old house; most 
went right over our backs, making a noise like a train of cars. 
We afterward advanced still farther and took position under a 
fence. 

Sunday, May 15, 1864. 

We passed the night in the open field. In the morning we 
began an advance under heavy musketry fire of the rebel lines _ 
and also of the guns from the fortifications on Drewry’s Bluff. 
They were also supplied with field batteries, which kept up a 
terrific fire on us. The general direction of our movement was 
toward the northeast and we made the extreme front and cen- 
ter. We finally took a position behind a fence and threw up 
the earth against it as a little protection. The men used for 
this their plates, dippers, pieces of board—anything which could 
be used to dig with. Here we lay during the rest of the day, 
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the regiment. I remember two being hit in Company C and I 
think others of our company were hit. One was Barney, who was 
killed outright by a bullet through the body. The shot that 
struck him did not come from the front but came lengthwise of 
the line. I was back thirty or forty rods from the line when 
a bullet whizzed over my head into the ground several rods 
beyond me, and in a few moments another, which I noticed 
came in the same direction (from a woods to the right and rear 
of our lines), striking nearer to me. When the third or fourth 
whizzed past me, each nearer than the one before it, I was sat- 
isfied that it was from a sharpshooter who could see me, and 
did not wait till he could get the range but returned to the line 
and reported to Colonel Bell, who immediately sent a scout 
(Lon Gay), with orders to get to the piece of wood very cau- 
tiously and find where the bullets came from, for, said he, “I 
am sure there is a sharpshooter there in one of those trees and 
it is he who killed Barney and wounded these men in the 
trenches.” Captain Wallace was hit. Just as I returned to the 
line he was lying behind the intrenchments near the place where 
Barney was lying when killed. This scout came back in an hour 
or two, said that he searched carefully, and finally came up in 
season to see the rebel sharpshooter fall out of a tree as he was 
shot by our men in that part of the line near him, who had at 

that time discovered him. He had built a platform in the 
_ branches of a large tree, several feet from the ground, and as 
the tree had three large limbs branching on as many sides of 
him, he was hidden from view, and when our line of battle 
passed the tree it left him within our lines. It seemed that, 
owing to so much firing all about him, he had been able to pick 
off our men undiscovered. As no more shots came from that 
direction, it was evident that the scout was truthful. 

During the day the rebels charged on our lines at different 
points, trying to break them, but were repulsed. ‘The regiment, 
some of whose members were found bayoneted a few days pre- 
vious at the railroad crossing, had driven short stakes into the 
earth in front of their lines. To these they had attached wires, 
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the ground, making a complete wire fence along their entire 
line, only a few rods in front. A charge was made on this part 
of the line and the men (who had some vengeance) waited till 
the enemy came to the wire fence, which tripped the entire line, 
then they opened fire as rapidly as possible. The rebels, filled 
with terror, raised pieces of white paper, handkerchiefs, or any- 
thing to indicate a surrender, but for a few minutes the men 
would give no quarter but poured the bullets into their line, at 
the same time accusing them of bayoneting our men. 

Rainy nearly all day. 

Monday, May 16, 1864. 

During the past night we noticed that the rebels had been 
concentrating a large body of troops, as we could hear order be- 
ing given by regimental commanders. 

Early this morning the enemy opened on us from several of 
the forts. We had orders to charge along the whole line and 
did so under cover of a very dense fog. The line moved rap- 
idly forward across an open field, when, just as we came to a 
fence within three hundred yards of their line of forts, the fog 
raised and the sun came out bright and clear. Orders were 
immediately given for us to lie down, which we did, behind the 
fence. ‘he enemy opened at once every gun they could bring 
to bear on us, and from long practice of target shooting at trees 
left for the purpose along this fence they had a perfect range 
of us. ‘The first shell that came into our regiment line struck 
our color bearer, cutting off both feet, at same time exploding, 
wounding several color corporals. Colonel Bell and I lay within 
six feet of Sergeant Colcord, the color bearer, when he was hit. 
The next shot, which came immediately after, wounded several 
of the color guard. The two first shots killed the color sergeant 
and wounded six color corporals. 

The third shot came into the ground under Colonel Bell and 
me, and, exploding, blew the fence away, covering us with pieces” 
of broken wood and earth. I think perhaps a decayed log 
against which we were resting saved us from being blown to 
pieces and scattered over us. 

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_ ing into the line exactly, for twenty minutes, the rebels charged 
_ on our line with five times our number. The ground that lay 
_ between us, which was formerly a heavy wood-lot, was now 
} covered with felled trees lying across each other in every 
- direction. 
_ As the enemy appeared, line after line of battle, we could see 
_ them clambering over these obstructions, which had been in- 
tended to impede the progress of the Yankee army, but now 
proved a benefit to us, and our men opened fire vigorously, mak- 
ing it one of the severest battles of the war to the rebels. So 
severe was it to them that the regiments engaged were proud to 
_ put it on their battle flag, and we afterwards captured flags with 
'“Drewry’s Bluff, May 16th, 1864” inscribed upon them. 
Colonel Bell gave me orders to take along the line to our ex- 
treme right. I noticed as I started that the third rebel line of 
battle had already got several rods from the fortifications. I 
passed rapidly along the line, giving verbal orders from Colonel 
Bell to the different captains, and after reaching the extreme 
right and giving Major Sawyer (who was killed immediately 
after) orders, I returned to where I left Colonel Bell. By this 
time the enemy (the first line) had got very near to us. Colonel 
Bell was nowhere to be seen. I looked back of our lines and 
could see men running, the ground for a mile being black with 
the disorganized army in full retreat, and I noticed that they 
came from the right of the line, which was now broken just 
where I had left Major Sawyer, the enemy being already past 
that point. The bullets were now flying very thickly. I no- 
ticed that the men in my regiment began to break, as they saw 
“it was only to be captured if they staid longer. Not finding 
Colonel Bell, I approached Colonel White, who commanded the 
brigade and who was just a few rods to my left, and asked him 
' where Colonel Bell was. He answered that he had gone back to 
_ the line, where we lay in the morning, to try to form the line to 
hold the retreating forces. I immediately determined to go to 
him, and started, fully convinced that we were all going to Rich- 
mond, and felt that when taken prisoner I wished to be with 
Colonel Bell. I passed rapidly down through the woods, run- 


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ning a great deal of the way backwards and partly sidewise for 
fear of being hit in the back, and taking the range of large trees 
as much as I could (how I got through this piece of wood with- 
out getting hit I could never tell), there being a perfect shower 
of bullets passing. When I got opposite the place we had lain 
the day before, and where I expected to see Colonel Bell, I saw 
that all was lost, and I was almost overwhelmed with a sense of 
the terrible defeat we were suffering, and there was nothing left 
for me to do but run. I decided at once to move off to my right, 
knowing that in doing so it would keep me in the woods. As 
I crossed the railroad I could see the rebel line coming rapidly 
forward but a short distance away, and instead of passing down — 
the railroad track, as many of my comrades did, I sprang up and 
over the bank into the woods. This gave the rebels a chance 
to gain on those of us who took this course. I had picked up 
a very fine rifle, which I threw over my shoulder, thinking to 
keep as a remembrance of the day. As I came into the woods, 
just over the bank from the railroad, I found myself in the upper 
edge of a little clearing, in which we had rested two days be- 
fore. It contained some one or two acres of cleared land and, I 
think, a little old house. Just at the lower edge was a steep 
bank, which suddenly sloped into the woods, at the foot of 
which ran quite a deep brook. As I reached this bank (and 
others about me running in the same direction), the enemy 
came out of the woods on the upper side of the clearing and 
fired a volley of musketry at us. Fortunately for us, we were 
descending the bank so rapidly that all their bullets went over, 
cutting through the trees over our heads. This was so sudden 
and surprising that it put a new life into us. I pitched the 
rifle from my shoulder and bounded across the brook, but, it 
being too wide to clear, I struck against the opposite bank and 
while about half under water scrambled up the bank and ran 
as fast as I could. I noticed several men who sank down, some 
exclaiming that it was no use to run, and so gave up. I knew 
we had but a few rods more to go before we should come out 
into the open field, and was wondering what would be the end 
of this race. 


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Luckily for us our artillery had got back on the hill on which 
we were the first to place our colors on the 13th, and as the 
rebel line came out of the woods, not more than ten or fifteen 
rods behind us, threw shells over us right in among them, 
and immediately every Union man halted and turned to fight. 
Commencing to load and fire, I turned on hearing the first shell 
pass us and noticed the rebel coats coming out of the woods. 
The shells burst over our heads, the pieces flying into their lines, 
and they immediately turned about and retreated into the woods. 
This proved to be the advance skirmish line of the enemy, who 
had pressed on so fast as to soon after be captured by a New 
York regiment, who had been in the woods out of the fight, hav- 
ing been placed there to protect the left flank of the army, and 
on receiving orders to retreat were doing so when they came 
suddenly upon these rebels. I was somewhat surprised to find 
when all was over that I had not got wet feet, even though half 
of my body had been under water in crossing the brook, which 
indicated that I took myself out very sprily. 

This firing of the artillery checked the advance of the enemy 
only temporarily but gave us time to organize a little, which 
we all improved to the utmost. As we came to the railroad 
and crossed it one of my regiment was at a pair of bars near 
by, calling to all of those who belonged to the Fourth New 
Hampshire to report to Colonel Bell, who was with the colors 
_ just over the brow of the hill. Others were directing members 
of other regiments where to go to find their respective regiments. 
I remember three men belonging to my company who came 
out onto the railroad at the same time I did and received same 
orders to join the regiment, who remarked that we were all 
going into camp, and they were going the nearest way, and 
started down the railroad. They were all three captured very 
soon after by the rebel cavalry, which rode down the track. I 
joined the regiment, which soon grew to be quite a regiment, 
after all the breaking up it had had. A line of battle was 
formed and we retreated in good order the rest of the way back 
to our old camp behind the earthworks at Foster’s Plantation, 
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closely. Our program seemed to be to retreat till hard pressed, 
then turn and engage the enemy. This would check them, when 
we would again retreat. In this way we retreated to camp. 

Our loss in the Fourth New Hampshire was about two hun- 
dred men. We got to camp in night-time. 

Paige speaks in his diary of seeing eight men killed today by 
one shell. 

The break commenced, it seems, on the extreme right of the 
line. General , with his whole brigade, was captured at 
the commencement of the action today. It was said that his 
adjutant general had cautioned him about the carelessness with 
which part of the skirmish line was arranged, and said, “Gen- 
eral, doesn’t it occur to you that the enemy may suddenly break 

















enemy did break through and capture General is 
whole brigade. Whether the story is true or not, it was a fact 
that the general and his brigade were captured and that broke: 
the line. When we first took the works, on the 13th, at Ches- 
terfield Heights, General Gilmore, it was said, mildly ‘suggested 
to General Butler that it would be well to throw those wor 
over and have them to fall behind in case of defeat, but General 
Butler scorned the idea. Had it been done, however, it prob 
ably would have saved our army today. 

There was a great feeling of indignation against General But- 
ler in the army tonight and I believe there were men who would 
have shot him had he been in sight. It is the talk among the 
men that they never heard of such a move as was made today by 
General Butler ordering the whole line to make a charge without 
leaving any reserve to fall back on in case of defeat. 

The enemy charged on us and were repulsed early in the day, 
before the last charge, in which they massed all their forces om 


our part of the line. 
Tuesday, May 17, 1864. 


Wrote to Addie. Received letter from Sara T. Bickford. 
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back a little. Received letters from Addie and one from Laura 
__ E. French. 

Wednesday, May 18, 1864. 
At about midnight last night the rebels attacked our picket 
line and at one o’clock there was heavy firing. We turned out 
-and lay in line of battle all night and all day today. Heavy 
fiting out in sight all day. Rainy in forenoon. I am not very 
well. 

Thursday, May 19, 1864. 
Lay in line of battle all night in the trenches at Foster’s 
Plantation. Early this morning the rebels opened on us with a 
lot of artillery firing into our camp and kept it up till ten 
_ oclock. Rainy day. Lay in line till noon, then, as all was quiet, 
went to tents. A shell came into camp occasionally all the rest 
of the day. 

& Friday, May 20, 1864. 
Went on picket and lay out in line all night. Were attacked 
_ three times and in the morning again by the rebels. The last 
_ time they drove us out of our pits, held as picket line. I had 

_ just had orders from Colonel Bell to take along the picket line, 
- with instructions to immediately return to camp (where he was 
then going) as soon as I had delivered the orders. I passed the 
whole length of the picket line, which extended some sixty or 
eighty rods along a fence between two pieces of wood. I could 
see the enemy just below preparing to advance. When I reached 
‘the end of the line I saw that if I returned the way I came I 
should be in the midst of the fight, which was evidently coming 
at once, so I ran rapidly through the woods, which was a shorter 
cut, back to the camp. Before I had fairly left the line the 
_ enemy commenced their charge and the fight began, and I turned 
4 as I came out of the woods to see them take possession of the 
line and all the men in it. 

_ Oh, bad management! Any one could see that our little force 
could not hold the position against the force to be seen but a few 
‘rods below. . 

_ I knew that if I should return the way I came I should be 
‘captured. Company C lost heavily in the fight, as quite a num- 


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ber were on picket, all captured, though they fought well. 
Lieutenants Stearns and Brewster were among those captured. 


I had hardly reached the intrenchments at Foster’s Plantation - 


when I was told that the Thirteenth Indiana Regiment were 
going to make a charge. ‘This was a regiment which, it was 
said, had never been repulsed in a charge and it was said each 
man felt that he could depend on every other man in the regi- 
ment. I think this regiment, not but a very few hundred 
strong, charged first, before the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania, 





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and were repulsed, then the order came for the Ninety-seventh — 


Pennsylvania, 1,400 strong, and the favorite regiment in our 
brigade, to charge and take back the ground just lost. We were 
all very much excited, and mounted the works as the regiment 
filed out and formed their line of battle, every one feeling that 
it was simply impossible. Men stood with tears running down 
their cheeks to see those brave men move forward and their lines 
being cut all to pieces. 

The enemy reserved their fire as they saw them advancing till 
they got within a few rods, when they opened their artillery and 
musketry fire all along the line, and we saw puffs of smoke beleh 
forth and the line immediately broken, as though the men were 
ten-pins and balls had been thrown suddenly through, and in 
less than three minutes it was all broken up. The flag went 
down and up again as one bearer would fall and another take 
the colors, till at the end of from three to five minutes noth- 
ing could be seen of any men except as they were either crawling 
on hands and knees or running in a crouching manner to some 
rock or stump or men lying flat on the ground as they had fallen. 
The Fourth New Hampshire immediately volunteered to go and 
bring in the wounded, and oh, the sickening sight of our beloved 
regiment being brought in wounded in all conceivable shapes! 
Hardly a corporal’s guard left from the 1,400 strong, sturdy men 
who had just gone out from camp! Many were the curses which 
went against Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. It was said a drunken 
officer in command of the division ordered the charge. I don’t 
know who was responsible but the men obeyed orders and did 
nobly. Every one felt, as did also members of the charging 


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party, that it was an impossibility to retake the ground with 
so small a force. 

Ezra Ham, Company D, Fourth New Hampshire, had a shell 
pass under him which he thought of no account but in an hour 
or two his feet and legs began to swell. 

We fought all the rest of the day. On the right we drove 
the enemy back and captured a major general. 

Company C have lost very heavily, only twenty-five out of the 
whole company left, no officers. Fifteen only came in yester- 
day out of the scrape and ten more happened to be on picket at 
the left. ‘They came in all right, so they have twenty-five now 
out of nearly a hundred. Other companies lost pretty heavily. 
Most of our men were wounded, very few killed. Captain and 
lieutenant of Company C wounded. 

Saturday, May 21, 1864. 

Received letter from Addie, dated April 18; one from Mary, 
and two papers. Wrote to mother. Received photograph al- 
bum. Wrote to Mary. Sent album home. 

Our regiment part out on picket; rest on trench shoveling. 
About ten o’clock rebels made grand attack and got repulsed. 
We blew up a caisson. 

Ezra Ham sent to general hospital. His feet and legs swelled 
very badly. 

Sunday, May 22, 1864. 

Lay all night in the trenches. Received N. J. Pierce’s album 
and a paper. Wrote Laura E. French. Received letter from 
Addie. The regiment shoveled all day in the trenches. 


Monday, May 23, 1864. 
Lay in trenches all last night again. The enemy attacked us 
three times during night. Shoveled all day; very hot. Wrote 
to Addie. 
Tuesday, May 24, 1864. 
Rebels tried two or three times to break our lines last night 
and fired by spells all night, which routed us out each time. 
Men on fatigue duty again today. Very hot day. Bullets came 
into our camp so frequently that I built a bullet-proof outside 
of my tent. Man in Company I of regiment on our right 
killed in camp today by a bullet. 


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Wednesday, May 25, 1864. 

Men on se went out last night. Wrote to Mary E. French. 
Pretty quiet all day. Very hot. 
Thursday, May 26, 1864. 

Rainy today. We were routed out last night, the firing 
being pretty heavy. Shoveling all day in trenches. About 8 
o’clock Pp. M. moved to corner of the woods. Heavy marching 
orders. Received letter from Addie. 


Friday, May 27, 1864. 


marched; Heat iene near i ieee at Borne Hondeel and 
encamped. Hot day. 
Saturday, May 28, 1864, 

Hot day. Lay in camp in field, ploughed ground. Wrote 
Addie, No. 40. Had an inspection at 4 o’clock p. M. At mid- 
night went on board the boat “Escort.” 
Sunday, May 29, 1864. — 

At daylight moved down the river and went to Yorktown, 
where we arrived about 1 o’clock Pp. m. We were huddled to- 
gether on the boat and lay down to sleep. We had learned to 
improve every moment for rest, never knowing what fatigue 
duty might be required of us. We were ignorant of our destina 
tion and of course anxious. Stories were in circulation among 
the men, which were most of them only conjecture. 
Monday, May 30, 1864. — 

Lay over night at Yorktown (post night) and this morn 
went up York river into P. and landed at White Ho 
landing about 10 o’clock a. M. or 5 Pp. M. Moved out about a 
mile as reserve pickets. Received letter from Adella Dodge bO- 
night. 





Tuesday, May 31, 1864. 
Sent paper with rebel thread-holder. Wrote to Adella Dodge. 
Lay in field near woods all day expecting to go to General 
Grant, but orders came and were countermanded. Hot day. 
Wednesday, June 1, 1864. — 
Wrote to Addie. Still in field, same place, all day. Hot. — 


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Thursday, June 2, 1864. 
Received letter from Addie, from father. Still in field. We 
hear that our forces are within six miles of Richmond. Baldy 
Smith took eight hundred prisoners today and two lines of 
works. [N.B. “800 prisoners,” General Grant’s memoirs put 
in Home Journal; “600 prisoners,’ March 14, 1886. ] 


Friday, June 3, 1864. 
Our brigade started about 1.30 Pp. mM. as guard for trains (am- 
munition and supply). Marched fifteen miles. Hard march to 
General Grant’s headquarters, Cold Harbor. Arrived about 
10.30 Pp. mM. Seems to me I was never so tired as when the 
word “Halt! rest!” was given. I did not unsling knapsack but 
dropped over backwards on to my knapsack and immediately 


fell asleep. 
Saturday, June 4, 1864. 


This morning about 2 o’clock a. M. we were waked up from 
where we dropped down last night, feeling stiff and sore, fell 
into line, marched about half a mile, and took the front rifle 
pits, and fought there all day. Rainy. 


Sunday, June 5, 1864. 

Last night the rebels attacked us and there was heavy firing 
for an hour in the night. We lost a number wounded; Nelson 
Pierce mortally wounded. I was struck this morning by a spent 
ball; I got it. Colonel Bell struck on the shoulder by spent 
ball, making a red spot. ‘The bullets fly over our heads now as 
I write. 

Wrote to Addie; one to Mary. Received one from Mary. 
Moved back a few rods from the trench; were relieved. 

The rebels charged our lines last night and were repulsed. 
We are within about two hundred yards of the rebels. Had on 
my army overcoat, it being cold, rainy weather, and its thick 
wadding saved me from a bruise. Quite a number wounded 
since we came here. 

Monday, June 6, 1864. 

Received letter from Sue. Lieutenant Wentworth wounded 
today. Moved back little and pitched our tents and before we 


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got into them to lie down had to move again a little farther; 
were too near General Smith’s headquarters. 


Tuesday, June 7, 1864. 
Received letter from Addie. Moved at night into trenches 
again. Shells flew thick. The enemy got a cross fire on us. 


Wednesday, June 8, 1864. 
Wrote to Sue. Fellow (Doyle, probably) Company B acci- 
dentally shot. Lay in trenches under arms all night and all 
day. Bullets fly occasionally. Has been uncommonly quiet, 
more than any time we have been here. Cloudy and cool in the 


shade. 
Thursday, June 9, 1864. 


Still in the trenches. Sharpshooters keep up firing, making 
the bullets fly, though it seems rather quiet, same as yesterday. 
Wrote to Otis Woodward and to Addie. Received letter from 
Sarah Emerson. Moved back few rods into camp. Did not put 
up tents, it being dark. 

Friday, June 10, 1864. . 

This morning we put up our tents and lay under them all day. 
At night went to front again into front trenches. Cloudy 
weather. Feels cool for June. During our being here in the 
trenches, one day our regiment band came up into the trenches 
and played an air. The shooting immediately ceased and a rebel 
band then played the Marseillaise Hymn and the rebels jumped 
up on their works and cheered. Then our band played “Amer- 
ica” just the best they could and our men jumped up and 
cheered. Then their band played “The Bonnie Blue Flag,” and 
after a loud cheering from them ours played “Yankee Doodle,” 
and we cheered. Then snap went a sharpshooter, and another, 
and another, and then it was war again all along the line. 


Saturday, June 11, 1864. 
Lay all day in trenches at front. Rather quiet, excepting 
sharpshooters, who keep firing. One of our batteries got a cross 
fire on the enemy and fired once in five minutes all night. 
Wounded considerably many rebels. We saw ambulance moving 
in a hurry. Cloudy. Moved back into camp in the evening. 


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Received letter from Addie, one from Sis Woodward, one from 
Laura E. French, and Jennie Tilton. 


Sunday, June 12, 1864. 
About 10 o’clock a. m. started back for White House Landing. 
Marched down fifteen miles. Arrived there at sundown. Lay 


down till about midnight. 


Monday, June 138, 1864. 
About midnight last night we went on board “S. R. Spauld- 
ing.” I was sick when we got on board. We moved down to 


Fortress Monroe. Got there at daylight. 


Tuesday, June 14, 1864. 
Moved up James river early this morning. Got back to 
Bermuda Hundred at 7 o’clock a. mM. and immediately went 
ashore and marched some four or five miles towards the front 
and encamped. I rode the chaplain’s horse some distance, 
being quite unwell. Real cold night. 


Wednesday, June 15, 1864. 

At 2 o’clock A. mM. this morning we turned out and after get- 
ting breakfast marched down to Appomattox river and crossed 
on pontoon bridges, which were hastily thrown across. We 
immediately marched towards Petersburg Heights. Fighting 
had commenced about five o’clock this morning. 

The enemy had a line of rifle pits and two pieces of artillery 
in edge of woods, an open field being just in front and then an- 
other piece of woods. In this latter the colored troops made a 
charge and took the rifle pits but lost heavily. I passed over 
the ground soon after and saw, I should say, forty or fifty bodies 
lying all about, just as they had been killed by grape and can- 
ister shot. It was a sad sight to see, these strong men lying, 
some on their backs, some on their faces, some lying on their 
sides, in all manner of ways, just as they had fallen, with knap- 
sack still unslung from their shoulders in many cases. This was 
a trying time to me. Our troops came up and passed on up the 
hill and lay in line of battle in the woods till six o’clock in 
the evening, then charged and took the fort. Our regiment 
charged. Lost but few men. The enemy fired very wild. 


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Were evidently green from workshops. The works were very 
strong, a deep ditch running clear about the fort. A very hot 
day. Rather cool night. 
Thursday, June 16, 1864. 


Lay in line of battle today again on Petersburg Heights till 
night, then moved again outside the fort about a mile and a 
half. Hot day. Soon after taking these heights we saw Lee’s 
army moving rapidly towards us, raising great clouds of dust as 
they marched from Petersburg way, and they appeared in the 
valley below us in a cornfield. We, however, soon had two hun- 
dred cannon in position on these heights and we opened fire as 
soon as they came into range. It was hard to see the poor 
fellows in the enemy’s line as the shells were thrown down 
among them. ‘The enemy fell into the trenches below the 
Heights. 

We were reénforced tonight by the Second Cotps (General 
Hancock’s). Our division, the second of the Tenth Army Corps, 
is transferred to the Eighteenth Army Corps for the present. 
Our regiment was somewhat to the left of the fort, near a piece 


of woods. 
Sunday, June 19, 1864. 


Still lay in camp till afternoon, then moved up to front be- 
hind the trenches, to the left of our old place at Foster’s Planta- 


tion. Rather short of rations. 
Monday, June 20, 1864. 


Wrote to Sarah Emerson and to Sue. Received letter from 
Sue. Lay in trenches all day. One hundred and fifty men on 
picket tonight from our regiment. Hot day. Our forces gone 
over James river tonight. We expect an attack here. 


Tuesday, June 21, 1864. 
Lay in trenches till towards night, then moved back and lay 
in edge of woods as reserve for General Foster, who is across the 
river. Reorganized our brigade from Third Brigade, Third 
Division, to Third Brigade, Second Division; Tenth Army Corps 
instead of Eighteenth Army Corps. 


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I was called to brigade headquarters as brigade bugler and 
stopped over night. Had got my quarters all nicely arranged 
when Major Drew sent word that I could not be spared from 
the regiment. Colonel Bell said very petulantly, “They make 
such afuss about your being away from the regiment I suppose 
I shall have to let you go back.” 

Thursday, June 23, 1864. 

Very hot day. We lay in camp in neighborhood of our old 
camp at Foster’s Plantation but near to Appomattox river. I 
returned to the regiment today. Wrote to Addie. Wrote to 
Charles Ambrose. 

About 5 o’clock Pp. m. the rebels opened. We turned out and 
stopped in line of battle about an hour, then had orders to pack 
up and marched out over the Appomattox in front of Peters- 
burg, avery tough march. Went into the trenches. It is im- 
possible for me to tell the direction of this position from our 
former one on Petersburg Heights. 

The land undulated about us and if we were between the 
heights and the city the fortifications were not visible from this, 
the northerly side of them, and consequently we had no means 
of determining our present locality. Marching in the night was 
a source of confusion as to place and direction, and even in 
marching the second time over the ground it would be scarcely 
recognizable, for our troops and wagons would make roads where 

there had been none and thus alter the aspect of the country. 
The rebels attacked us before morning and were repulsed. We 
were probably forty or fifty rods from the rebel trenches. Wood- 
bridge of Company C wounded today, also Clifford of Com- 
pany B. 
Friday, June 24, 1864. 

Lay in trenches all day. Four men in our regiment wounded 
during the day. This was probably done by sharpshooters. 
‘Very hot. The brigade on our right, Curtis’s, got ready to 
charge tonight but the order was countermanded. 


Saturday, June 25, 1864. 


Wrote to Laura EH. French and Jennie E. Tilton, also to 
Adella Dodge. Received letter from Otis Woodward and Sara 


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Bickford. Lay in trenches all day. Daniel Goodwin, Company 
K, killed today. Very hot. We got ready to make a charge 
tonight but found that the rebels had a battery which com- 
mands their trenches, so we did not charge. 


Sunday, June 26, 1864. 
The enemy opened on us twice, causing us to prepare for an 
attack each time. Quite heavy firing for some time. Very hot 
day. Our regiment in trenches all day. I went back to brook 
and washed my clothes and had a bath—a luxury. Davis of 
Company F killed. Joseph N. Miller(?) of Company H 
wounded. 
Monday, June 27, 1864. 
Tremendous hot day. Lay in trenches all day. King of 
Company G wounded and Corliss of Company I also. Had a 
good cool shower at night, which cooled the air nicely. 


Tuesday, June 28, 1864. 
Still in trenches. Wrote father. Hot day again. Ramsay 
of Company D wounded today, mortally; since died. 


Wednesday, June 29, 1864. 

Another hot day, but cool at night; looks like rain. We were 
relieved and moved back from front trench to the next one, 
about six or eight rods. Captain Mayne and a man in Company 
1 wounded this evening. 

We have three trenches about six or eight rods apart and we 
find that one is fully as much under fire as the other, but we 
do not have to keep so sharp a lookout in either the second or 
the third trench as when in the front one, so we take turns of 
occupying the different ones in regular order. This keeps our 
regiment a number of days in the front or No. 1 trench, on 
the watch, then in No. 2 as long, then No. 3; and while in Nos. 
2 and 3 they can sleep, though in constant danger of being hit 
just the same as when in No. 1. In fact, we like the position 
of No. 1 the best and should prefer it were it not that we are 
obliged to rest on our arms continually to prevent a surprise 
in case of attack. 


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Thursday, June 30, 1864. 

Received letter from Addie and paper, Congregationalist. 
Hobbs, Company D, wounded this morning. Brigham, Com- 
pany H, wounded. The enemy have the advantage of the 
ground on our right, where the line crosses a little ravine, by 
having a bend in their works to conform to the lay of the land, 
and they can shgot from the bend in their line lengthwise of 
ours, making it very uncomfortable for us. 

Colonel Bell thinking of a plan, which was for us to advance 
and engage the enemy, making them think we were going to try 
to break their line and so draw their attention to our part of it, 
and the colonel on our right was to suddenly charge forward 
and bring up his part of the line, thus straightening it. Colonel 
Bell laid his plan before the general in command, who favored 
it, and gave the order for it to be done. Men were detailed from 
each regiment in our brigade to make the assault; about two 
hundred out of the Fourth New Hampshire. We who were out 
of the fight (back in the second trench) had orders to keep close 
to the earthworks. About 5 o’clock Pp. M. the firmg commenced 
and the bullets flew thick and fast. In the midst of the assault, 
while we were lying up as close to the works as we could, I heard 


some one say, “Where is Bryant?” and springing to my feet 


answered, “There.” It was Lieutenant Huckins, who was act- 
ing assistant adjutant general to Colonel Bell. Said he, “Colonel 
Bell sent me for you. He wishes to have you report to him. 
Come with me and I will take you to him.” We passed rapidly 
through the woods and over the works the whole distance to 
Colonel Bell, who was in.command in person of the assaulting 
party. J have always wondered how we got through the woods 
that day without either of us getting hit. We found Colonel 


Bell in a little trench dug in the slope of the hill, which ad- 


mitted of his standing upright and looking over the edge at the 
fight. He said, “I don’t know as I shall need you, but thought 
I might want the bugle call blown. Take the best care of your- 
self you can in this little trench,” pointing to one about a rod 
distant from his own, “and I will give you any further orders.” 
I occupied a position just under the brow of a little knoll, within 


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about a rod of , where a place had been dug out for 
Colonel Bell. From here we could overlook the ground where 


the men had charged and been repulsed and were firing from — 


behind any place which was a cover to them. It seems that 
when Colonel Bell and his party charged, the colonel on the right 
did not move but left our party to the tender mercy of the 
enemy. He, the colonel on the right, was jealous of Colonel 
Bell’s success in the affair, fearing it would bring our colonel a 
promotion, and he was striving for the same thing. So when 
our party found they were being overwhelmed they were obliged 
to fall back. Many were wounded on the ground, unable to get 
back into our lines. Others were left to die, such as could not 
drag themselves along. The enemy would not allow us to go out 
and get them, although some of the men did risk their lives to 
help some who were so near our lines that the enemy could not 
see those who were moving about for them. We had one man 
killed and eight wounded in our regiment and others had some 
fifty or more. ‘The New York and Ninth Maine were in it. 
I have not heard yet of our total loss. This fight lasted from 
5 o’clock p. M. till about nine in the evening, probably. After 
darkness fairly set in we returned to the trenches. 


Friday, July 1, 1864. 


Wrote to Addie and wrote to Mary E. French, as usual. Hot 
day, very. 





Saturday, July 2, 1864. 
Received letter from Addie. Hall, Company I, wounded in 
the trench. Still in second trench. Hall has since died. 
' Sunday, July 3, 1864. 
Moved up the front trench again to relieve the Ninth Maine 
and the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania. Cool nice air toward 


night. ‘The trenches are terribly hot, with the sun beating into 


them all day and the earthworks cutting off the breeze. ‘There 
was a fire in Petersburg during the past night. We heard bells 
plainly in the middle of the night and could hear the firemen 
calling out, “Break her down, boys. That’s it.” 
Monday, July 4, 1864. 
Still in the front trench. Quiet, considering that it is the 


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Fourth of July, though shelling most of the time and bullets 
fly. We expected a general opening from the rebels. J think 
there had been talk across the lines to that effect, but nothing 


more than usual happened. 
Tuesday, July 5, 1864. 


Still in the front trench. Murray of Company B wounded. 
Two in the Thirteenth Indiana killed by one shell and a number 
in the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania and Ninth Maine. Cool 
weather; that is, comfortable; not so hot. 


Wednesday, July 6, 1864. 
This morning two, Bagley, Company K, and Edmunds, Com- 
pany F, were killed by one mortar shell. Edmunds was from 
Concord, N. H. About two o’clock this morning opened two 
new mortars and threw shells among us all through the rest of 
the night. David Cross of Company I killed during the day 
by a bullet and a man in Company H wounded. Moved back 


into the next trench at night. 
Thursday, July 7, 1864. 


Received letter from Addie. Hot day. We are in the 


trenches as usual. 
Friday, July 8, 1864. 


Hot day. We are in the trench today. Potter of Company 
D killed. A bullet passed through his arm and side. I remem- 
ber him as a wild, reckless fellow. One man in Company F was 
knocked down by the wind of a shell, which burst after passing 


_ him. One piece came down near me where I was cooking. 


Saturday, July 9, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. Wrote to postmaster of Old Point Comfort; 
sent $1 for stamps. Hot day. Still in trench. Merrill, Com- 
pany E, wounded in the hand. Hot day. 
Sunday, July 10, 1864. 
Received letter from Sarah Emerson and one from Laura 
French. Stopped in the same trench till dark, then moved up 


into front trench again. Hot day. 
Monday, July 11, 1864. 


Received letter from Addie. Hot day. Still in front trench. 
They threw shells right down all among us. We got our mortar 


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batteries done and opened on them sharply and silenced their 
fire entirely. The two lines were so near each other that the 
shells were fired almost directly, vertically, just turning suffi- 
ciently to drop into the opposite works. We had some mortars 
so small that two men could take them by the iron handles and 
move them anywhere. Colonel Bell had bomb-proof built, about 
twenty feet square, sufficiently strong to resist these shelis. 
This was his headquarters as commanding officer of brigade. 
Several other officers had headquarters there. The one in my 
neighborhood was some distance from this. The men built 
these, sometimes under direction, sometimes at their own leisure 
and convenience, all along the line of the trench. There were 
more of these at the front trench, as it was more particularly 
there that we were in danger from the mortar shells. 


Tuesday, July 12, 1864. 
Hot day. Still in front trench. Rebels shelled us like fun. 
Dropped them all around us. They would drop on the ground 
before they burst. A man in the One Hundred Sixty-ninth 
New York wounded this morning. A bullet struck his ankle 
and broke a bone. Mitchell, Company H, wounded while down 


for rations. 
Wednesday, July 13, 1864. 


Hot day. Ballou, Company H, was wounded today. Wrote 
to Addie. Still in front trench. Lieutenant Adams has been 
detailed and is running a sap towards the rebels. They work 
on it day and night. A sap is a ditch dug behind an enormous 
roller as protection. This roller is made of the toughest kind of 
wood made into a cylindrical basket and filled with earth 
stamped down solid and hard. This was perhaps four or six 
feet in diameter and completely protected men standing in the 
bottom of the ditch. 

The sap was started directly from our earthworks. The roller 
was worked by a lever and as fast as it was advanced gabions 
were placed at the sides of the ditch for protection. These were 
cylinders of heavy basket work, made of withe-wood standing 
upright, into which the earth from the ditch was strewn as fast 
as dug out. ‘The roller was of sufficient length to protect the 


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sappers when a gap was made by moving it onward. Sometimes 
sandbags were used instead of gabions. 

Our earthworks were at this time within a few rods of the 
rebel line. We were so near that hand grenades could be thrown 
into their ranks. 

My impression is that the purpose of the sap was to recover 
the bodies of the killed of June 30. The rebels had refused a 
flac of truce that we might bury the dead. The reason of this 
probably was that there were colored troops in our immediate 
neighborhood. They were at the right of our brigade and had 
made a charge previous to June 30 and were repulsed, leaving 
their dead scattered between the lines. ‘The rebel officers would 
not allow them to be buried, so they were left exposed to the 
hot sun for several weeks, a source of horrible annoyance to 
both sides. I went over one day to that part of our line and 
saw them. It was very likely on account of this special grudge 
that our flag was refused. 

In getting them, the roller was, I think, rolled over them, the 
earth dug away under them when they dropped into the ditch, 
and could be carried back to the lines. 

One day when the sap for this purpose, although it was still 
guarded, had ceased to be used I went out to the extreme end 
and raised my head sufficiently to look over the roller. It was 
‘within a rod of the enemy’s line. They were hidden behind in 
the bushes and there was nothing to be seen, but the click of a 
rifle as some rebel cocked his piece in the perfect stillness made 
me drop down. I immediately raised my hat on a shovel and a 
ball whizzed by. My impression is that it went through the hat. 


Thursday, July 14, 1864. 
Hot day. Still in front trench. B. F. Morse of Company D 
wounded in the arm by a piece of shell. Rebels shelled us all 
night and today. No mail today. We think perhaps the rebels 
have cut off communication to Baltimore. Miller of Company 
H wounded in head; same place wounded a few days ago. We 
moved back tonight to second trench. 


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Friday, July 15, 1864. 

Cool morning. I was sick last night. Paige and I in the well 
again. Shelling all the time. Shells burst all around us. I 
went over to see Parker French, Eleventh New Hampshire. 

The well spoken of is one which the rebels had commenced 
to dig and had abandoned, either because the ground was so 
hard—it was baked like brick—or because we had driven them 
off before they had time to complete it. It was large enough 
for two men to lie down in very comfortably and deep enough 
to shield all but our heads when standing. 

It was about a rod in the rear of the trench and close by the 
colonel’s bomb-proof, which was at one end of the trench. Our 
place was near him and we could have taken up our quarters 
in the bomb-proof had we chosen but we enjoyed being by our- 
selves. Our well was bullet-proof, though it gave us protection 
from shells. We used it as a sleeping-place, living usually in 
the day-time in a little A tent pitched close by. 

One day I was sitting just outside the tent on a cartridge 
box, writing a letter on my knees. A bullet came from the left 
and front from the rebel line and passed by me about four or 
five rods distant. A second one came a little nearer and passed 
by. Ihad the feeling that it would be safer for me to get nearer 
the ground, so I immediately dropped onto the ground, and, 
resting my arm on the box, continued the letter. At once an-— 
other bullet came, passed directly over the box into the tent, and 
buried itself an inch or two into the hard earth at the opposite 
corner. If I had remained in my seat it would have struck me 
about the head or shoulders. I dug it out of the earth, still 
warm from the rifle, and kept it to carry home as a souvenir. 
It was only bruised on one side. The last time I saw this bullet 
it was on the shelf in the sitting-room at the Mountain Farm 
when Aunt Jane Billings lived there. It was a minie ball and 
at that time was with another which hit me at Cold Harbor and 
which was flattened out. 

I had a curious pet while occupying these quarters. One 
night when sleeping in the well, wrapped in my blanket, I was 
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_ and went to sleep again. It woke me again and I discovered it 
__ was a toad who was trying to warm himself on my face. I put 
him up on the edge of the well above, but he hopped back again, 
determined to share my quarters. I put him out a second time 
and again he came back and I felt him hop onto my body and 
up to my face. He was my bedfellow after this. 

At another time previous I had a similar friend. We were 
in camp, I think at Folly Island, and were very much troubled 
by flies. We had raised bunks, with an excavation between 
them, which increased their height. My bunk was constantly 
visited by a toad, who came to catch flies, much to my pleasure. 
At first he was shy and when I entered the tent would hop 
away, but he soon understood that he was welcome and at last 
got so tame as to allow me to sit on the bunk beside him. I 
would often manage to brush flies in his direction and he seemed 


to understand what it meant. 
Saturday, July 16, 1864. 


Cool wind; nice today. Still in trench. Received letter from 
Mary French. Wrote to Otis Woodward. Shells fly pretty thick. 
Went over to see Francestown boys(?) and Charles Nash today. 
Charles Nash of Stoneham was in a Massachusetts regiment at 
our left and the others in a New Hampshire regiment near his. 


Sunday, July 17, 1864. 
Cool air again. Received letter from Ed and Addie; one from 
Jennie Tilton. Still in trench. Wrote to Eddie. 


Monday, July 18, 1864. 
Received letter from Sue. Still in trench. Cool weather. 
We moved into front trench today. Captain Hobbs wounded. 


Tuesday, July 19, 1864. 
Rained all night; rainy today; cool, bracing air. We are in 
front trench. Shells pop in all around among us. ___ Received 
paper from Laura E. French. Chapman, Goodwin, and Burns 
of Company F wounded, all sergeants. Kidder and Williams of 
Company B killed. 


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Wednesday, July 20, 1864. 
Harvey Buxton wounded. Rained all night by showers; cool 
and windy today. ‘Still in trench. Three sergeants wounded; 
two men slightly wounded and one killed yesterday. Wrote 
Addie. Rainy tonight. 
Thursday, July 21, 1864. 
Cool air this morning. We are still in trench. Man in Com- 
pany E wounded very slightly. Nice day. Park French up to 
see me today. 
Friday, July 22, 1864. 
Nice day. Still in trench. Received letter from mother and 
Mary. Wrote to Sue, mother, and Mary. Shell us now daily. 
Our folks sapping out to them. Got out tonight so as to bury 
some two or three dead, who lay there since June 30. Moved 


back to the second trench tonight. 
Saturday, July 23, 1864. 


Still in trench. Fine day. Jack Lawrence of Company D 
hit in the leg slightly; man in Company I also. Shelling tonight 
considerably. Thomas Nolan, Company G, wounded; man in 
Company F slightly. 

Sunday, July 24, 1864. 

Received letter No. 45 from Addie; one from Della Dodge. 
Pretty quiet. We hear Atlanta is taken. Rebels hollered it 
across. Edgerly, Company H, wounded. A shell struck in 
mortar battery; killed one man, blew him all to pieces, and 
wounded eight more(?); three officers, Thirty-ninth Massachu- 


setts. 
Monday, July 25, 1864. 


Rained hard all night. Wilding, Company I, killed; three of 
Company G wounded; one company D. We moved to front 


trench tonight. 
Tuesday, July 26, 1864. 


Wrote to Addie. Fine day; quiet. Confirmed Atlanta taken. 
Peter Perrin, Company I, wounded. Still in trench. Shelled 
us furiously nearly all night. 

Wednesday, July 27, 1864. 

David Perkins, Company B, killed by shell and James Phil- 


brick and Hobbs, same company, wounded by same shell; Ser- 


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geant Moore, Company K, wounded; Charles P. Nutting, Com- 
pany C, wounded; Joe Everett, Company K, wounded in the 
arm; Presby, Company D, killed. Still in trenches. 


Thursday, July 28, 1864. 

Received letter from Addie. Wrote to 8. F. Bickford and 
Laura French. Still in trench. Fine day. Quiet today. 
Towards night began to send the bullets in good. Killed John 
W. Barker, Company K. Hit George W. Rowe, Company F, in 
front of our quarters, Captain Clough’s and mine. He (Captain 
Clough) is in command of regiment. Rowe was hit within eight 
feet of me. We moved back to the rear of brook tonight. Are 
relieved. ‘This was the first time we had been out from under 
fire for thirty-six days—from June 23. It is hard to tell whether 
we enjoyed it or not. The comparative quiet was almost oppres- 
sive, and when we remembered that the fight was still going on 
and men getting hit, it made us restless to get back into it, to 
know how it was progressing and to share it with the rest. 


Friday, July 29, 1864. 

Wrote to Addie. Fine hot day. We have been fixing up 
eamp. Had marching orders today: Be ready at sunset. Moved 
about dark and went out in rear of Ninth Corps. Lay all night 
till about 3 A. M. 

Saturday, July 30, 1864. 
_ About three o’clock we moved up to the front and lay till 
half past four, when the fort was blown up, and we opened on 
the rebels with artillery very heavy. We moved up a piece and 
supported the charging column, then moved back again and lay 
a few minutes; then went up again and lay by the fort, blown 
up; and about eight o’clock our division charged. 

I was struck while charging across the field. Laid about half 
an hour and was taken down to a wood and after probing the 
wound they put me in an ambulance as quick as they could get 
one. Went about three miles to Eighteenth Army Corps hos- 
pital and had it taken right off. Was laid right off of stretcher 
onto dissecting table. Stopped over night there and 

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‘The Ninth Army Corps was to the left of our old position, 
therefore in the moving forward our place was to the left of o r 
original front. i 

In our move at 3 A. M. we took a position on the brow of a 
hill. In front of us and extending from us obliquely was what 
was called a covered way. This was a roadway wide enough for 
four men to march abreast, protected on either side by earth- 
works about eight feet high. It led down the hill on which we 
stood into a little ravine, through which ran a muddy brook. 
The enemy occupied lines of work on rising ground beyond. 
The purpose of the covered way was to protect us from bullets 
while marching down the hill. The ravine at the fort was so 
low as to be somewhat out of range of the enemy’s bullets and 
gave us an opportunity to form in line of battle to charge 
hill.. It was not, however, out of range of their shells. 

On the opposite hill, and forming a part of the rebel’s first 
line of works, was a square fort of earthworks. Near the brook 
and on the rise of the hill, perhaps a third of the way up, the 
Union engineers had tunnelled in horizontally directly under the 
fort. Here had been placed several tons of powder, with a 
regulated fuse. The tunnel had then been filled and the earth 
tramped solidly down to prevent a blowing out. The earth m 
this excavation was all removed by cracker boxes. 

At half past four the explosion took place. There was a rock- 


were working its way upward, then an enormous mass of earth 
was blown into the air. It was as if a great field were thrown 
upward sixty or seventy feet. It broke quickly apart as it fell 
and I saw among the fragments a wheel and a gun carriage 


our whole line. Every piece of artillery, large and small, opened 
fire. This lasted for several minutes. Under cover of it the 


the fort was situated. 

Immediately our division of the Eighteenth Army Corps 
charged over them on the second line. This was a double line, 
situated on another rise of ground beyond another ravine. ‘The 


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rebel lines were in the form of a horseshoe. The object of the 
assault was to break lines in the middle and thus flank the two 
wings. A third assaulting party was waiting behind us to charge 
over us, as we in our turn did over the Ninth Corps. A delay 
of fifteen minutes on the part of the commanding officer of the 
third charge lost us the day, when a prompt support would have 
routed the army and given us the city of Petersburg. The 
charging columns were exposed to a terrible fire of shot and 
shell from front and both sides. 

Our charge was under direct command of Colonel Bell, then 
acting as general of brigade under General , commander 
of division. Our regiment was in command of Captain Clough, 
acting colonel. My place as regimental bugler was at the right 
of Captain Clough. As we climbed over the works already taken 
we were received with a storm of bullets as thick as hail. We 
ran with our heads down, as if facing a storm. As we ran down 
the hill I was struck, a few rods from the works that we had 
left behind, by a minie ball. It struck my right thigh in the 
upper third of the bone just as, in the act of running, I was 
throwing the limb forward. I saw the bottom of my foot, which 
swung upward with the impetus of running and at the same 
time turned inward. As I fell forward I fell directly onto it. 
I supposed at first that a small cannon ball or shell had shot the 
limb off and that it was hanging on each side by the skin. The 
pain was intense. I took a long drink of water from my can- 
teen. It was warm from the sun. Then, with a great effort, I 
turned myself over onto my back and straightened out the in- 

‘jured limb. The moment I drew myself backward it relieved 
the pain. I then examined it. I was much surprised to find no 
indications on the front of a wound, and the thought at once 
eame that the ball had struck and glanced off, breaking the bone 
but causing no external wound. But on putting my hand 
underneath I found the place wet and the pantaloon torn, show- 
ing where the ball came out. A close examination showed the 
small hole in front, where the ball had gone in. It seemed 
strange that a little minie ball could do so much harm. In the 
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holding them under a galling fire, poured in from every part of 
the semi-circular line. I yelled to them for help, but no one 
heard, although they were within a very few rods of me, such 
was the noise of the cannonading. So, finding that the side- 
hill where I was lying received all the chance rebel shots which 
came over our line from our front, I looked about for some shel- 
ter. I dragged myself to an old tree stump and sat up against 
it. Just then Lieutenant Huckins passed rapidly down the 
ravine with a message from Colonel Bell to General I 
shouted to him but he did not appear to hear me. In the 
course of ten minutes or so he came back with orders for Colonel 
Bell, and I called again. He answered, “I heard you.” I said, 
“Ask Colonel Bell to send a man down to help me off the field.” 
He said he would. Very soon after Tate, Paige, and Jack 
Aspinwall came with an army blanket. They put me into it 
and, each taking hold of two ends, they started for the works 
which we had left, on the run. I begged them to stop and get 
my sword and bugle, which I had dropped when I fell. The 
point of the sword in my fall struck the ground, which unhooked 
it from my belt. The bugle, for convenience, I had hung on 
the hilt of my sword. They said they would get them when 
they came back and assured me that they would send them to 
me. Every step they took gave me intense pain. I held on to 
the wounded thigh as well as I could in order to keep the wound 
apart. When we reached the works they laid me down and went 
for a stretcher. It took some minutes to find one, They 
placed me on this and started again. It was much less painful 
than the other. 

They had hardly started when we heard a great noise of shout- 
ing and running and our men from the right came rushing over 
the works in utter confusion. The rebels had made a counter- 
charge on the right of our line and had created a perfect panic. 
This all happened at the right of Colonel Bell’s brigade, but 
they made a part of our division. ‘There were many colored 
troops among them, I noticed, but all were strangers. We were 
just crossing the muddy brook when the great mass of men 
came rushing into it. I sat up in the stretcher and shouted to 





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them at the top of my voice and swung my hands. Officers 
were waving their swords and shouting, “Halt!” but no one 


heard. I understood afterwards that some officers gave orders 


to their men to charge bayonets on the frightened men and 
many utterly stricken with terror ran onto them and were 


_ wounded. Orders were also given to fire onto them, but nothing 


succeeded in stopping them. My feeling was that the day was 
lost and that the army would be destroyed. The fighters 


- crowded into the covered way until it was packed solidly full. 


It was, of course, impossible to enter with the stretcher, so they 
were obliged to carry it outside in the open field. Paige, who 
was a little fellow, was almost exhausted and shouted again and 


_ again for someone to help carry the stretcher. No one heard. 


At last a man with an arm dangling and a rifle in his other 
hand said, “If you will carry my rifle I will take hold with 
one hand.” JI remember feeling very anxious for their safety. 
The wounded man did not need to carry me far. Others pres- 
ently came and relieved him and the others for a time, as I 
think. They carried me back a mile perhaps to an ambulance, 
which was waiting near a piece of woods on the foot of a hill. 
There was a young surgeon there to examine the wounded as 
they were brought in and place them in ambulances, with orders 
to go to the hospital of the Eighteenth Army Corps. This 
was only a field hospital and I think was about three miles dis- 
tant from the ambulances. It was a very painful ride. 

The road was a temporary one, made for convenience of the 
army, and had been cut up by artillery, etc., and was full of 
mud-holes. There was a man in the same ambulance wounded 
in the back or side and as the vehicle jolted over logs and 
through holes, and I was thrown against him, would swear at 
everything and everybody, me and the driver included. I shut 
to keep up good courage,” etc., and all with long faces. It all 
jar and resting on my elbows for springs. 

When we arrived at the door of the hospital tent I raised 
myself and called to them, “If you have any chloroform you may 
bring it along and take this leg off as soon as you have a mind 
to.” My feelings were that it would be a great relief to get rid 


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of it. The surgeon said, “Take him right out and lay him on 
the table.” It stood under a tree close by the door of the hos- 
pital. There were two young surgeons and one of them began 
to administer the chloroform at once. He used a cap filled with 


——e 2 i-_ ae. 


cotton saturated with chloroform, which he placed over my face, — 
and told me to breathe naturally. He took my wrist in his hand ~ 
to watch my pulse and raised the arm from time to time. I © 


made up my mind to watch them and know if possible all they 
were doing. Just then the other surgeon came out from the 
tent and asked, “Is he ready for amputation?” I could not 
catch the reply of his assistant, although he stood nearer. I was 
losing the power of attention. ‘The voice of the first sounded 
far off and overhead, as if from a hole somewhere over me. He 
then pulled off my boot and slit up the pantaloons and said, “It 
is a hard case, isn’t it? It has to come off close to his body.” 
There immediately followed a terrible shock of pain. The feel- 
ing was as if a wire had been thrust up through every line in 
my body. I suppose it came from probing the wound, and very 
likely I started up as I had seen many a one do. It was like 


a flash of lightning, then I became entirely unconscious and — 


knew nothing more until I opened my eyes, as if from sleep, and 
found myself on a bed in the hospital. There was nothing in 
my feeling to tell me that everything was not as usual, but 


soon the feeling of carrying a trouble through my sleep came ~ 


to me and I put my hand down to see if it were a dream or a 
reality. ‘The moment my hand touched the bandages the full 
sense of my loss came over me, but it was only for a minute. I 
made up my mind that I had to make the best of it. 

An elderly lady, Mrs. Marden from Hudson, N. H., was nurse 
in this hospital. She had come out in order to be near her son, 
who was in the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. She knew 
of me through the Frenches—she was a friend of Mrs. French. 
She stood beside my bed waiting for me to wake and kissed me 
and said that was from Nettie French. She seemed almost like 
a mother to me. 

During the day, after waking from effects of chloroform, 
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corps hospital, came to me and said he was sorry not to have 
known when I was brought in that he might have taken per- 
sonal charge of me. He added, “I shall see that everything is 
done for you that is in my power. I am interested in you for 
your friends.” I also received a visit from Hospital Steward 
Piper and several others. I could see perfectly well under their 
attempts to cheer me the belief that I was the same as dead. 
They said, “You must keep good courage. Not one in four 
hundred could recover from such a wound. All you can do is 
to keep up good courage, etc.,” and all with long faces. It all 
seemed ridiculous to me, for I had no thought of anything but 


getting well. 
Sunday, July 31, 1864. 


Wrote to father, and about ten o’clock was taken in an am- 
bulance and was put aboard steamer to be taken to Hampton 
hospital, where we arrived Monday, August 1. 

It seemed like leaving a palace for a tent to leave the field 
hospital for this. ‘There there was every comfort possible to 
have under the circumstances. Mrs. Marden was in charge and 
kept the tent cool and darkened. She took care of me, bring- 
ing me everything to eat that she thought would tempt an 
appetite, but I had no sense of taste and was troubled with an 
incessant nausea. At Hampton the comforts of Mrs. Marden’s 
Management were wanting. The nurses were all men them- 
selves convalescent from the hospitals, many of them men who 
had got detailed for hospital work in order to escape field duty. 
The bedsteads were iron and the beds hard. 

Colonel Clough came to see me on board the boat. He had 
been wounded in the right hand, losing part of the thumb, while 
in the act of swinging his sword. "This was in the same engage- 
ment in which I was wounded. 

He blamed me very much for entering the engagement. In 
fact, it was not a part of my military duty as principal musician 
to go into a fight, but it was to me a duty to go wherever my 
regiment went. I had been with them in every engagement, 
and it was much easier for me to go with them than to stay back, 
knowing they were in the fight. It was always harder for me 


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to listen to the noise of a battle than to be in it when my own ~ 
regiment was engaged. 
I heard at about this time that there were only thirty-eight — 
men drawing rations in the Fourth New Hampshire. 
I do not remember anything about the journey itself. 


Monday, Aug. 1, 1864. 
Arrived at Hampton hospital during forenoon and was re- 
moved to hospital, new one, so of course they could not take the 
care of us they would at other places. I am doing well. 


Tuesday, Aug. 2, 1864. 
Still in hospital, Ward Two, Hampton Hospital. Doing first 
rate. Just begin to have little appetite. I find all are kind 
towards me. Wound dressed twice today. 


Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1864. 
Nice day. I am doing well as can be expected. Rest pretty 
well by spells during the night, though dream of being at front. 
Work too hard to rest excellently. Wound dressed twice today; 
f m taken out. 





Thursday, Aug. 4, 1864. 
Rested rather poorly last night. Leg pained me badly. 
Mosquitoes bothered badly. Had light showers. Wrote to Ad- 
die today. Stump dressed twice today. Began to run a very 
little. Got along very well during day, considering. 


Friday, Aug. 5, 1864. 

Rested poorly last night; could not get in easy position, dared 
not thrash around. Had good laugh Mosquitoes 
bothered. Very hot night and hot and sultry today. Flies very 
thick. Wrote to Asa F. Paige. ‘They started off a boatload for ~ 
New York and in the evening brought them back. 

Dared not thrash around. The surgeons had warned me that 
a sudden movement might produce secondary hemorrhage, which 
would surely terminate fatally, as there was no chance to per- 
form a second operation. This critical condition of wound con- 
tinued for three weeks. 

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Saturday, Aug. 6, 1864. 

Very hard night’s rest. Get so tired lying in one position 
can’t sleep, but wound is doing first rate. All are surprised at 
it. (God be praised!) Wrote to Mrs. Marden. Dress it (wound) 
twice a day. Did not get it dressed till candle-light tonight. 
Had heavy shower; made it cool. I remember the muggy, close 
weather which preceded this shower. Even with tents wide 
_ open we could get no air, and the flies were the greatest possible 
annoyance. 


Sunday, Aug. 7, 1864. 
Had heavy shower last night; made it cool. I rested a little 
better last night. They put oakum on and it ran so the rags 
all came off in the night, but it felt rather easier; pains me 
occasionally. Hot day. 


Monday, Aug. 8, 1864. 
Rested a little better last night by spells. They bolstered me 
up well. Hot day. They dress my wound in hot lint; no more 
water put on. Before this they used to put water on freely. I 
think they used castile soap and water to wash it. 


Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1864. 

Rested about the same as common last night. Mosquitoes 
thick nights and flies days. I was moved this morning onto 
another bed; mine made. Was moved into another tent this 
afternoon under charge of Brown instead of Stanton and 
Whaley. These were all nurses. They were soldiers who had 
been in hospital and during convalescence were appointed to take 
charge of the sick. 

Whaley was the one who dressed my wounds. During my 
stay at Fortress Monroe, up to this time, I had scarcely seen a 
physician or surgeon. All the work was done by these nurses. 
Possibly the doctor may have been in once or twice. I have no 
recollections of it, however. I remember Whaley as a small, 
Spare man, sympathetic and kindly in his intentions but not 
thorough or business-like in his work, simply because he was 
not so in anything, a man not at all suited to the work. 


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Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1864. 
Rested poorly last night. Pains me a good deal. Was moved 
onto another bed and had mine made up again and clean sheets 
on. Hot days but cool air passes through tent. Wrote to 


Addie. 
Thursday, Aug. 11, 1864. 


It pained me very badly nearly all night. Towards morning I 
fixed into a position a little easier. Got a little sleep. Rather 
easier today but knits and throbs all the time. Get good, cool ~ 
air. Wrote to Sue. 

Friday, Aug. 12, 1864. 

Rested a little better last night but pains me most all of the 
time now. Get awful tired lying in one position so much. Was 
moved onto another bed; had bed made, clean sheet, and shirt. 


Saturday, Aug. 13, 1864. 
Received letter from father. Pained me badly. Rested as 
well as could be expected last night. This morning the dresser 
pronounced my stump out of danger. Says he never saw one so 
short get to the point mine is now. They use chloride of soda. 
Wrote to father. Pained me all day badly. 


Sunday, Aug. 14, 1864. 
Rested better last night but only sleep by cat-naps. We have 
been blessed with cool, nice weather since we came here. 
Rained at night. 
Monday, Aug. 15, 1864. 
Very long night to me; could not sleep. Rained most all night 
and they put the tent down all round; made it awful hot. I 
sweat my shirt all through. 
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 1864. 
Wrote to Addie. Rested about as common last night (cat- 
naps). Doctor Crombie came today about noon. Hot day but 
we get cool breeze. 
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 1864. 
Slept pretty well last part of the night but first part just 
tossed about on bed. Wrote to mother today to put in with the 
doctor’s letter; also to Aunt Sarah. Very hot day. We get 


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some breeze though. Doing well. Doctor Crombie is with me 
part of the time. Brings in dainties, etc. 


Thursday, Aug. 18, 1864. 

Had a very, very uncomfortable night; could not get in easy 
position nor sleep. Cool today. Chase had chills last night. 
T can get up and fix my bed now; can stand on one leg. 

Chase was a member of the Fourth New Hampshire of Com- 
pany —. He lost his leg below the knee, I think. He was a 
stout, hearty man, but finally died. 

I can remember when I first began to stand and the terrible 
sense of pressure on the injured side, which would not allow me 
to stand for more than a minute. I suppose it was a really 
dangerous thing to do. Doctor Crombie had insisted on my tak- 
ing quinine pills to protect me against the danger of chills, 
which he dreaded and which were almost sure to terminate 
fatally. 

Friday, Aug. 19, 1864. 

Rested about the same as common. Could not get to sleep 
until last part of night. Chase had chills bad again. Doctor 
Crombie went to front yesterday. 

Saturday, Aug. 20, 1864. 

Rested by cat-naps during night. Pained me badly; bled a 
little. It pains me a good deal of the time. Rained all night. 


Sunday, Aug. 21, 1864. 
Rested not very well, as usual. Nights seem very long. I 
inquired of nurse a dozen times what time it was during night. 
We have damp, wet weather and I think it effects the wounds; 
makes them ache. 


Monday, Aug. 22, 1864. 
Rested about the same as common. My stump swelled badly 
yesterday; runs pretty freely yet. Doctor Crombie came back 
from the front this morning. Fine day after the rain. Re- 
ceived letters from Addie, but the number with $5 has not come. 
Received letter from S. Emerson and Doctor Crombie from 
front. Wrote to Addie. 


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Tuesday, Aug. 23, 1864. 
Did not sleep much last night, though it did not pain me as — 
much as sometimes. Rained about all night. Get tired of lying 
in one position. 
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 1864. 
Rested about as common. Very tired. Doctor Crombie came 
up in the evening; brought some letters, one from father and 
Addie, one from Sarah Bickford, one from Paige, Otis Wood- 
ward, James Pettee, Laura French, Sarah Woodward, and one 
from Sue. 
Thursday, Aug. 25, 1864. 
Very long night to me; could not rest well. Can pass days 
off very well but nights are long. I wrote to Annie Lenwood, 
Box 404, Lewiston, Me., and for Bean to Nettie Calder. Yes- 
terday wrote to Sue and Eb. Nutting. 


Friday, Aug. 26, 1864. 
My stump did not pain me much last night, but could not 
sleep until three or four o’clock in the morning. Received let- 
ter from father and Addie. 
Saturday, Aug. 27, 1864. 
I was very uneasy all night. Towards morning, though my 
stump did not pain me much, I could not lay still. Rained hard 
in the night. Wrote to Addie. 
Sunday, Aug. 28, 1864. 
Rested about as common; could not get to sleep till towards 
day. Leg did not pain me much. Rev. Mr. Adams, chaplain 
Second New Hampshire, came to see me with the doctor (Crom- 
bie) last night. Wrote to mother and Sarah Emerson. 


Monday, Aug. 29, 1864. 
Rested about the same as common. Rained like guns all 
night. 
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1864. 
Could not sleep any last night at all, mosquitoes were so aw- 
ful and thick. Brown, our dresser, left us for the front today. 
Harvey Buxton was over to see me. Wrote to Addie. 


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Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1864. 
Rested pretty well last part of the night. Mosquitoes were 
rather thick but slept some. Doing well. 


Thursday, Sept. 1, 1864. 
Rested as common; very uneasy. Rained hard in the night. 
' Received letter from Addie. Can’t get enough to eat. Wrote 
to father, dated the 2d. 
Friday, Sept. 2, 1864. 
Slept sound towards morning but mosquitoes very plenty first 
part of night. Received letter from Eb. last night. 


Saturday, Sept. 3, 1864. 

Rested about as common, well the last part of the night. 
About noon, while I was eating dinner, they came for me and 
took me down aboard small boat, which took me out to the “At- 
lantic.” I expected from the suddenness of the removal that 
it was made without Doctor Crombie’s knowledge, which turned 
out to be the case, although they assured me that he knew of it, 
but I was perfectly well aware of the jealousy felt by the hos- 
pital doctors at his care of me and felt that they would be glad 
to pique him in any small way. Such was the haste of de- 
parture that I was not allowed to finish my dinner and a watch 
which I kept always under my pillow was left behind. It was 
one which I valued much, a railroad watch and an excellent 
timepiece. 

On getting aboard the “Atlantic,” I wrote immediately to 
Doctor Crombie, asking him to take care of the watch. This 
was the first intimation he had of my removal. The watch 
could not be found, but, contrary to custom, my vacant hospital 
bed had not been thrown outside the tent for airing, which con- 
firmed the suspicion that the watch had been deliberately stolen. 
I remember nothing about this journey but that I lay on a mat- 
tress on deck in the gangway with others and that we were so 
closely packed that the steamer’s hands and nurses had to step 
over and around us as best they could. 


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Sunday, Sept. 4, 1864. 

Got wound dressed once a day while aboard. Rested pretty 
well. 

Monday, Sept. 5, 1864. 

Rainy. We got to New York last night about eight o’clock. 
Lay all night in the harbor and in the afternoon about half past 
three o’clock was put on board another boat. Came up the river — 
to David’s Island. 

Rained hard. JI remember that in changing boats a sailor 
took me in his arms. He told me to put my arms around his 
neck, which I did, and he carried me as he would a child. He ~ 
had to go down the rope ladder on the outside of one vessel and 
up that on the other. I couldn’t help feeling a nervous appre- 
hension as he went up and down the swaying ladders with me, 
helpless, in his arms and the water below us. It was cold and 
rainy and a fierce east wind was blowing over the open deck 
where we had been lying. : There was also the constant fear lest 
the sailor should hit my wounded side, which the position I 
was in caused to throb painfully. 

We got to David’s Island hospital, I think about eleven o’clock 
at night and it seemed like getting to a palace to get into the 
comfortable atmosphere after the cold, unprotected ride in the — 
boats and in the ambulance which brought me from the land- — 
ing. 

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1864. 

Good bed, comfortable building. Got wound dressed last 
night. Rested pretty well. Did not get any supper. Wrote 
another line and put it into father’s letter, which I wrote the 
2d and did not send it till now. Wrote to Doctor Crombie. — 
Dressed wound once today, oil dressing. 

Rainy weather. I remember-the dressing of Monday night 
was quite a hasty one. “The wound was simply washed and done 
up. The nurse was an Englishman, a deformed man with a 
hunch back. He had been in the business seventeen years. 
Was on board one of the war vessels at the siege of Sabastopol, 
and had also been at the hospital at Blackwell’s Island. I re- 
member the feeling of confidence he gave me at once. He 
worked as if he knew how. 


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Wednesday, Sept. 7, 1864. 
Rested pretty well. Dressed wound once today; took out a 
ligature. If they had been rightly taken care of they would 
have come out a number of days ago and would have been all 
healed up by now. The foregoing is what the nurse said. It 
was, of course, a disappointment because I had supposed the 


wound to be doing very well. 
Thursday, Sept. 8, 1864. 


Rested well last night. Dresser took out another ligature. 
Found them all tangled up. [Found it all hollow underneath 
surface. Burned it out. Made it smart and sore. 


Friday, Sept. 9, 1864. 

Rested pretty well. Took out another ligature. Burned off 
the sore place again. Very sore and pains me more than any 
time before. Fine day. I remember the nurses examining 
the wound and finding that the ligatures were all knotted and 
matted and hardened together. He pulled on them and it 
seemed as if he were pulling at my very vitals. He took his 
scissors and cut it away. By this time his swab could reach the 
living flesh, which accounted for the intense pain. 

I had objected to taking chloroform, but I said, “I cannot 
stand this. If you have anything you can give me except 
chloroform let me have it.” He said to an attendant, “Run and 
get a tumbler of whiskey.” A large, brimming tumbler was 
brought and I drank it as if it had been water. The relief was 
so immediate and great that I felt like whistling. I remem- 
ber I got so I could talk and laugh over it with them. The 
dresser was amused, expecting that the dose would make me 


drunk. 
Sept. 10, 1864. 


Did not rest very well last night. Six weeks ago today since 
I was wounded and my stump is more sore than any time yet, 
but is healing fast; use oil dressing. Fine day. Took another 
lost ligature out. 

The patients in charge of my nurse were, I think, forty in 
all, in two wards, which were separated by folding doors. He 
had the habit of humming a particular negro melody while at 


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work, “The Year of Jubilee.” JI can remember listening to the 
tune as he began with the first patient in the farther ward and 
dreading its approach as he came nearer and nearer to my bed. 
But this was only during the days it was swabbed out with creo- 
sote, caustic, ete. Afterward, when the oil dressing was applied 
it was such a great relief that I used to listen for the song with 
eagerness. 
Sunday, Sept. 11, 1864. 

Rested first rate; wound did not pain me as much as com- 
mon. Rainy this morning. Dresser only put the cloth on the 
end of my stump and straps of sticking plaster across to hold 
it. Better way than bandages, cooler, etc. Wrote to Addie and 


Eb. 
Monday, Sept. 12, 1864. 


Received letter from mother, one from Addie, one from Doc- 
tor Crombie by way of Doctor Wood, who came to see me. 
Rested pretty well; pained some, as usual. Last night the 
dresser was afraid. of gangrene. I received $5 from Doctor 
Wood. Wound looked all right tonight. 


Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1864. 
Pained me bad until towards morning last night, then was 
a little more easy. Cloudy weather most of the time. Wrote 
to W. T. Major and sent two papers to Dad. 


Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1864. 
Rested about as usual. Fine day. Stump pains me some. 
Received letters from Addie, one from Doctor Crombie. Re- 
ceived $5. 
Thursday, Sept. 15, 1864. 
Rested pretty well. Wrote to Doctor Crombie. Fine day. 


Friday, Sept. 16, 1864. 
Received letter from Sarah Emerson. Rested pretty well last 
night. Have considerable pain when dressed for an hour or so. 
Cool weather tonight. Dresser was afraid gangrene had got in. 
Was tight. 
There was one night, I cannot remember when, when the 





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dresser seemed seriously troubled about the looks of my wound 
and gave me a very uneasy night in consequence. I felt like 
giving up. He said, “My poor fellow, I hate to tell you, but 
I might as well as to try to keep it from you, but I see indica- 
tions of gangrene. I think in the morning we shall have to 
take you and lay you on the table and give you chloroform and 
give the wound a thorough cleaning out by an application of 
bromide, but I’m going to try one thing more first.” He said 
he had already tried four different grades of applications. The 
fifth and strongest was tincture of iron. After this bromine was 
the last resort. ‘The iron proved sufficient and the next morn- 
ing I watched his face anxiously to know my fate. I noticed he 
smiled when he took off the bandages and he said it was better; 
that “the iron did the business,” and he applied some more of 
the same remedy. 
Saturday, Sept. 17, 1864. 

Rested well. Cold night. Fine day today. Received letter 

from Sue, Stoneham, and Flora Dodge Atwood. 


Sunday, Sept. 18, 1864. 
Rested well last night. My wound is not gaining any to ap- 
pearances, nor has it for a week, but grows deeper and runs. 
Cloudy and cold; commenced to rain towards night. 

It was about this time that I grew apprehensive that the 
dresser might keep the wound open too long. He had burned 
the flesh off down to the bone and I was fearful that exposure 
would harm it, but he was sure of himself and said, “I know my 
business and I don’t propose that you shall have any more draw- 
backs.” He took from it day after day a great number of 
pieces of bone, a piece of cloth of my pantaloons and a piece of 
the bullet, all these were [encysted(?)| covered with a sort of 
gristly substance, which he cut through so I could examine 
them. He saw the track of the bullet and said the bone looked 
as though struck with a hammer. 


Monday, Sept. 19, 1864. 
Rested pretty well last night. This morning my wound 
looked cleaned out and it does no# run so much. Dresser says 


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it will commence to fill up now and heal. Rained nearly all 
night. Wrote to J. A. Damuth. 
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1864. 
Rested pretty well. Received a letter from Ed this morning 
Fine day. Wrote to Addie. 
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1864. 
Rested about as usual. Received a letter from Addie with 
one dollar and one from mother with fifty cents. Fine day. 
Wrote mother. : ’ 
Thursday, Sept. 22, 1864. — 
Rested about as usual. Cloudy this morning. Wrote to Flora: 
Atwood. 
Friday, Sept. 23, 1864. 
Did not rest as well as usual. Bone pained me. Cloudy 
today. Wrote to Jamie Pettee. . 






Saturday, Sept. 24, 1864. 

Rested badly though my stump was very easy, but I could not 

get to sleep. Rough, cold weather, rainy; just at night, thun- 
der. Received letter from Mary. 

Sunday, Sept. 25, 1864. | 

Rested about the same; got cat-naps. Cold this morning. 

Received note from Doctor Crombie. Dresser put on poultice 

last night. 

Monday, Sept. 26, 1864. 

Rested pretty well. Pretty cold towards morning. Doctor 

Crombie came today. Fine day. Received letter from Addie. — 


Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1864. 

Rested first rate last night; slept well. Fine day. Doctor 
[Crombie(?)] came in this morning; went about nine o'clock. 
Wrote to Mary and wrote to Addie. 


Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1864. — 

Did not rest so well last night. Fine day today. Received 
letter from Addie, one from Sue. 

Thursday, Sept. 29, 1864. 

Rested very poorly last night. Stump very sore and painful. 

Fine day. 


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Friday, Sept. 30, 1864. 
- Did not rest well. Fine day. Rainy in the night. Re- 
ceived letter from H. Pettee. 
Saturday, Oct. 1, 1864. 
Rested a little better. Real cold. My stump pains badly 
when first dressed for an hour or so. 


Sunday, Oct. 2, 1864. 
_ Rested “half decent,” as the fellow said. Windy night. Very 
rough and cold, cloudy day. Rainy last night. 


Monday, Oct. 3, 1864. 
Rested pretty well. Stump pains some. Very uncomfortable 
lying so long in such a bed. Fine day. Received letter from 
Addie. Wrote to Sue. 
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1864. 
Rested pretty well last night. Cloudy today. Wrote to 
Addie. They dress my stump with cinchona(?) hark and lint 
oiled. Commenced to strap it together a day or two ago. The 
straps were strips of sticking plaster put on so as to draw the 
flesh together. 
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1864. 
Rested pretty well, considering. Fine day. Received letter 
from Addie; one from J. A. Demuth with a dollar and ten 
stamps. 
Thursday, Oct. 6, 1864. 
Slept well last night. Cloudy this morning. Wrote to Addie. 
Wrote to R. A. Bryant. 
Friday, Oct. 7, 1864. 
Rested pretty well. Fine day today. 


Saturday, Oct. 8, 1864. 
Rested well last night. Got mattress. Do not dress my 
wound but once a day now. Received letter from Doctor Crom- 
bie. Fine day. 
Sunday, Oct. 9, 1864. 
Rested well. Fine day but cold during night and in the 
morning. ‘Strapped it—my stump. 


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Monday, Oct. 10, 1864. 

Rested first rate. Fine day but cold during night and in the 
morning. Wrote to Doctor Crombie. My stump nearly healed 
up. Received letter from Addie. . 











Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1864. 
Rested well last night. Cold, fine day. Wrote to Addie. — 


Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1864. 
Rested first rate last night. Fine day. Received letter from 
Addie, one from R. A. Bryant, care of New York Life Insur- 
ance Company, 112 and 114 Broadway, New York. I wrote to 
him. Sit up some now. ( 
Thursday, Oct. 13, 1864. 
Could not sleep till midnight. Got up about eleven and went 
to stove; fell on the floor but did not hurt me. Sit up by spells. 
Rainy last night; cloudy today. Wrote to Addie. 


Friday, Oct. 14, 1864. — 
Rest well now. Wake every night about eleven and four. 
Fine day. 
Saturday, Oct. 15, 1864. 
Fine day, kind of Indian summer; cold nights. 


Sunday, Oct. 16, 1864. — 
Fine day. Used my crutches for the first time; went to the 


door and back. 
Monday, Oct. 17, 1864. 


Fine day. Went out to wardmaster’s room on my crutches. 
Received letter from Addie. 

I remember the day very well, beautiful and cool, and the de- 
light I felt in being able to leave the ward, but there was a ter- 
rible sense of pressure on the wound in standing upright and 
for some time I did not dare exercise much for fear of injur- 
ing it. ; 

Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1864. 

Fine day. Did not wake all night. Slept well. Wrote to 
Addie. Received letter from Sue and box of cake from Mary 
by Mr. Freeman. 


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Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1864. 
Fine day. Wrote to Mary. Received letter from Addie. 


Thursday, Oct. 20, 1864. 
Very nice day. Wrote to Addie. 
Friday, Oct. 21, 1864. 
Fine day. Wrote to father. Received letter from Sarah 
Emerson, one from Doctor Merwin with pictures of candidates 
for president. 
Saturday, Oct. 22, 1864. 
Cloudy and cool. 
Sunday, Oct. 23, 1864. 


Cloudy in the afternoon though pleasant in the forenoon. 


Monday, Oct. 24, 1864. 

Cloudy but mild. I put on my clothes for the first time; 
went to the barber’s and got shaved—got hair cut. 

Started for home about 12 m., arrived in New York about 
three. Got team and went to Beecker [Bleecker(?)| street, 
back to Castle Garden; paid $3 to teamster. 

The visit to Bleecker street was to see the United States pay- 
master and present my discharge papers, given by surgeon at 
David’s Island hospital, and get paid. The team which I hired 
was a common job team at the steamboat landing, the first thing 
that offered, as I was a perfect stranger in New York and didn’t 
know where to find anything different. On our way up we 


¢alled at Robert’s office and after waiting about twenty min- 


utes till he was at leisure had a little talk with him on the side- 
walk. Passed the night in the United States hospital at Castle 
Garden. 
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1864. 

Alfred (Robert) came to the hospital, Castle Garden, and went 
with me to street, lower end of Broadway; got in omni- 
bus; rode up to Bleecker street, got paid, came back to Garden. 
Fine day. Wrote to Addie. 





Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1864. 
Fine day. Started for Manchester at eight o’clock. Changed 
cars at Worcester and Nashua. Arrived at 8 Pp. mM. in Manches- 
ter. Fare, $7.40. 


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Aunt Sarah knew what I needed and immediately got a pil- 
low and made me lie down on a sofa. There were people there 
who would willingly engaged me in conversation but she would 
allow nothing of the kind, and I must have been very tired, for 
I dropped asleep as soon as I touched the pillow. 

Here I discovered a black spot on my stump which had been 
brought on by the journey and which made me feel anxious. 
I have spoken of the wound as being healed. There was, in 
fact, a place which did not completely heal for some weeks. 








Thursday, Oct. 27, 1864. 

Stopped at Uncle Horace’s until 4 o’clock Pp. M. ‘Took cars, 
went to Derry. Arrived about 4.45 o’clock. Went right to 
Doctor Crombie’s. He had arranged long ago that I should do 
so and I was myself anxious that he should attend to the black 


spot which had alarmed me. 
Friday, Oct. 28, 1864. 


Stopped at doctor’s today. Rainy day. I remember the doc- 
tor’s burning off the spot with a caustic pencil. He pronounced 
it an abscess. 

Saturday, Oct. 29, 1864. 

Rode out with the doctor to upper village. Fine day. Doe: 


tor Wood and wife came. 5 
Sunday, Oct. 30, 1864. 


Went to meeting. Fine day. Doctor Wood and wife here 
today at Doctor Crombie’s. Rode with doctor over to Mr. Cur- 
- rier’s. Doctor lost his buffalo and blanket. The robes were 
lost by reason of the horse running away from the door, where 
he had left him. He had to go all the way home before he 
could find him, and then the robes were missing. Mr. Currier 
had a son who had been wounded in the war and whom Doctor 
Crombie had attended. 

I remember how much pleasure Doctor Crombie seemed to 
take in exhibiting me as “My nephew whom I went out to see. 
The young man you have heard me speak of,” ete. And when- 
ever anybody came into the house I was expected to play the 
army calls on an old bugle; in fact, he always put it into the 
carriage when we went riding. 


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_ The going to church was a rather uncomfortable thing, as I 
had nothing but my rough army clothes, but Miss —, a 
_ school teacher, who was boarding at Doctor P’s, declared that 
she should be proud to go into church with me, and Aunt 
_ Sarah said the same, so I was forced to go. 





Monday, Oct. 31, 1864. 

_ Rode over to depot with doctor; carried Mrs. Wood. Mr. 
_ Wood went to Boston early; she went at noon. Rainy in the 
afternoon. 

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 1864. 
Still at doctor’s. Rode round with doctor to Mr. Meloon’s. 


Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1864. 
Still at Doctor Crombie’s. Rode up to Mr. Wilson’s; got 
grapes and wine. Cool but fine. 


Thursday, Nov. 3, 1864. 
Started for Manchester at about half past four. Arrived at 
half past six Pp. wm. Cold but very pleasant. Aunt Sarah Crom- 
bie and Charles came up with me. Stopped at Uncle Horace’s 
over night. 


Friday, Nov. 4, 1864. 
Came home in the rain. Got home about 6 Pp. mM. Had a 
covered carriage and a horse for whole journey from Derry. 


. [The exceedingly interesting diary of Comrade Bryant now 
_ completed was given a space in this volume on account of its 

value as regimental history covering more than three years. 
Comrade Bryant has never been able to walk without the aid of 
_ crutches for the last forty-seven years, a forcible reminder of 
the great sacrifice he and many others have made that our 
country might endure.— Hisnortran. | 


DIARY OF JAMES MOKLER, COMPANY E. 


Sept. 1, 1861. 
On this day I sold myself bodily to Uncle Sam (unless sooner 
discharged by proper authority), and to receive such pay, clothes, 
and rations as he chose to give me. And I did solemnly pledge 
and swear that 1 would bear true faith and allegiance to him; 
and I did swear that I would obey all superior officers and be 
a good soldier and keep sober, which, by the way, is something 
uncommon for the author. After doing all this, I went to my 
boarding-house and ate a corporation supper. Supper being 
over, I retired to my room, threw myself on my bed, and thought 
over the proceedings of the day, and the more I thought the 
more I had to think of. “Jim,” said I to myself, “you are a 
fool.” I came to this conclusion, which conclusion I had often 
come to before on other matters, but this time I knew I was a 
fool, a d fool, a more of a fool than I ever was before; but it 
was done and could not be helped. So “soger” I was and a 
“soger” I was to be for three years to come if Mr. Secess did 

not put an end to my existence with a blue-pill or bayonet. 

JAMES MOKLER. 





Mancuester, N. H., Sept. 1, 1861. 
“The morn was bright, the sky clear,” and I, James Mokler, 
a youth of eighteen summers—a loafer by profession—lay in my 
bed listening to the songs of the birds. My mind had wandered 
away till I was like one in a dream. ‘The clock struck the hour 


of nine, when my solitude was disturbed by the chamber- 


maid with, “Come, sirs, get up; I want to make the bed.” I 
grunted something about being disturbed so early. However, I 


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got up (half undressed). I threw myself into the armchair and 
sat gazing silently into the back yard, when my eyes fell on some 
children playing “soldier.” My conscience rebuked me. I, an 
American, my country at war and I not a soldier yet! 

My stomach told me that the thought was ridiculous, as there 
was something else to be thought of far more sensible to the 
time, and that was some breakfast. No sooner thought of than 
I prepared to follow this goodly advice by completing my toilet. 
I descended the stairs, went into the kitchen, and ate a lazy 
man’s breakfast, which consisted of cold coffee, bread and but- 
ter. Breakfast being over, I left the house for a morning walk. 
I went down beside the canal and so down on the railway. I 
had not gone far on my railroad walk when I came across my 
old friend, Tom B ; 

“Hello, Jim!” said Tom, “where are you going?” 

“Nowhere in particular,” I replied, “only taking a morning 
walk.” 

“That is just what I am here for, so we’ll walk on together,” 
said Tom. So on we went. We had not gone far when we got 
tired of walking. 

“Jim,” said Tom, “let’s go up on the street.” 

“Aoreed to,” said I, and we retraced our steps and went on 
our way to the city. We called in to the “Hazel Dell” (a res- 
taurant) and partook of some brandy. I sat down on the chair 
and took the Boston Herald. Being asked to read the war 
news, I did so, and as I read of some smart thing in some gen- 
eral my friend Tom would summon me to the bar to drink to the 
health of the general; and if I read of the heroic deeds of 
some soldiers, I would have to drink to the health of them 
also. And so I continued to read and drink until I got quite 
patriotic. Dinner-time came and I went not. I sat and talked 
on war matters and drank brandy. About 3 p. m. I looked 
around and saw my friend Tom asleep in the big chair. I could 
not stay any longer, so I staggered out, filled with patriotism 
and brandy (more of the latter than the former), and found my 
way down to the city hall, where recruiting was going on. I 
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up to the captain and asked him if he wanted any more recruits. 
He answered in the affirmative. I was measured and signed the 
papers speedily; then -I was taken down into the mayor’s office, 
and I, James Mokler, did solemnly swear that I would serve the 
state of New Hampshire and the governor uf New Hampshire, 
and that 1 would obey all superior officers and accept such 
bounty, pay, rations, and clothing as they could give me for the 
period of three years, unless sooner discharged by proper au- 
thority. I returned to the hall and was cheered by the inmates. 
I made the remark that they need not get up. 

I inquired of the captain when the next drill was to come 
off. He replied that it would come on Monday morning. I told 
him that I would be present, and so I took my departure down 
the stairs, went into a saloon, and met Bod F | 
of mine. I told him that I thought that I should enligh We 
drank on that. I then told him that I had enlisted, and we drank 
on that. We drank to the health of everybody and no one in” 
particular. After drinking all I could (for I always make a hog 
of myself as far as brandy is concerned) I left the saloon and got 
on the street. Things appeared strange to me. The street was 
amazingly crooked, lamp-posts ran against me, the buildings also 
I felt queer. When the next post ran against me I grasped it 
and said to myself, “Jim, what is the matter? Is this drunken- 
ness or patriotism?’ I came to the conclusion that it was 
patriotism and, attempting to move on, the lamp-post gave me 
a push that sent me reeling across the sidewalk, but determined 
I moved on. I noticed as I went that all persons got one side, 
for, thought I, they knew that I was a soldier. The ladies also 
seemed to clear the track for me; some laughed and some 
frowned. As I turned the corner of Pleasant street I saw that 
the corner of a large brick church was falling. I seized it and 
was endeavoring to hold it up. I soon got tired of it, as the 
sidewalk would fly up in my face, so I determined to let it fall 
if it was going to. So I started for home, not without the side- 
walk flying up into my face. I at length arrived at my board- 
ing-house with great difficulty. I got into my room some way, 
I don’t know how, but I got there, and there I sat thinking of, 





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I don’t know what, but I was aroused by the sound of the sup- 
a per-bell. I got to the head of the stairs, and, losing my step, I 
_ went downstairs, dog fashion, head first. I got to the foot of 
_ the stairs without much ceremony and without doing much dam- 
age and losing everything out of my pocket. My room-mate 
7 picked the things up and gave them back to me and asked me 
if I had lost anything else. I replied that I had lost my bal- 
" ance at the top of the stairs and I believed that was all. I got 
to the supper-table and did not eat much. After scalding my- 
- self several times I quit the table and, leaning on the arm of my 
“room-mate, I went to my room. I threw myself on the bed and 
_ began thus to soliloquize: Could it be patriotism that made me 
feel so strange? I came to the conclusion that it was patriot- 
: ism, true, manly patriotism. I closed my eyes and 
| Midnight, Sept. 1. I awoke with a severe headache. I got 
up and went downstairs and drank near a gallon of water and 
_ returned to bed to pass the night in misery. 
| Sept. 2. I felt very sick and, being ashamed to go out, con- 
» fined myself to my room. The day seemed like an age. Hav- 
_ ing a severe headache and being sick to my stomach, everything 
was misery to me. ' 
_ Sept. 3. Nothing happened today worth note. I had not 
quite got over my patriotism and was a little sick, but not so 
but I could get around. Did not go near the recruiting office; 
did not like to drill. I went on the street and bought “Hardy’s 
_ Tactics” and got an old “Queen Ann Arm” and went to studying. 
_ That day I learned the manual of arms and made great head- 
_ way. 
| Sept. 4. Got on very well with my “tactics”; spent all my 
leisure time in drilling. 
Sept. 5. ‘Took everything as easy as possible; did not go near 
the company. Drilled on my own accord. Thought I could 
drill as well as any of them. 
_ Sept. 6. Did nothing but make myself comfortable as I 
could. Found it hard work. 
Sept. 7. Went up to see the company drill. Staid some 
time. No one knew that I belonged to the company. 


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Sept. 8. The day passed over very easy. Nothing alarming 
happened. 

Sept. 9. Spent the day as easy as I could, which was hard 
work. 

Sept. 10. Today the company expected to go into camp, but 
did not. The regiment had a dress-parade. Went up to see it. 
Was not in the ranks. The company returned to the hall and 
got orders to meet there at 8.30 next morning without fail. 

Sept. 11. Rained steady all. day. 

Sept. 12. The weather was fine and warm. The company 
drilled on the camp-ground. 

Sept. 18. The weather was warm. The company drilled on 
the common till noon. 

Sept. 14. Went fishing; got nothing but a cold. The com- 
pany met and decided to go into camp Monday morning. 

Sept. 15. Got started to go to church but changed my mind 
and went hunting. 

Sept. 16. I was notified that the company was going into 
camp. I went to the city hall, fell in with the company, went 
up the street, and got our blankets. Was refused, as they did 
not know me, but got one at last. The company pitched the 
tents. Had dress-parade. I went for the first time. This was 
my first military exercise in the regiment, which I think I did 
as well as any of them. 

Sept. 17. I was turned out at daybreak to roll-eall. Felt 
quite stiff after lying on the ground the night before, but soon 
got over it. Went on drill with the company and on parade. 

Sept. 18. Was detailed for a guard today. I went on. IT 
thought it would be nice but soon got sick of it. At night we 
had to lay on the ground. I got cold and felt quite miserable. 
The company was examined this morning by the surgeons. 
There were a few thrown out. 

Sept. 19. The morning was foggy but cleared off at 9 A. M. 
About eleven o’clock we were sworn into the United Stat 
service for three years, unless sooner discharged by proper au- 
thority. We formed a hollow square and the Articles of War 
were read to us. Went down to the city and got our clothes, 









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which consisted of sky blue pants, dark blue dress-coats, and 
light gray overcoats, and dark blue caps. We had a parade, 
which looked quite nice with our new clothes. 

Sept. 20. We put things to rights in camp and things looked 
more like soldiers. 

Sept. 21. The company went down town and got our bounty, 
which was ten dollars, which came very handy, as I had no 
money at the time. 

Sept. 22. Rained very hard here this morning but cleared 
off at noon. This afternoon we got our oilcloth blankets. 
After parade the regiment closed column on the Fifth Division, 
and the chaplain, after prayers, gave us a Testament apiece. 

Sept. 23. I have forgotten to name the commissioned officers 
of our company: namely, for captain, T. L. Newell, a man of 
fifty years of age, who was thought a great deal of as a citizen 
and to all appearances now a very nice man; our first lieutenant, 
F. W. Parker, who was formerly a schoolmaster. He seems to 
be a very nice fellow. Our second lieutenant is a man of stern 
and resolute disposition. Warm and pleasant. We had a bat- 
talion drill, the first battalion we’ve had. 

Sept. 24. We received a furlough today for three days. I 
did not leave until next morning. I went on guard tonight at 
the spring. 

Sept. 25. I went down town this morning. 

Sept. 26. The day was spent in preparing to leave for Wash- 


ington. Tonight on parade we were presented with our colors 


by Miss Nellie Willis, as the daughter of the regiment. T. J. 
Whipple was commissioned as colonel. The regiment band 
came up to camp today. 

Sept. 27. This morning was turned out to go on guard about 
three o'clock, which I did, and stayed until six o’clock. About 
eight o’clock we started for the depot. We got aboard the cars 
and took our final look at Manchester, N. H. We went on the 
Nashua & Worcester railroad. We got to Worcester at 3 P. M., 
stayed there two or three hours, then started for Arling Point, 
Conn., at which place we arrived at midnight. We went on a 
ferry-boat and laid on the boat until morning, the Sound being 


so rough that it was dangerous for us to start out that night. 

























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Sept. 28. We shoved off the wharf early and started off 
across the Sound. We at length arrived at Jersey City and 


cents for a cupful. I thought that was the meanest thing 
could be, as water was a thing we could not get. We got aboa d 
the cars at ten o’clock for Philadelphia. | We were nearly all 
night going. I lost all the money I had ($4.50) that night. We 
got on board a boat and crossed the river to Philadelphia. 

Sept. 29. It was sunrise when we struck the wharf. We went 
down to an eating saloon and got a good breakfast. After stay- 
ing around the street for an hour or two we got into the cars 
for Baltimore. We got into Havre de Grace about 3 P. M3 
stayed for an hour. I got some lager beer, a canteen full. Some 
of the regiment got whiskey, but I had no such good Iuck. We 
again started for Baltimore, at which place we arrived at 6 P. M. 
We passed through the city to the other depot. ‘The people 


us. We had no arms and they might have pelted us with bricks 
if they had been so inclined. We got a good supper at the 
depot. We started for Washington at dark. We had a hard 
ride in the freight cars. We got to Washington at midnight. 
We got out of the cars and marched to a building called the 
Soldiers’ Rest. It was a long shed, like a barn. We laid down 
on the floor. This was the first of my soldiering. I sleep 
poorly. 

Sept. 30. I woke early but not bright. My bones were sore 
from lying on the hard floor. We went into a building near 
by, called the Soldiers’ Retreat, and got a breakfast of fat boiled 
pork and coffee. I could eat nothing. Twelve p. m. we had 
the same for dinner that we had for breakfast; could eat noth- 
ing. In the afternoon we went into camp about a mile from 
the city. We pitched our tents and turned in for rest. 

Oct. 1. The night was cold, with some frost. In the morn- 
ing, after going through our usual drills, I sat down and wrote 
to my sister. In the afternoon I went over to the camp of the 
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- Oct. 2. Had parade at 5 P. uw, after which the regiment 
marched over to the camp of the Third New Hampshire Volun- 
teers. They were having parade when we got there. After 
giving cheers for the Third and they for us, we were turned 
loose and went in together. We did not stay long but returned 
to our camp. We got our cartridge boxes and belts today. 

Oct. 83. Was very warm and sultry. Drilled hard. Began 
‘to think that soldiering was not such nice work as it might be. 
_ Oct. 4. We went down to the arsenal and got our arms (the 
‘Belgium rifle). Had ahard march of five miles. The weather 
"was very warm. Prayers and parade at 5 P. M. 

_ Oct. 5. Warm and sultry. Drill, drill all the time. 

_ Oct. 6. Hotand dry. Had parade, and prayers, and an extra 
drill. 

- Oct. 7. From sunrise it was drill and drill till about 5 P. m., 
when it rained and continued all night. © 

_ Oct. 8. The morning was fine and warm. We continued 
our drills. At evening we were ordered to make everything 
Teady to leave. After doing all we could, we lay down. One 
o’clock the next morning the long roll was beaten. We turned 
‘out, packed our knapsacks, struck tents, and got ready to move. 
Oct. 9. At sunrise we marched down to Washington depot, 
got into the cars (baggage cars) and started for Annapolis, Md.. 
‘at which place we arrived about 6 Pp. m. We did not.go into 
the city but stopped about a mile outside and took a road for 
our campground. We took the tents of the Seventh Connecti- 
cut Volunteers (who were in Washington) and pitched them and 
stayed there. 

Oct. 10. Rained hard all day. I was detailed for guard; 
went on; had a wet time of it. 

Oct. 11. Came off guard; had a severe cold and was very 
wet. Had to drill at 2 P. mM. 

- Oct. 12. Rained hard all last night but fine this morning. 
Our tents came and were pitched to the left of our other camp. 
Went into our new quarters. 

_ Oct. 18. Were set to work cleaning our campground; had a 
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Oct. 14. Finished cleaning our camp and parade-ground. 
Oct. 15. Drilled again, hard as ever, and kept on so all day 
Oct. 16. Our first brigade review. We were reviewed by 
Brigadier-General Wright; stood with our knapsacks on for 
nearly two hours. We had no parade this morning on account 
of the length of time that we were on review. 

Oct. 17. Rained very heavily last night. This morning is 
cold and cloudy. Articles were on parade that we were going 
to embark soon, naming the vessels that each regiment was to 
goon. The steamer “Baltic” was for us. : 

Oct. 19. The morning was cloudy, with little rain. At noo n 
we were ordered to pack knapsacks and prepare to leave. About 
3 p. M. we struck tents and soon the regiment was leaving the 
field. I was detailed to help load the teams, so I stayed behind. 
I did not get done till midnight. We then went down to the 
wharf and stood guard over the baggage till morning. 

Oct. 20. This morning the baggage was put on board a ferry. 
boat and sent to the regiment. . We (the guard) went onto the 
next boat. There was some delay and the tide went out and left 
us. We were pulled off after some trouble and started for the 
“Baltic.” We got to the regiment with but little trouble. 
When we went on board we were sent down below to our berths 
which were on the third deck. It was so hot that we could 
hardly breathe. We soon made our way on deck. We passed 
the remainder of the night as well as possible. 

Oct. 21. This morning about half past eight the fleet started 
down the bay. We’ve had but little to eat the time we have been 
here. 

Oct. 22. It is very rainy. Most of the men are seasick. 
began to feel sick and went down below, but soon came on deck 
again. I sat on some boxes and got wet through. I was very 
cold but could not go below or I would be sick. Near noon the 
fleet arrived at Fortress Monroe. It continued to rain all day. 
We had a miserable day of it. 4 

Oct. 23. Was cloudy and nasty. We felt like convicts rather 
than soldiers. I will here give a description of the victuals we 
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_ choke us. Extreme thirst only would force us to drink it. To 
‘ accompany this coffee we had hard bread, which, after one gets 
_ used to it, does not go bad. For dinner we had the same, with 
_ a piece of western pork, which is fatter than tallow, which I 
cannot possibly eat. For supper we have the same as for break- 
fast. I begin to lose my patriotism and grow homesick. It is 
reported that some alteration is to be made in the cooking. 

Oct. 24. We are still anchored off the fortress, the weather 

_ being somewhat pleasant. I see no alterations in our rations. 
The water that we drink is horrid. It is thick and stringy. 
The smell is enough to sicken any one. We have to hold our 
breath to drink it. I have often seen men drink it and then 
yomitit up. I forgot to mention that at dinner our first lieuten- 
ant, Parker, passed through our quarters, when some one re- 

~ marked that he had better look after our rations. He said that. 
it was good enough for us. This was all the satisfaction we 
got from him. 

Oct. 25. This morning we were ordered ashore. Some 
thought that we were going into battle. We, however, went 
ashore and stacked arms and wandered around the island for 
about four hours, when we again went on board the “Baltic.” 
It was probably to clean the ship that we went ashore. 

Oct. 26. We are still anchored in the harbor. ‘The weather 
is somewat rainy. It is reported that we are to sail soon. 

Oct. 27. This morning we had an inspection of arms, after 
which a short prayer from the chaplain, and our work was over. 

Oct. 28. The weather is cold and windy. Iam happy to say 

that there has been a slight improvement in our rations. 

Oct. 29. This morning the weather is delightful. About 
“8 A. ut. the fleet started, the devil knows where. However, we 
got along nicely. At 3 p. Mm. we lost sight of land. All were 
happy. As for myself, I felt as if I was a man again. 

Oct. 30. I rose at daybreak. Went on deck and walked 

around till breakfast-time. ‘The weather was fine, with a slight 
sea-breeze. I had considerable amusement today to see the boys 
heave up. I myself never felt better. A sailor told me to stay 
‘on deck and hold my head up and I would not be sick. I did 


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so and was not sick at all, so I could laugh at the rest. It was 
a queer sight to see the deck crowd and all vomiting everywhere. 
The sailors laughed heartily at the sickness of the men. yr 

Oct. 31. This morning about 3 o’clock I got up and was tyin, 
my shoe, when I was sent suddenly rolling among the se 
got up and was again tumbled on my back. The vessel rolled 
and labored heavily. I thought that we were in a gale. ] 
picked myself wp and went on deck. I found that we had 
struck on shoals. After firing a few rockets as signals to othe: 
vessels of our distress we got off. The men came rushing on 
deck but were ordered below by the leutenant of the guard. I 
went aft and sat down on a hogshead, waiting to see what woule 
happen. Vessels soon came to our assistance. It was fou 
that no damage was done. I felt safe when I heard this, for I 
feared that the vessel had knocked a hole through her, she 
struck so heavily. All again was calm. The men had got over 
their fright and everything went on as well as could be expected, 
for men cannot feel comfortable when they are cooped up s¢ 
on a ship. A soldier died in one of the companies and wa! 
thrown overboard in a blanket. a 

Noy. 1. Today has been cool and windy. The sea has been 
a little rough. We are beginning to learn a little of a sailo ’ 
life as well as a soldier’s. 

Nov. 2. Has been very stormy. Toward evening the weather 
was very bad. The waves rolled mountains high and everythin; 
looked as if we were to have a hard time. At dark I went down 
and lay down in my bunk. The ship rolled and tossed so that 
I was thrown out of my bunk several “times. I soon found tha’ 
it was impossible to stay below, so I went on deck. The wind 
was blowing a hurricane. Our ship tossed about like a chip: 
Some of the time she was under water. It was a heavy gale 
The men were considerably frightened. I myself was willing ta 
go ashore anywhere; I didn’t care where. I-was up all night 
It rained and blew terribly; the waves ran higher than the ship 
sometimes. I would see a light of other ships, which would 
look as if it was down beneath us, and again I would see it hun- 
dreds of feet above us. About midnight the storm abated bul 
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' Noy. 3. The sea continued to run high until near 8 o’clock 
y ‘A.M. After the sea went down the weather was calm. The 
men came up from below like squirrels in spring come out of 

their holes, each being highly pleased with the weather. Every- 
thing went on nicely during the day. 

Noy. 4. ‘This morning we were paid off for six weeks and yet 
_we could not buy anything to eat. I saw one man offer to give 
one dollar for a drink of water such as the officers had, but was 
refused. I would have been willing to give twice the amount 
for a drink of water, but we could not get it. This forenoon 

land was in sight and we made directly! for it. At sunset we 
anchored very near it. The gunboat had a fight with some 
rebel boats. I do not know the name of the land that we are 
anchored off of. 

Noy. 5. Last night we ran out to sea, for fear that we would 
get aground. We have been lying out here all day. 

Noy. 6. The fleet has been collecting today. Some of the 
ships look badly after the recent gale. One of them has lost 
her masts. Most all are damaged in some way. Nothing new 
transpired today. 

Noy. 7. This morning the gunboats got in line of battle and 
started up the bay, the transports bringing up the rear. Soon 
_ the firing commenced from two rebel batteries, one on each side 
of the bay. The engagement lasted for nearly five hours. The 
‘marines went ashore and hauled down the rebel flag and ran up 
the stars and stripes amid the cheers from the transports. At 
‘dark our regiment went ashore. We formed a line on the beach 
and marched up into the rebel encampment, broke ranks, and 

each man lay down and slept the remainder of the night. 
_ Noy. 8. This morning I arose bright and early and, shaking 
the sand off myself, looked about me to see what we had 
¢aptured. I found that the island that we were on was Hilton 
“Head, Port Royal, 8. C. I wandered around all day and got a 
‘lot of sweet potatoes, sugar cane, and such like. Most of the 
“men spent the day in killing pigs, turkeys, sheep, and cows. We 
lived well today. I lay down, completely fagged out. 


Nov. 9. JT arose out of my bed of sand and started on another 
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scout about the island. I went into the interior about five miles, 
I came to a plantation, where I got some oranges. I was thus 
roving about when I was picked up by some of our men, who 
were scouting, and was sent to my regiment. I ate sweet po- 
tatoes, oysters, pig, turkey, and sugar cane all day. I was sick 
of them at length, and well I might be. We had parade in the 
evening. 

Hilton Head is a sea island belonging to South Carolina. 
It is considerably wooded, with a number of plantations. The 
part near the sea is very sandy. Cotton has been raised to some 
extent. Farther back into the interior is better land, with large 
plantations, well stocked with negroes, who are as ignorant as 
beasts. They don’t seem to know anything, but work on the 
plantations. There are a large number of cattle. The woods 
seem to be full of them. There is a sand fort near the seacoast 
of fourteen guns and a few houses, which were riddled in the 
fight. The rebels left their wounded in the fort. ‘Things 
showed that they left in a hurry, for they left everything on 
the field. 

Nov. 16. Our tents came ashore and were pitched. We 
worked all day getting things ashore. 

Nov. 11. All hands were at work fixing the campground and 
digging wells, ete. At evening our company, with two others, 
were detailed for grand guard. We got things ready as soon as 
possible and started. We went six miles in the interior and took 
our posts and remained there during the night. 

Noy. 12. This morning soon after sunrise, I, being on the 
outpost, heard firing out farther. I ran to see what it was. I 
found Captain Newell with a few men killing sheep. We sho 
six of them and dressed them and cooked them on pieces of 
iron and tin, which we put over the fire. We had quite a mea 
on them. During the day the men that were not on posts wen 
scouting. They killed a lot of sheep and pigs and got a large 
drove of cattle together and were going to drive them into cam 
but were forced to leave them. Near sundown a company 
the Seventh Connecticut Volunteers came and relieved us. W 
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nine o'clock; got a good supper of fried pork and hard bread. 
We turned in. 

_ Noy. 13. I was detailed to go down on the beach and help 
unload the vessel. Boats were loaded with stores from the ships 
and sent ashore. We had to wade into the water and unload 
these boats. I was wet to the skin all day and worked hard. 

Noy. 14. I was detailed again to work on the beach; worked 
in the water all day. A wharf is being built. Men detailed 
from other regiments are at work on it. Storehouses are being 
built here near the beach. Everything is being fixed up. The 
boat is under repairs; the old houses also; things look lively. 
Tonight at roll-call I was detailed for guard tomorrow. 

Nov. 15. I went on guard at nine o’clock. The weather is 
fine and I walk my post. 

Noy. 16. The morning was cool but fine. I came off guard 
and was free from further duty till 2 p.m. I spent the fore- 
noon in cleaning my rifle. In the afternoon went on drill. 

Nov. 17. We had parade at 8 a. m., after which divine 
services. We then went to our quarters and had a company in- 
spection. We had no drills; the remainder of the day was ours. 
I went into the woods and got some pine leaves for a bed and 
fixed up my tent. 

Noy. 18. The day has been fine. Drilled all day. 

Noy. 19. I was again detailed to work on the beach; worked 
all day in the water, unloading boats. Got a bad cold. 

Noy. 20. Went on guard at 5 p.m. Felt miserable, had a 
‘bad headache all day, but stood my guard all night. Could not 
get off as there were no supernumeraries. 

Noy. 20. Came off guard, went to my tent, and slept the 
rest of the day. 

Noy. 21. The weather has been quite cool today. The sand 
drifts like snow. 

Noy. 22. Has been cool but pleasant. Along towards even- 
ing we had a thunder shower, the first rain that we have had 
since we have been on the island. It was welcome, for it war 
very dusty and disagreeable on drill. It was so dry that the 
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Noy. 24. Inspection this morning. My gun was con- 
demned by the colonel. It was not clean enough to suit him 
We don’t have much time to clean our things, we have to drill 
so much. P 

Noy. 25. The weather is very pleasant and warm. Went 
down on the beach to get rid of drill. I got a sweet damning 
when I got back. Nothing further was done to me. Guess "ll 
try it again. 

Nov. 26. Last night brought a heavy frost. It is very pleas- 
ant today. ‘ 

Nov. 27. Was detailed for guard. Went on duty at 8 P. M 
The night was quite cold, with heavy frost. 

Nov. 28. I came off guard at 12 m. Went out and fired at a 
target put up for the guards to fire at. I did not hit it. 

Noy. 29. The morning was warm and pleasant. About 11 
o’clock A. M. orders came from the adjutant for forty men out 
of our company to go on an expedition somewhere, we did not 
know where. We were ordered to take four days’ rations. 
' got ready as soon as possible, put on our knapsacks, and marched 
down to the wharf, got into boats, and went on the steamer 
“Ben DeFord.” About 3 p. mM. we left the harbor and ran south- 
erly. We slept on the steamer that night.. , 

Noy. 30. This morning brought us to our destination. It is 
an island lately taken from the rebels. About 9 A. M. boats came 
from the United States frigate “Savannah” and landed us on 
the shore. There are a few houses here and a large lighthouse 
on our landing. Men were detailed for guards. I got out of 
the way and was not detailed. I went up into the lighthouse. 
I could plainly see the rebel Fort Pulaski. I could see the flag” 
flying on the ramparts. I found that the island was called 
Tybee, it being but a few miles from Pulaski. Our general 
thought that a battery might be built to storm the fort. We went 
as an engineer’s guard. There is an old round fort here, built 
by the Spanish nearly a hundred years ago. It is called the 
Martelo Tower. It is built of oyster shells and lime. It is 
round and is about seventy-five feet high and forty feet im 
diameter; has port-holes for ten guns. It is a curious concern. 


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This morning a schooner was chased by our gunboats. She ran 
ashore on this island. She was loaded with oranges and cigars 
and most everything. A detail was taken from our corps to 
unload her. Her captain and first mate were taken. Her 
crew escaped. We got all the fruit that we wanted. I ran 
about all the day and got very tired. At 4 P. M. we went on 
board the boat. I was taken to help the cooks. I got a kettle 
of raw pork on my shoulder and went down on the beach and was 
going on the steamer. The sea being rough, the boats could not 
get very near the shore. I had to wade into the water up to 
my neck; lost my pork, kettle, and all. I got on board all safe. 
I turned in and was nearly frozen, my clothes being wet, ana the 
night was very cold. 

Dec. 1. I arose this morning with a very bad cold and nearly 
frozen. We started for Hilton Head very early and arrived 
there about 10 a4. mM. We landed in small boats and formed a 
line on the beach and marched to camp. Here I was brought 
to account for the pork that I had charge of, but the pork was 
gone, and that was all that could be made of it. The rest of 
the day was spent in cleaning the camp till 4 Pp. m., when I was 
detailed for guard and went on. , 

Dec. 2. ‘The day was fine. I was very tired and worn out 
after the expedition and guard duty. Came off guard at 5 P. M. 

Dec. 3. Last night we had a heavy shower, after which we 
had an alarm, the long roll beat. All the troops were turned 
out. It was about two o’clock. I was the last man in the line 
for these reasons: The evening before, when I came off guard, 
I took my gun to pieces to clean it and had not time to put it 
together again, so I put it under my knapsack, and when the 
long roll beat I had to put it together. The alarm being false, 
we went back to our quarters and slept the remainder of the 
night. The morning was fine and continued so all day. 

Dec. 4. Our company was detailed for grand guard. We 
mounted guard at 3 p. m. and started for our posts, about five 
miles from camp. I was on the reserve but stood a post. It was 
near an old church, in which the grand guard slept. 

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nearly three miles, and when I turned to go back to my post I 
did not know which way to go. I wandered about nearly all — 
day, but finally got out of the woods, not a half-mile from my ~ 
post. I found that I had been very near my post several times — 
during the ‘day and might have got back long before I did. — 
There was a large tomb near my post, which had been broken 
open. It was supposed that some of the soldiers had done this, — 
but it could not be found out who did it. The corpse had been — 
robbed of some jewels. A boat ran down. We were relieved 
by the Ninth Maine.Regiment. We then went to camp. We 
got into camp about 9 p. M., ate a hearty supper, and turned in. 

Dec. 6. I was detailed to work on the fortifications. 1 went 
at eight o’clock. These fortifications are going to extend 
around the whole camp, from sea to sea, which will make it 
nearly seven miles long. They are about twenty feet high and 
are built strongly. I worked all day shoveling sand. Returned 
to camp at sundown. 

Dec. 7. I was detailed today to work again on the fortifica- 
tions; worked hard all day, wheeling and shoveling sand. We 
presented Second Lieutenant Edgerly of our company with a 
watch. 

Dec. 8. This morning we had inspection of everything, 
which lasted two hours. 

Dec. 9. I went to work on the fortifications. Returned at 
sundown. 

Dec. 15. The day has been warmer than it has been for 
a while back. I came off guard at 4 Pp. M. The regiment had 
an inspection. 

Dec. 16. I went to work on the fortifications. There are 
about 700 men detailed for this work out of our regiment every 
day; the same number from other regiments. We are getting 
along with the work very well. 

Dec. 17. Worked on the dump today. Eclipse of the moon 
last night. 

Dec. 19. Our company was detailed for grand guard. Went 
to our posts at 5 p. M., which was but a mile outside of the 
fortifications. 


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Dec. 22. ‘The regiment had an inspection. I came off guard 
at 4 P.M. 

Dec. 23. Last night it rained very hard all night, but this 
morning it is very fine. We had a battalion drill at 11 a. m. 
We went down into the woods and got some wood for the cook- 
house this afternoon. 

Dec. 24. Last night was the coldest night I have seen since 
I have been on the island. This morning is a little warmer. 


a Went to work on the fortifications. 


Dec. 25. Christmas it is, though it doesn’t look much like 
itin our camp. ‘There has been no celebration; everything went 
on as usual. 

Dec. 26. Pleasant day. Drilled in the forenoon. 

Dec. 27. Another fine day. Came off guard at 4 P. M. 
Some of the company went on grand guard. 

Dec. 28. Last night was cold and windy; today is quite warm. 

Dec. 29. This morning we had a regimental review and in- 
spection, which lasted nearly two hours. At 12 a. M. there was 
an inspection of quarters. The remainder of the day we had to 
ourselves. 

Dec. 30. This morning Corp. John P. Smith of our company 
died. He had been sick but a week. He is to be buried to- 
morrow. ‘The weather is fine and pleasant. 

Dec. 31. Today I went to the burial of Corp. John P. Smith. 
The regiment was mustered for pay today. We expect to get 


_ paid off soon. The pay-rolls are made out. Went on guard 


today at 4 P. M. 
1862. 

Jan. 1. There was fighting in the direction of Beaufort at 
11 4. m. The long roll beat in our camp. The men came 
running from the fortification, fell into line, and stacked arms, 
and were dismissed with orders to fall in at a moment’s warn- 
ing. We did not, however, leave. The men took their arms 
and returned to their quarters. This forenoon a man was shot 
at the guardhouse; it was accidental. We had but little celebra- 
tion. What we had was spoiled by the long roll. 

Jan. 3. We got regular army caps and pants. 

Jan. 6. A mail steamer came in today with a large mail. 


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Jan. 8. Two men were discharged from the service from 
our company. ‘The weather was fine. 

Jan. 9. Fine day. 

Jan. 11. Our company went on grand guard; had a good 
time. 

Jan. 13. The weather is very warm, almost too warm to be 
comfortable. 

Jan. 14. Last night we had a smart shower; today is warm. 

Jan. 16. Drilled today. It is reported that our regiment is 
to leave Hilton Head. 

Jan. 17. Very warm. I went on guard. It rained a little 
last night. 

Jan. 19. We had a grand review and inspection by General 
Sherman today, which lasted two hours. 

Jan. 21. We struck tents and at 11 4. mM. we marched down 
to the wharf and went on to the steamer “Delaware.” 

Jan. 22. We slept on the steamer last night. Today we had 
to eat the rations in our haversacks. We had poor water. We 
were like so many hogs. We laid like hogs. 

Jan. 23. Last night was very windy. We had to anchor in 
the harbor. ‘This morning we received a barrel of hard bread 
from our store ship. We were very hungry and ate it with 
great eagerness. We have not had scarcely anything to eat for 
these few days that we have been on here. 

Jan. 24. I slept but little last night. I was so crowded that 
I could not sleep. We were packed in like hogs; we had not 
room to turn over. The weather is still stormy. 

Jan. 25. This morning the weather was fine. The sun came 
out bright and warm. We began to feel better. Our steamer 
ran along the schooner and got some bread and water. A party 
came from shore; brought some things to eat. We lay there 
all day. 

Jan. 26. The morning was clear. At eight o’clock this 
morning the fleet started. Our regiment was on the steamer 
“Delaware,” the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers on the “Cosmo- 
politan,” the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers on the “Boston.” 
Some six gunboats with us when we started. At 3 P. M. we 


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anchored in the mouth of Warsaw Sound. We lay there the 
rest of the day. 

Jan. 27. This morning was fine. The gunboats formed a 
line of battle and went up the sound. ‘They ran up a creek 
and commenced firing. We could not see them. I found out 
since that they were bombarding Fort Lackson. Our steamer 
ran alongside our store schooner and got some rations. 

Jan. 28. I arose quite early, went on deck to get fresh air. 
Below was horrible. Hogs could not be packed any closer than 
we were. I will not attempt to describe the place that we were 
in, it was not fit for a human being to be in. 

Jan. 29. Pleasant. This morning I had for my breakfast two 
crackers, hard bread, for dinner one cracker, for supper one. 
This is the way we live and are apt to live as long as we Sy) 
on this steamer. 

Jan. 30. Today we got some raw pork to eat. We make a 
kind of a soup. We take some water in our dipper and put in 
some raw pork and break some hard bread in it and boil it down 
in the fire-room of the steamer. ‘This afternoon the water- 
boat came alongside and put some water on our steamer. 

Jan. 31. The weather is rainy. This afternoon our cooks 
went ashore on Warsaw Island to cook. I expect that we shall 
have something to eat now. 

Feb. 1. Was rather cloudy. The cooks came on board with 
a barrel of baked beans and some potatoes. We ate all we 
wanted and we were pretty hungry. This afternoon we had a 
ration of whiskey given out to us. 

Feb. 2. A mail came in this morning on the “Empire City.” 
I got no letters. The cooks brought us some soup from the 
shore. . 

Feb. 3. About 10 a. M. our steamer ran alongside the “Em- 
pire City” and we went aboard of her. It is a larger steamer. 
We have more room and more room to sleep. We will get along 
much better. 

Feb. 4. Last night I stayed on deck under the foremast. It 
rained quite hard during the night but did not wake me. This 
morning is fine. We feel more comfortable here than on the 


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other steamer. This morning we had an inspection, after which 
some of the men went ashore on Warsaw Island. 

Feb. 5. ‘This morning was cold and windy. We had some 
beans for breakfast and had some boiled pork about 3 P. M., _ 
which answered for dinner and supper. I slept on deck last 
night and was very cold. 

Feb. 6. After inspection I went on shore with a number of 
others. All had permission to go that wanted to. I went in 
on the first boat and landed on Warsaw Island. There is an old 
sand fort near the beach, built by the rebels. There are two 
or three graves here, one of the paymaster of the gunboat, “Tsaae 
Smith,” and one of a rebel. On the rebel’s gravestone (or 
rather board) was this inscription: “J. Musseekie, Coast Rifle- 
man.” It was beside a muddy creek in a sandbank. I wan- 
dered about all day but could not find anything. There are no 
people living here and I guess there never was. It is a barren 
island. ‘The boys killed a lot of coons and ate them; some ate 
them raw. I got some that was cooked or pretended to be. At 
sundown I returned to the ship and got no supper at “taps.” 
I turned in on the deck. 

Feb. 7. This morning the whole company went ashore; took 
some water casks with them to get some water. The cooks took 
their cooking utensils with them and some pork and hard bread. 
We dug wells on the shore and filled the casks. Some of the 
boys took their guns with them and went into the interior and 
shot coons and ducks, which were very plenty. Toward sun- 
down I wandered up the beach and when I got back the men 
had all gone on board the ship and I and another fellow were 
left alone on the island. We went about until we found some 
men who belonged to the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, who 
were cooking. We got some boards and leaned up against a 
tree and lay down for the night. 

Feb. 8. This morning I got up and went up to where some 
men were cooking and got some breakfast, which consisted of 
salt pork and fried hardtack (hard bread). About eight o’clock 
the men came ashore again. I spent the day in roving about the 
island. The Ninth Maine Regiment came in on the “Star of 





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the South,” which also brought a mail from Hilton Head. I 
_ went on board at sundown. It is said that we are going into 
camp on the island tomorrow. 

Feb. 9. Cloudy. We went ashore with our tents and pitched 
them in the woods. We got everything off the ship and now we 
are going to have a camp life. It has rained nearly all day. 
We, however, are in camp and comfortable to what it is on the 
ship. We had no parade this morning. 

Feb. 10. It rained nearly all night last night and is quite 
cloudy this morning. We drilled on the beach. A porpoise was 
killed and brought into camp and was cut up and eaten by the 
men, At 5 Pp. M. we had parade on the beach. 

Feb. 11. Last night was quite cold. I lay very cold all 
night. This morning while we were on drill a boat with two 
negroes came in. ‘They ran away from St. Catherine’s Island. 

Feb. 13. Warm and pleasant. Our first lieutenant was pro- 
moted to captain; our second lieutenant was promoted to first 
lieutenant, and a private from Company A, one Harvey F. Wig- 
gin, was promoted to second lieutenant in our company. ‘There 
were several other promotions in the regiment today. 

Feb. 14. Was fine and warm. Captain assumed command. 

Feb. 15. Was warm. We went to drill on the beach with 
our second lieutenant. This afternoon while on battalion drill 
a heavy shower came up and we were obliged to go to camp as 
quickly as we could. 

Feb. 16. Our company went on guard. Cloudy, with some 
rain. 

- Feb. 17. About noon it began to rain and continued the rest 
of the day. 

Feb. 19. While on battalion drill we had orders to embark. 
We returned to camp and prepared to leave. 

Feb. 20. At daybreak we struck our tents and at 8 A. M. we 
went on board the “Empire City” in small boat. Warm and 
pleasant. 

Feb. 21. Morning was cloudy; towards dark it began to rain 
and rained all night. 

Feb. 23. It is fine and warm. We had an inspection this 
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Feb. 24. Our company is on guard. The weather is fine and 
warm. 

Feb. 25. Cool and windy. Last night a schooner broke loose 
from her anchorage and ran into our steamer but did no damage, 

Feb. 26. This morning we had an inspection of arms. This 
afternoon a heavy thunder shower camé up; the wind blew al- 
most a gale. The water boat came along and we took some 
water from her. 

Feb. 27. The steamer “McCellan” came in from Hilton 
Head, bringing General Sherman and the mail. 

Feb. 28. This morning the ships of war came from Hilton 
Head and stood outside the bar. Our store ship came along 
and we took a lot of water and provisions from her. At 5 P. M. 
our ship weighed anchor and ran outside the bar, the rest of 
the fleet following her. After the whole fleet got outside we 
ran all night. 

March 1. We came to anchorage about 8 A. M., to wait for 
the rest of the fleet. The fleet got together and we again 
started and ran all day. No land was in sight; we did not know 
where we were going to. 

March 2. Last night the fleet came to an anchorage. We 
remained at anchor till 8 a. M., when we started again. We 
soon came in sight of land. We sailed directly for it. We ran 
into a bay (Cumberland Sound, Georgia) and came to anchor. 


The gunboats went ahead up the bay but came back at even - 


ing. We lay there, are today, and will lay here tonight. 

March 3. ‘This morning the whole fleet turned about and 
ran out of the bay. About 3 Pp. m. the fleet came to anchor 
very near land. The gunboats went around a point of land and 
were soon out of sight. We remained at anchor all night. 

March 4. Last night was quite cool; the wind blew very hard 
all night. About nine o’clock this morning we up with our 
anchor and ran nearer the shore. We struck on a sand-bar and 
remained there until about 8 P. M., when the steamer “Belvi- 
dere” came alongside and took our regiment on board for the 
purpose of landing them. When all was ready to push off, her 
windlass got loose and her anchor ran out the full length of her 


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cable. It was, however, got in and we started for the shore. 
We had not run far when we ran high and dry on the bar. We 
stayed there all night. 

March 5. This morning the tide was out and we were on the 
bar four feet above the water. Some of the boys jumped out 
and went a half a mile on the bar. When the tide came in 
they tried to back off, but of no use. About 3 Pp. mM. the steamer 
“Boston” came as near as possible and got a line to us and we 
got into small boats and pulled to her. At dark we started for 
our landing. We found that we had got to a city. We marched 
up a street and came to a building where we were to take our 
quarters, but the building was all taken up with the rest of the 
regiment, and there was no room for company. We marched up 
the street and went into a large white house and took up our 
quarters. -After running all over the house we lay down for the 
night. 

March 6. This morning I arose early and looked around. I 
found that the house we were in was a public house, called the 
“Whitefield House.” The name of the city is Fernandina East, 
Fla. It is a small place of about one thousand inhabitants, but 
thickly settled. It is quite a nice little place. The most of the 
inhabitants had escaped from the place before our gunboats had 
got in reach of the town. We had captured three locomotives 
and a number of cars, a small steamboat loaded with people and 
their goods. Our Company E with Company F of our regiment 
were detailed for provost guards of the city. Company F came 
up to our quarters, it being chosen for the quarters for the 
provost guards. The regiment went into camp about a mile out- 
side the city. 

March 7%. This morning I went on guard on the express and 
postoffice, and stood on the post eight hours before I was re- 
lieved. 

March 8. This morning our regiment went on board the 
steamer “Boston,” with the exception of Company E and Com- 
pany F, which are to remain here as provost guard. It is said 
that the regiment is going to a place some forty miles south 
of here, called Jacksonville, Fla. 


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March 14. I got a pass and went down to Fort Clinch, which 
is a nice and large brick fort, but unfinished. 

March 16. Our company is on guard. We go on guard now 
by companies, one company and the other the next. ; 

March 18. A mail came on the steamer “Ben DeFord”; got 
a letter from Brother John, who is in the West. 

March 19. We had orders to pack up our things. A de- 
tachment from the Ninth Maine Regiment came this afternoon 
to relieve us. We took our things and went on board the 
steamer “Belvidere.” 

March 20. This morning we started for—I don’t know 
where. We, however, ran out to sea a little way and then ran 
down the coast. About 4 P. M. we anchored off some place—I 
don’t know the name of the place, but it looks like a large city. 
We remained there all night outside the bar. The men are 
eager to land. 

March 21. About 10 a. M. we started for the city. We got 
over the bar with some trouble, but got to the wharf safely. We 
landed and marched a street and went into a large stone fort and 
were received by Company I of our regiment, who had heen 
there about a week. ‘They gave us some hot coffee, which was 
great nourishment. I stole out of the fort and went down town. 
I found that this place was St. Augustine, Fla., the oldest town 
in the United States; it was settled by the Spanish. It isa very ~ 
ancient looking town; the streets are very narrow, not wide 
enough for two carriages to pass each other. The houses are 
low and are built of a kind of stone or rather shells, which are 
cut out in square blocks. It is said there is a ledge where these ~ 
blocks come from. It is near the water, where the shells wash 
up and mix with a kind of red clay, which, after it gets dry, is 
as hard as stone. There is a large mound of this on the beach 
of the opposite island from which the houses and fort are built. 
Most of the inhabitants are Spanish and remained here. There 
are some very nice houses here which belonged to northern 
people. We get a lot of oranges and all kinds of fruit. I con- 
tinued to wander about the street till near dark, when I returned 
to the fort. I was detailed for guard and went about a mile to 
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_ March 22. I came off guard this morning and got a pass and 
went down town again till 2 p. m., when I returned to the fort. 
The fort is very old. It has a Spanish coat-of-arms with the 
date of 1756. It was built by the Spanish and is quite strong. 
It is made of shell stone. The walls at the base are fifteen feet 
thick. It mounts 24 guns besides the water battery. 

March 23. We have to sleep on the parapet of the fort on 
the stone. 

March 24. We had acompany drill and parade. This after- 
noon we were paid off for four months and got $52. 

March 26. Our company, with Company F, moved down to 
the barracks, which was formerly a convent but was bought 
by the United States government for barracks for soldiers. This 
was done in the time of the Indian War in this state. The bar- 
tacks are now in poor condition, as they have not been used for 
some time, but we cleaned it up and fixed up as well as we could, 
and it makes quite nice quarters, much better than the boat. 
We have bunks built and in fact it is the best quarters we have 
ever had. 

March 27. We have had drills as usual, company drill in the 
forenoon and afternoon. 

March 30. We had an inspection of arms this morning, after 
which we had the privilege of going to church. 

April 2. Drilled as usual; had parade on the plaza (com- 


mon). Our company went out scouting at 9 p. m. and did net 


get back till near morning. I did not go with them. 

April 3. I went on guard at the barracks. A detachment 
from Company F, with a number of sailors from the gunboat 
“Tsaac Smith” (which was laying in the stream), went down the 
river six miles and captured a rebel schooner and her officers 
and crew. The steamer was loaded with dry goods, shoes, and 
provisions. 

April 8. Went to help to mount some guns on the fort. Got 
back in time to go on parade. 

April 9. It has rained very hard all day, the first rain we 
have had since we have been here. Last night we were all 
ordered to go to the fort armed and equipped. The colonel ex- 


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pected to be attacked, but we came back in the morning. We 
found that we had been on a fool errand. I forgot to mention 
that Colonel Whipple has resigned—it was the day that we left 
Fernandina—so Colonel Bell is in command now. Colonel 
Whipple came to us and shook us all by the hand. He felt quite 
badly on leaving us but not so badly as we felt on having him 
leave us. Colonel Whipple, as any of our regiment would say, 
is the best officer in the army. He was a true soldier and a 
soldier’s friend and one that his men would be willing to do any- 
thing for. It was a sore blow for us when he left us. We had 
rather lose the whole of the rest of the other officers than to 
lose him. 

April 10. We have been drilling as usual. About dark we 
were all ordered to the fort. The colonel feared an attack. All 
our things were moved up there. We did not get done till mear 
ten o’clock in the evening. After all things were got into the 
fort every man had his post on the parapet at the portholes. 
We lay down to sleep on the rocks. About midnight the guards 
on the outposts fired and we were all turned out and loaded our 
guns and were waiting for the enemy. A messenger was sent 
out to the post to see what was the matter. It was found that 
the men had killed a cow, so we lay down again and slept the 
rest of the night. 

April 11: We are still in the fort. The steamer “Belvidere” 
and a schooner came in today, bringing Companies OC, G, D, and 
A from Jacksonville. 

April 12. We moved back to the barracks and the companies 
that just came went into the fort. 

April 14. It rained very hard all this morning. 
April 15. We drilled as common. This evening a detail was 
made of fifteen men to guard the colonel, who was afraid that 

the citizens would kill him. 

April 19. Unloaded four heavy guns from a schooner which 
came from Jacksonville. 

April 20. Went to work on the wharf today, unloading the 
schooner. 

April 21. I went on guard at the sawmill. It rained quite 
hard in the forenoon. 


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April 22. I came off guard this morning. ‘Three companies 
went to a house and surrounded it and went into it. Colonel 
Bell thought that a rebel lieutenant was in the house, but was 
mistaken, so we came from our fool’s errand. 

April 24. The steamer “Cosmopolitan” came in, bringing 
Brigadier-General Benham and the mail. 

April 25. We had a general review and inspection today and 
were reviewed by General Benham. 

April 26. Company F moved to the fort, so we were left 
alone in the barracks. 

April 27. On guard at the Bluff, a place which was thrown 
up to plant a big gun to command the river in the time of the 
Indian War in this state. 

April 30. Last night an alarm was raised. The men were 
turned out but it was found that the alarm was false, so we went 
back to our quarters. 

May 1. This afternoon a heavy shower came up and drove us 
to our quarters. 

May 2. ‘The steamer “Honduras” came in from Hilton Head, 
bringing provisions and the mail. 

May 6. Rainy. We got new dark blue coats this afternoon. 
May 9. This afternoon we had orders to pitch tents behind 
the fort and move into them. 

May 10. We worked all day in fixing our new camp and are 
quite comfortable. 

May 11. This afternoon the steamer “Honduras” came in 
from Hilton Head, bringing provisions and mail. ‘The pay- 
master, also, Lieutenant Mayne, Company G, who has been home 
on recruiting service, brought nineteen recruits. 

May 12. We signed the pay-roll and were paid off for two 
months. 

May 13. The steamer went back this afternoon. 

May 14. This afternoon is rainy. 

May 15. It has rained nearly all day, so we have had no 
drills. 

May 17. The steamer “Honduras” came in, bringing a mail 
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May 29. The regiment had battalion drill at five o’clock this 
morning, which lasted an hour and a half. i 
May 20. We had batialion drill this morning. The day is 
very hot. ; 
May 21. We had our drills as usual: battalion drill in the 
forenoon, company drill forenoon and afternoon. The day is 
very hot. 
May 26. We had a battalion drill this morning. 
May 27. We had an inspection of arms this afternoon at 
4 P. M. 
June 1; This morning our company, with Company O, went 
scouting out in the country. A negro went with us for a guide. 
We went nearly ten miles. We came to a house where our 
guide said was a rebel orderly sergeant. We came up very near 
the house on one side and Company C came up on the other. 
It being kind of prairie land, he saw Company C coming, and so 
he ran out into the woods. I saw him when he ran but was 
not in rifle shot of him, so he got away. After resting we 
started back for camp, at which place we arrived at sundown, 
very much fatigued. A mail came in on a schooner today. 
June 4. It rained and blew very hard. Some of the tents 
were blown down. 
June 8. We had a smart shower this morning. Inspection 
this afternoon at 6 P. M. 
June 9. Today is very hot, so uncomfortable that we do not 
know what to do with ourselves. 
June 11. We had a job in moving our tent back off the drill 
ground. 
June 12. We were at work today in fixing our new camp- 
ground. 
June 13. A party from Company D went out sailing, the 
boat was capsized, and three were drowned. 
June 15. We had an inspection this afternoon. 
June 16. One of the drowned men was found today. He was 
buried in the soldiers’ graveyard here. 
June 17%. A schooner came in from Hilton Head, bringing a — 
mail and provisions. A detail was made out this afternoon to 
go down to the wharf and unload her. 


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June 20. We drilled as common with the exception of bat- 
talion drill. The day was very hot and sultry. 

June 21. We have had several showers this afternoon. The 
day has been comfortable. 

June 22. A schooner came in from Hilton Head, loaded with 
provisions; no mail. Had inspection this afternoon. 

June 26. The weather was very hot this afternoon. A 
shower came up this afternoon so we got out of battalion drill. 
The weather after the shower was colder. 

June 28. The weather is very hot. 

June 30. Inspection and muster this morning at five 
oclock. No parade this morning. Weather very hot. 

July 1. The day was very hot and uncomfortable. 

July 2. There was a false alarm from the guards on the 
Jacksonville road. All the companies turned out and went 
into the fort. After about a half an hour we all went back to 
our quarters. 

July 3. The day was quite hot. Great preparations are 
being made for the celebration tomorrow. 

July 4. Today, the day of great celebration, has arrived, 
bright and warm. At sunrise a national salute was fired from 
Fort Marion. Soon after a burlesque parade was had on the 
drill ground, which caused great laughter; then the battalion 
right faced and marched through the streets. When the pro- ° 
cession came down St. George street I, with the corporal of the 
guard, went down to see them. They were a truly comical 
looking battalion. After marching through the streets they 
formed on the common, where speeches were made, after which 
a large wooden watch was presented to one of the leading men 
of the day. At 11 a. Mm. the following feats were done: First, 
catching a greasy pig, climbing a greasy pole, a pig race, a 
wheelbarrow race, and a potato race. This afternoon Company 
G had a splendid dinner at the Florida House. This afternoon 
our company went into the fort and let the other companies 
come out and go around the town. I, having a pass, went down 
town and so got away from the fort. In the evening we had a 


kind of fireworks but they were a failure. 


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July 5. A detail was sent from our company to unload the 
schooner which came in yesterday. She was loaded with pe 
visions. We worked all day. 

July 6. We had an inspection at 4 Pp. m. The weather was 
very hot. ’ 

July 7. The weather was exceedingly warm and very un- 
comfortable. , 

July 8. The mosquitoes bit so I could not sleep or sit still. 
The weather today is fine. A steamer came in today from Hil- 
ton Head with the paymaster and mail. A schooner went ou 
and took five of our men who have got their discharges. 

July 9. We were paid off this morning for two months. The 
steamer went out this afternoon. 

July 12. Battalion drill in the afternoon. 

July 13. Last night we were turned out about eleven o’clock 
by the assembly. ‘The guards on the Jacksonville side fired. It 


of guards. A Late was immediately sent in search of chee re 


the morning. They said that they got very near them but the 
ran into the woods. ‘The deserters belonged to Company.J. We 
had an inspection this afternoon at five o’clock. 

July 16. Was fine and warm. Today while I was on the 
post (when an alarm was raised on the Jacksonville road) all 
the companies went into the fort and Colonel Bell ordered the 
woods to be shelled, which was accordingly done. After shell 
ing the woods, in half an hour the guards were thrown out again 
and all went on quietly. 

July 19. We had a good shower this afternoon, which coolet 
the weather, which was very hot. 

July 22. Two companies went out in the country scouting 
but found nothing. Today was the hottest- day of the season 
Some of the men got sunstroke. They were all very much 
fatigued. 

July 24. The weather is very hot. We have no drills but 
battalion drill in the afternoon. 


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July 25. A surf boat was sent to Hilton Head for a steamer 
to bring us provisions, for we had but three days’ rations on 


hand. 
July 27. The weather is warm. We had an inspection at 


> P. M. 


July 28. The steamer “Delaware” came in this morning, 
bringing Brigadier-General Terry, a big mail, and a lot of pro- 
visions. A salute was fired from the boat in honor of the gen- 
eral. 

July 31. This morning the steamer “General Burnsides” 
came in with provisions. This afternoon we had a grand review 
and inspection, which lasted four hours. 

Aug. 1. We had a good shower this afternoon, which lasted 
two hours. 

Aug. 2. Cloudy and rainy. The steamer “Delaware” went 
out with the general for Key West. 

Aug. 4. We had a shower this afternoon, which cooled the 
weather very much. 

Aug. 5. The steamer “Darlington” came in today. The 
weather is pleasant. 

_ Aug. 7. A schooner came in loaded with all kinds of things 
to sell. 

Aug. 10. The steamer “Burnsides” came in from Hilton 
Head. She brought provisions but no mail. We had an in- 
Spection at 4 P. M. 

_ Aug. 11. The steamers “Ben DeFord” and “Darlington” 
came in this morning with provisions. 

Aug. 16. The steamer “Delaware” came from Key West. 

_ Aug. 17. A flag of truce came’to our outpost with messages 
for the colonel. They stood out there nearly three hours. The 
officer that came with the flag of truce, it was said, was the 
colonel of the Second Florida Regiment. The other officers be- 
longed to the same regiment. We had no inspection. 

Aug. 20. Has been very rainy. The steamer “Burnsides” 
came in from Hilton Head with a large mail and provisions. 

Aug. 22. A salute of thirteen guns was fired this morning 
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Van Buren, who has died. All the flags were at half mast. At 
retreat a national was fired. 
Aug. 23. The steamer “Burnsides” went out. First Lien- 
tenant Edgerly and Sergeant Reed of our company went home 
- on recruiting service. They went on the steamer “Burnside.” 
Aug. 31. We had an inspection this afternoon. 
Sept. 1. A steamer in sight outside the bar this evening. 
Sept. 2. The steamer “Burnsides” came in with two com- 
panies of the Seventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. 
They went down to the barracks. It is rumored that the rest 
of the Seventh Regiment are coming to relieve us and we are 
going to Hilton Head. 
Sept. 3. This morning a steamer came in sight. It was the 
“Ben DeFord” with the Seventh Regiment. She anchored out- 
side the bar, the channel not being deep enough for her to come 
in. The “Burnsides” went out to unload her. About noon the 
“Burnsides” came back with the regiment (Seventh). They 
landed and went down to the barracks. They were a hard-look- 
ing set of men. 
Sept. 4. Our guards were relieved from duty by the Seventh 
Regiment. I went down to see the parade of the Seventh. 
Sept. 7. We had an inspection this afternoon. 
Sept. 8. Orders came this evening to prepare to go on board 
the “Burnsides” at daylight. The Seventh was going to’ stay 
here and we were going to Hilton Head. 
Sept. 9. At three this morning the assembly was blown. 
We fell in and marched down to the wharf and went on the 
“Burnsides.” At sunrise we started and went outside the bar 




















DeFord” in surf boat. We are now on the “Ben DeFord” with 
good quarters. 

Sept. 10. This morning the steamer “Burnsides” came out 
with the three other companies of our regiment, there being 
such heavy underswells that the “Burnsides” could not come 
alongside. It was ordered that the “Burnsides” should go to Fer 
nandina, as they were. About 10 A. mM. we started for Fernan- 
dina. We ran along the coast till about 3 P. M., when we ran 


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in to Fernandina. After we got inside the “Burnsides” came 
alongside and unloaded. About eight o’clock we ran off Fer- 
nandina and went on our way to Hilton Head. 

Sept. 11. ‘This morning was fine and warm. We arrived at 
Hilton Head about noon. We went up to the wharf and took 
some tents and Colonel Bell on board. About 2 P. M. we 
started for Beaufort. Arrived at Beaufort about 4 P. m., and 
got off the steamer and marched about two miles to the out- 
side of the city and went into some woods, where we were obliged 

to clear up for a campground. We are to bivouac here tonight. 

Sept. 12. We have worked all day in cleaning up the 
ground. Some tents came up for the officers. 

Sept. 13. Some canvas came for us but not half enough. 
We are fixing up such shelter as we can, for it looks like rain. 

Sept. 14. Last night I slept under a small tree. ‘Today is 
rainy. We are all wet as we can be, for we have but little shel- 
ter. 

Sept. 15. Last night it rained very hard until midnight. I 
lay in a puddle of water all night. This morning is cloudy. 

Sept. 17. The troops were reviewed and inspected by Major- 
General Mitchell. 

Sept. 18. There was a brigade drill this afternoon, at which 
all troops were present. Our company was detailed for grand 
guard and went out at 4 P. M. 

Sept. 19. Our company came in this morning quite early. 

Sept. 20. Today is very rainy. We have no tents of any. 
account, so we have to take the weather the best that we can. 

We don’t like this kind of soldiering. 
_ Sept. 21. The weather is very cloudy and rainy. We are 
having a miserable time. 

Sept. 22. Fine and warm, with frequent showers. There 
was a brigade drill at 3 P. a. 

Sept. 23. Very warm, with frequent showers. Another 
brigade drill this afternoon. 

Sept. 24. Our regiment moved down on the brigade drill 
‘ground. We are at work moving our things today. I think 
that we shall have a much better campground than we had be- 
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Sept. 25. We have got our new camp fixed up very well. 
We have no tents yet, but we are expecting them every day. 
Sept. 26. We had a battalion drill this afternoon, A mail 
came in today. 
Sept. 28. Fine and warm. We had divine service this after 
noon in the grove, which lasted about an hour; then we were i? 
again. We had an inspection this morning. 
Sept. 29. Fine and warm. We had battalion drill this after- 
noon. 
Sept. 30. We had orders to pack up our things and prepare 
to leave camp. It was found that we were going on grané 
guard for ten days. We got everything ready and started. We 
marched all the afternoon. The regiment divides up and one 
company gets on a plantation by itself. About 8 P. M. our 
company arrived at their destination, which is on Rose’s planta- 
tion. We lay down under some trees and slept the night away. 
Our orderly sergeant was discharged and went home. q 
Oct. 1. We relieved the old guard this morning and took 
the duty on ourselves. 
Oct. 3. A small mail came up today. 
Oct. 9. We had a shooting match this morning, uifiae which 
we went out hunting. 
Oct. 11. We were relieved this morning by a company from 
the Sixth Connecticut. We packed up our things and left for 
camp. We got into camp about noon and went to work and 
fixed our campground. 
Oct. 12. Rainy. Our regiment got new rifles ode and 
turned over our old ones, which I think is a poor swap. We also 
got new pants, which were a sky blue. 
Oct. 13. A mail came in. We fired our new rifles at a 
target to try them. 
Oct. 14. On guard over the purser of the “Ben DeFord.” We 
had orders to deliver him to no one but the provost marsha 
About 11 a. m. Lieutenant-Colonel Beard of General Saxton'’s 
staff came on board and took him off, he representing himself 
as provost marshal. We went ashore and reported to the provost 
marshal of Beaufort, Captain Greenleaf. 
Oct. 18. We moved our camp a short distance. 


















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Oct. 19. Very warm and pleasant. We had an inspection 


this morning. 


Oct. 20. We signed the pay-roll this morning. We expect 
to get paid off soon. Orders came this afternoon for us to go 
on an expedition tomorrow. We packed up all our things to 
leave there, as it was said that we were to take only our blankets, 
One hundred rounds of cartridges were given out to every man. 

Oct. 21. This morning the regiment left the camp and went 


‘down to the wharf and went on board the steamer “Boston.” 
_ The rest of the troops on the island went on other ships. About 


2 Pp. M. we started for Hilton Head. When the regiment arrived 
it was put on our boat. About midnight the expedition started 


up the river and arrived at the place of destination a little be- 


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fore sunrise and landed in small boats. 

Oct. 22. This morning after the regiment was landed we 
formed into line and started on the march. The force consisted of 
the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania, Sixth and Seventh Connecticut, 
Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania, Third and Fourth New Hampshire Vol- 
unteers, a battalion of cavalry, two pieces of artillery, and a com- 
pany of the Third Rhode Island. The Fourth New Hampshire 
Volunteers took the lead and marched about eight miles, when 
the first gun was fired and the Forty-seventh Pennsylvania were 
thrown out as skirmishers and our regiment advanced double- 
quick. Soon the rebels commenced firing and our battery re- 


plied. Our regiment kept advancing through a potato field and 


got into the woods. The firing was kept up for some time and 
many were killed by the bursting of the shells. The battery 
advanced and our regiment advanced to support it. It was soon 
found that the rebels had deserted their battery, and our regi- 
ment were thrown out as skirmishers and the regiment advanced 
through the woods and across a swamp. The rebels were re- 
treating. Soon after they opened fire again and kept it up, and 
our battery responded till they got out of ammunition. More 
was soon got for them. At sunset the firing ceased and our 
troops fell back. Our regiment were acting as rear guards. We 
got back to the ships about four this morning. 

Oct. 23. All went on board the ships. The expedition 


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started back this afternoon and arrived at Hilton Head at sun 
set. We then started for Beaufort, at which place we arrived 
about midnight and went to camp. 
Oct. 24. All are tired out. Only two men wounded in our 
company, and that slightly. In the regiment there were but 
three killed and twenty wounded. ’ 
Oct. 25. The most of the men lost their blankets at the Te- 
cent fight at Pocotaligo. 
Oct. 26. Rainy and unpleasant. 
Oct. 30. General Mitchell died this morning of some un- 
known disease. His funeral was at 11 a. M. q 
Oct. 31. We had a very cool night last night but this morn- 
ing is warm and pleasant. 
Nov. 1. We were mustered in for two months’ pay this 
morning. 
Nov. 2. We had an inspection this morning. We were paid 
off this afternoon. 
Nov. 3. Very pleasant. We have drilled harder than usual. 
Nov. 4. In addition to our drills we had squad drill. 
Nov. 5. We had a smart shower this morning. Two men in 
our company went into the regular battery. 
Nov. 6. Last night was very rainy and it continues to rain 
this morning. b 
Nov. 9. There was a heavy frost last night. We had an in- 
spection this morning. ay 
Nov. 10. The weather is cool. We had no battalion drill 
this afternoon. ( 
Nov. 11. We are drilling as common. We have but little 
time to ourselves. 
Noy. 16. We had a squad inspection by Captain Parker this 
morning. The remainder of the day we had to ourselves. 
Noy. 20. Our regiment went out on grand guard. We put 
ouf things on teams and took our gun and equipments and 
marched to Rose’s Plantation. Our company and the rest of the 
companies went to their respective posts. 
Nov. 21. We relieved the guards that were on the post and 
took the duty on ourselves. The old guards went to camp. 


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Nov. 22. The weather last night was very cool. This morn- 
ing a mail for us came up from Beaufort. 

Noy. 23. We had an inspection this morning by Captain 

_ Parker. 

~ Noy. 25. A mail for us came up from Beaufort. 

_ Nov. 26. We were turned out last night by a false alarm. 
After we had been out a little while we went into the house 

again. Today is fine and warm. 

Noy. 27. Today is Thanksgiving and we are going to have a 

good time. We had a good dinner, a shooting match, and sey- 
eral other amusements. ‘The day passed joyfully. 

Noy. 29. This morning just before daylight we were turned 
out by a false alarm. ‘The guard had been firing on the other 

posts. We went back to bed. 

Noy. 30. We were relieved by a company from the Sixth 
and went back to camp. 

Dec. 1. A mail came in this morning from Hilton Head. 
I was detailed to help build a furnace for Captain Parker. 

Dec. 5. I went to the funeral of David G. Lillis, who be- 
longed to our company. He died in the general hospital. 

_ Dec. 6. Today the weather is clear and cool. Last night 
was quite cold, with heavy frost. It is rumored that our regi- 
ment is going to Texas. I don’t believe it. 

Dec. 8. Our regiment has got new tents and we are to move 
fifty paces to the right. We got our tents up and got done for 
the day. 

Dec. 9. The weather is cool but fine; we had a very heavy 

frost last night. 

Dec. 11. Morning was cool but not so cold as it has been. 

I was detailed to help build an oven for the cooks but was 
taken back into the company and went on‘drills. A mail came 
up this evening. 

_ Dec. 12. ‘The mail was given out this morning. 

_ Dec. 13. The weather is fine but cool. We have no bat- 
-talion drill. This afternoon company inspection ‘before parade. 

Dec. 14. We had a squad inspection this morning by Cap- 
tain Parker, after which we had the rest of the day to ourselves. 

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Dec. 15. General Banks’ expedition is at Hilton Head, 

Dec. 19. Morning was clear and cold. Went on brigade re- 
view. The troops were reviewed by Brigadier-General Bran- 
non. We did not get off till near one o’clock. We went on 
battalion drill in the afternoon. 

Dec. 20. A mail came up from Hilton Head. No battalion 
drill this afternoon. 

Dec. 21. A mail came up to camp this morning. We had 
an inspection by squads. 

Dec. 22. ‘The weather is fine and comfortable. We had a 
skirmish drill this afternoon by a wing of the battalion. It is re- 
ported that we are going to leave this town. 

Dec. 23. This morning the air was sharp and cool. There 
was heavy frost last night. We had a skirmish drill by bat- 
talion. 

Dec. 24. Fine but cool. We have had skirmish drills all 
day. Orders were read on parade that all necessary work was 
to be prohibited tomorrow. Preparations are being made for 
amusements tomorrow. 

Dec. 25. Today, Christmas, we are to have a few amuse- 
ments. ‘The commencement of the program this morning was 
a game of baseball between the officers of the right and left 
wings of the regiment, which was won by the right wing. Next 
was a game for the contraband, which was a large tub of meal 
in which a quarter of a dollar had been put. The negroes 
were to have their hands tied behind them and they were to 
find the piece of money with their mouths. The winner was to 
have the meal, money, and $2.50 besides. It was the most 
laughable sight that I ever saw. In the afternoon there was a 
shooting match. Five men were picked from each company to 
shoot. The best shot was to have $3. Soon after a wheelbar- 
row race came off, which caused some amusement. Near re- 
treat there was a bag race, which was won by a fellow in our 
company. The page sounded retreat and all fun was stopped 
and we went in-our dining-hall and ate a good supper of hot 
pudding. So our day’s amusement was over. We ran aroun 
till “tattoo,” then fell into line for roll-call; then turned in for 
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Dec. 2%. Cloudy and looks like rain. I was detailed to go 
down town and get some bricks to build a chimney for Captain 
Parker; was gone all the afternoon. 

Dec. 28. We had a squad inspection this morning. 

Dec. 20. Fine but cool. Orders were read in parade that 
our company, with Company K, was to go on Ladies’ Island to 
do grand guard duty. 

Dec. 31. Today the regiment was to be mustered. Our 
company went down to the colonel’s tent and were inspected 
and mustered and then went down to the wharf and got in the 
lighters (large boats) and started for Ladies’ Island, at which 
place we arrived about 3 p.m. We unloaded our boats and went 
to relieve the old guards. I went to No. 2 post with fourteen 
men and a sergeant to relieve the men on that post. 


1863. 


Jan. 1. New Year’s is fine and warm. We have had na 
amusements on our post but what we got up ourselves. We go 
hunting and fishing as much as we please. 

Jan. 2. We have an inspection of arms every day by the 
officers of the posts. We have not much duty to do here. We 
are getting along finely. 

Jan. 3. A mail came up from Beaufort to us. 


Jan. 4. Cool and cloudy and looks like rain. 

Jan. 6. Rainy and unpleasant. 

Jan. 7. Fine and warm. We have been playing baseball all 
day. 


Jan. 8. Went on guard this evening to stay until morning. 
The night was warm but cloudy. 

Jan. 9. This morning a party went to Beaufort for rations. 
An order has come for us to stay here ten days longer, as the 
whole regiment is going out on grand guard tomorrow. 

Jan. 10. A mail for us came up from Beaufort this morning. 

Jan. 11. Fine and cool. Some papers came up for us. We 
are to stay here ten days longer. 

Jan. 15. A small mail came up from Beaufort. 

Jan. 16. Cold and very windy. It is rumored that an ex- 

pedition is going to Charleston soon. It is reported also that 


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an expedition is going down the coast of Florida and that our | 
regiment is going. . 

Jan. 17. This morning is cool but fine. 

Jan. 20. Cold and very rainy. It has rained very hard all 
the afternoon. About 1 Pp. mM. a detachment from the Sixth — 
Connecticut came and relieved us. We packed up and went 
down to headquarters and one party got into one boat. The 
wind blew so hard they drifted up the river. After awhile we 
got the other boat off and started. The wind and rain abated. — 
We had not got but a few yards from the shore when we ran on 
a sand bar. A small boat came from shore and pulled us off. 
We again started and had not got far when we ran aground 
again. We were obliged to jump out and push the boat off. 
After working in the cold water up to our waists for half an 
hour we got off. We had not gone but a few yards when we 
ran ashore again. We got overboard again and pushed off. 
It was now nearly dark and we expected to have more trouble 
before we got to Beaufort, which was six miles farther down — 
the river. We, however, kept on our course. About 7 P. M, 
we were obliged to go ashore, the tide being against us. We 
were waiting for it to turn. When we got ashore we built two 
large fires and dried ourselves, all being wet to the skin. 
About 10.30 we went into the boat again and went down the 
river without much trouble. We arrived at Beaufort about one 
o’clock in the night. We went up to camp and found some hot 
coffee, bread, and meat waiting for us. We ate a hearty sup- 
per and went to our tents and lay down for the night. 

Jan. 21. I arose this morning at eight o’clock and ate some — 
breakfast, then went to cleaning my gun, which was very rusty. 
We had no drill this forenoon. ‘This afternoon we had a bat- 
talion drill. 

Jan. 25. This morning dull and cloudy. We had an inspec- 
tion at 9 A. M., after which we went out and played ball all day. 
The weather is clear this afternoon and warm. 

Jan. 2%. The weather this morning is cloudy. Our com- 
pany, with four other companies, went to build fortifications near 
the shell road. We worked till near noon, then left one com- 





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_ pany there and the rest went a little way farther to work. It 


commenced to rain, so we took our shells and came into camp. 
About 2 P. M. we went back to work and worked about a quarter 
of an hour. It rained so hard we could not work. It con- 
tinued to rain all the afternoon. 

Jan. 28. I awoke this morning early and heard everyone ex- 
claiming, “Snow! Snow!” I got up and opened my tent door 
and saw the ground covered with a kind of hail sleet, which is 
a rare thing in this country. ‘The weather is very cold, a north- 
west wind blowing. Our company did not go to work on the 
dump today. We had no battalion drill this afternoon. The 
wind has continued blowing cold and hard all day. We are pre- 


_ paring for a grand inspection tomorrow by the inspector gen- 


ee 


eral. 

Jan. 30. This morning at nine o’clock we were inspected by 
the assistant inspector general, Lieutenant Henry of the First 
United States Artillery, after which our quarters were inspected. 
At battalion drill this afternoon the inspector general obliged 
all the officers to complete some movement with the battalion. 
The drill lasted till nearly retreat. We have no dress-parade 
this evening. 

Jan. 31. Fine and warm. We had drills as usual. 

Feb. 1. Rained slowly nearly all night. 

Feb. 4. We went on the dump again today. The weather 
is cool and windy. Some regiments that landed and encamped 
near us went on board today. 

Feb. 5. This morning is very rainy and cool. A mail came 
up this morning. It has continued to rain hard all day. 

Feb. 6. Still rainy and cold. 

Feb. 8. The company had an inspection. The Articles of 
War were read to us this afternoon by Lieutenant Wiggin. 

Feb. 14. This afternoon our company was detailed for grand 
guard. We got supper at 4 Pp. m. and started. Just as we 
started it commenced raining. We marched about five miles, 
then our posts were assigned to us. It still continued to rain 
and did not abate till near nine o’clock in the evening. We 
were as wet as we could be and we could not build a fire. as 


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everything was wet. Thus we passed a sleepless night, cold and 
wet. We had to stand post but one and one half hours. My 
time came at 4 A. m. and I stood till daybreak. 

Feb. 15. This morning at daybreak we left our post and went 
up to the reserve post, then fell into line and marched to camp, 
at which place we arrived at seven o’clock, and after firing a 
target we went to our quarters, where we found a large mail 
waiting for us that came in the evening before. We got our 
letters and after reading them we were called to a breakfast of 
baked beans, which was just what we wanted. This afternoon 
it has cleared off and is quite warm. 

Feb. 16. We were paid off for two months. 

Feb. 18. Very rainy. About noon it cleared off, and at 
2 p. M. we fell into line and marched a little way to the other 
side of the shell road and fired at a target. Our target was hit 
four times in sixty shots. We afterwards fired by battalion; not 
a target was hit. 

Feb. 19. We had a squad drill, after which the most of the 
boys went down town on a pass. ‘This afternoon we went out to 
fire at a target. There were but few shots hit the mark. 

Feb. 20. This morning we were turned out about four 
o’clock and took some of the tents down and prepared to go out 
on picket. About sunrise we started. About 11 A. M. our com- 
pany got to their post, which is called the Brick Yard, and took 
their post. 

Feb. 21. At reveille we left our boat and came up to head- — 
quarters. Our company had an inspection this afternoon. 

Feb. 22. This morning is quite rainy and nasty. It has 
cleared off this afternoon and is quite pleasant. A mail came 
up this afternoon. 

Feb. 23. This morning is cool and pleasant. We had an in- 
spection this afternoon. Heavy firing was heard in the direction 
of Charleston. 

Feb. 25. We had an inspection this afternoon. 

Feb. 28. Today about noon we were relieved by two com- 
panies of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment. We got our 
things together and started for camp. The company has been 





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mustered for two months, so I went down and got mustered as 
soon as I got in. 

March 1. This morning the regiment had a regimental in- 
spection. Our company did not go. At 12 mu. we struck tents 
and laid them on the ground for airing. At 3 P. mM. we pitched 
tents and set things to rights. 

March 2. This morning Second Lieutenant Wiggin of our 
company was promoted into Company J as first lieutenant of that 
company and Orderly Seaver of Company C to second lieuten- 
ant in our company. 

March 3. Our regiment went to work on the dump, or 
rather, cleaning the bushes from the road before the fortifica- 
tions. 

March 4. ‘There was a great flying around in camp preparing 
for a general inspection and review which was to come off at 
ten o'clock. We were to be reviewed by Brigadier-General Sax- 
ton. At half past nine we were on a line, when the order came 
that there was to be no inspection, so we took off our knapsacks 
and went on camping drill. This afternoon we went out to a 
target-shooting. There was but one shot hit the target. Our 
company did not hit our target at all. Some companies put but 
one shot in the work. This evening on parade general orders 
were read that our regiment should hold themselves in readiness 
to go into active service at any moment, probably to go on this 
expedition that is going to start soon. 

March 5. We had a battalion drill this forenoon. This after- 
noon the sand blew like snow. 

March 8. We had a general inspection this morning by 
Brigadier-General Saxton. We are expecting to embark every 
day. This afternoon our regiment was reviewed by General 
Saxton. He remarked in a short speech that we were a noble 
regiment and an honor to our state. 

March 9. We had battalion drills this forenoon and after- 
noon. Orders were read on parade in what manner we were to 
disembark when we arrived at the place of our destination. The 
day has been very warm. 

March 12. Went on drill this forenoon. We had no drill 


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this afternoon. The sand blew so we could not. The sand 
blows on these plains in clouds so one cannot see ten yards be- 
fore oneself. 

March 18. The Maine Eighth Regiment left here for Jack- 
sonville to take a battery on St. John’s Bluff. : 

March 20. This morning reveille beat before daylight and 
we turned out and got ready to start. About eight o’clock our, 
company, with Company H, went down to the wharf and got into 
two small lighters and started for Ladies’ Island. 

March 31. We were relieved from picket this morning by 
two companies of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania. We walked 
‘down to Pleasant Point, about five miles, and after waiting till 
sundown we took our boat and went into Beaufort. We got into 
camp about 8.30 o’clock. 

April 1. We have had battalion drills in the forenoon and 
afternoon, 

April 2. Our company is on guard. We have had orders to 
get ready to embark at any moment. We expect to go tomor- 
row. 

April 3. We got orders to pack up all our things and ia 
ready to leave camp at any moment. 

April 4. This morning all the baggage was taken down to 
the wharf, and at sundown we struck tents and marched to the 
wharf and eight companies went on board a small steamer, and 
our company, with three other companies, went on another 
small steamer and went down to Hilton Head, where the four 
companies were taken off the steamers and put on a schooner. 
About midnight we started up the coast till we came to the 
mouth of Stone Inlet, where we anchored with the rest of the 
fleet. 

April 5. Today at sundown we ran over the bar and an- 
chored with the rest of the fleet. 

April 6. We lay at anchor all day. Nothing worth note oc- 
curred. 

April 7. We are still laying at anchor in the Sound. Our 
guns were returned today. 

April 8. We are still laying in the Sound. otha new 
occurred. 





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April 9. Still at anchor in the Sound. 

April 10. No movement has been made yet. 

April 11. This noon we weighed anchor and ran outside 
the bar and shaped a course for Hilton Head, at which place we 
arrived at 8 Pp. M. We lay at anchor in the harbor. 

April 12. About noon we ran up to the wharf and went 
ashore and marched into the interior of the island and pitched 
our camp. 

April 14. The wind blew so hard that we could not see. I 
went to work on the wharf. 

April 16. We had a general inspection and review, which 
lasted till noon. 

April 17. We had a battalion drill. This afternoon our com- 
pany was on guard.- 

April 18. We got orders to move on board the transports. 
At retreat we struck tents and marched down to the wharf and 
went on the ships. Our regiment went on three vessels: four 
companies on one steamer, and three on another, and three on 
a small brig, and hauled out into the harbor for the night. 

April 19. We got up anchor and went outside of the bar 
and ran down the coast and ran into Edisto Inlet and dropped 
anchor. 

April 20. We are still in the Sound on the steamer. 

April 21. We are yet at anchor in the Sound. There is quite 
a fleet here now—about five thousand men and five ironclad 
monitors. 

April 22. We are yet in the Sound. 

' April 23. We are still laying in the Sound. Nothing new. 
April 24. A mail came up to us today from Hilton Head. 
April 25. Today our regiment went ashore on Edisto Island 

and stayed until afternoon and then came on board again. 

April 26. This morning we are to have an inspection. We 
have had one every day we have been on board this steamer. 

April 2%. We were taken off the steamer and put on a brig. 

April 28. This afternoon we were taken in tow by a steamer 
and went out over the bar, but had to come back. 

April 29. This morning we were again taken in tow and 


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went outside and ran up the coast till we got to Stone Inlet. 
We laid there till high tide and then ran in. This evening we 
landed on Folly Island; pitched our tents. | 

April 30. This morning on guard-mounting. Our band 
played for the first time. This afternoon I went to the farther 
end of the island, where Forts Sumter and Moultrie and the 
batteries on Morris Island and a part of Charleston could be 
plainly seen. I returned at retreat and found that the regiment 
had been mustered. I took gun and equipments and weni to 
the colonel’s tent and got mustered. 

May 1. ‘Today at noon we got orders to pack our knapsacks 
and be ready to march. At 1 Pp. M. we formed a line and 
marched up the beach till we came to the upper end of the 
island, where I came yesterday, and stopped for the night. We 
have no tents, so we lie in the woods, just as we like. Fort 
Sumter can be seen from our camp. 

May 2. Our tents came up today. We have been clearing a 
place to camp. 

May 3. »We pitched our tents this evening on the hill and are 
quite comfortable. : 

May 4. We finished pitching our tents. This evening our 
company was detailed for picket. We went out at dusk about 
two miles. 

May 5. This morning we marched up to the outpost and re- 
lieved a company of the Sixty-seventh Ohio. We are now in 
talking distance of the rebels. We can see their guards plainly. 

May 10. Our company went to prayers in the Sixty-seventh | 
Ohio Regiment. Mail came in. 

May 14. It is reported in camp that the rebel general, 
Stonewall Jackson, has been killed. — 

May 15. It has been reported today that Richmond has been 
taken. 

May 20. We had a battalion drill this afternoon. This even- 
ing our company was detailed for picket. 

May 31. We had a regiment inspection. 

June 1. Today five companies were detailed out of our regi- 
ment for picket, our company included. Our company took 
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June 7. Went on parade, after which we formed a hollow 
square and had prayers. 

June 11. About two o’clock this morning a steamer ran the 
blockade and ran on a bar close to Morris Island. We turned 
out and drew a fieldpiece up the beach and fired two shots into 
her. We came into camp at sunrise. 

June 12. Our company went to a funeral of a man belong- 
ing to Company K. The rebels commenced shelling our camp 
this afternoon. We turned out and stood under arms until 
retreat. 

June 13. We were turned out last night by a false alarm. 

June 14. This evening we were turned out and stood under 
arms about an hour. 

June 16. The enemy shelled our pickets all the afternoon 
from Morris Island. 

June 17. ‘This evening our company was detailed for five 
days’ fatigue duty on the Point. About six o’clock we left 
camp and marched over to brigade headquarters and stayed till 
after dark. About nine o’clock we started up the beach. We 
had our overcoats and blankets and a shovel each and two days’ 
rations in our haversacks. It was supposed that we were to stay. 
on the Point five days. We turned into the woods at picket 
headquarters and marched up to the Point. When we got to 
the Point we stacked our arms and went to work with our shov- 
els, throwing up a mortar battery. The enemy commenced 
shelling us. They would throw a shell about once in a half 
hour. After the shell had burst we would go to work again. 
A man of Company B in our regiment was wounded in the leg 
by a shell, which struck in the battery they were working in. 

June 18. At two o’clock this morning we left our work and 
came into camp. We went out again on fatigue this evening. 

June 19. We came in camp at daybreak. The rebels did 
not shell us last night. We went out this evening. 

Jan. 20. We came in this morning at two oclock. The 
enemy did not shell us last night. ‘The regiment had a general 
inspection this morning by the inspector general, Captain Jack- 
son. We went to headquarters this evening but were not 


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ordered back till two o’clock next morning, and then to go to 
the Point. 

June 21. We were turned out and after getting breakfast | 
we went to the Point. We commenced work at four o’clock and 
worked hard till 5 p. m. We came in at dark. 

June 22. Last evening all the troops on this end of the 
island were turned out and marched up to the first line of 
fortifications. 

June 25. Our company was detailed for fatigue duty. We 
carried logs a mile to lay a platform for the battery. 

June 26. A mail came for our regiment. Battalion drill 
this evening. 

June 28. Rained in the afternoon. 

June 30. We were mustered today for two months. 

July 2. Our company was detailed for fatigue duty to work 
building batteries on the Point. At retreat we started and 
worked till daybreak and then came into camp. 

July 8. This afternoon we packed our things and at 4 P. M. 
we commenced our march to Stone Inlet, leaving all our things 
in camp. We arrived at the Point at dark and lay on the beach 
till morning. . 

Juiy 9. This morning we took arms and went off the beach 
out of sight and stacked arms again and stayed there till 
4 Pp, M., when we came down to the wharf and went on board 
steamers. At retreat we, with the rest of the fleet (which com- 
prised fifteen transports loaded with soldiers, two wooded gun- 
boats, and a monitor), ran up Stone river about two miles. The 
gunboats fired a few shots, but no reply. We dropped anchor 
and lay there all the rest of the night. 

July 10. We lay at anchor all day. This morning at sun- 
rise the batteries on Folly Island were opened and the battle 
commenced. After a sharp engagement of two hours the enemy’s 
batteries were silenced. A brigade went across and charged on 
the enemy and drove them out of their rifle-pits and captured 
one hundred of them. 

July 11. This morning the steamers that our regiment were 
on ran down the river into Stone, then up to headquarters, 





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Folly Island, where we went ashore and marched up to our old 
camp. At 3 P. M. we left camp and marched up to the Point, 
stacked arms, and are lying in the sand. We expect to go over 
to Morris Island. j 

July 12. last night we lay in the sand. We have been 
working all day, carrying logs to build a wharf. 

July 13. We are still on the Point. This afternoon our 
company was detailed to unload a pontoon (bridge) on Morris 
Island. We worked all night. 

July 14. We worked all last night taking a bridge off the 
steamboat. ‘This morning we came back to Folly Island, where 
we found the regiment had gone into camp at picket head- 
quarters. We went to our old camp and got our knapsacks and 
tents and moved up to our new camp. 

July 15. Went down to our old camp this morning. Came 
back at noon and went to work at the Point tearing up our old 
batteries and emptying sand bags and sending them to Morris 
Island to build batteries there. 

July 20. Was detailed for picket. Went on at dark. At 
ten o’clock we were relieved by a detachment from the T'wenty- 
fourth Massachusetts Regiment. We went to camp and found 
that the regiment had gone. We had two days’ rations and 
started after them. We found them at the upper end of the 
island. They were going over to Morris Island. We went to 
our company and went over also. After we landed we lay on 
the beach an hour and then marched up the beach. We went 
up to the advance and then came back part way and stayed. It 
was then morning. 

July 21. We had hoped we were going to stay here. We 
moved a little below this morning. 

July 23. Today our tents came from Folly Island. We are 
for fatigue duty tonight (the whole regiment). 

July 24. Last night we worked in the advance. The right 
wing were to put up a stockade and the left wing threw up rifle- 


"pits in the rear of the stockade. We came in at 3 A. M. This 


morning the iron boats commenced a bombardment on Fort Wag- 
ner and kept it up till about ten o’clock. A steamer came down 


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from Charleston with a flag of truce, so the firing was stopped. 
The flag of truce wanted to exchange wounded. Our hospital 
boat came down and exchanged. 

July 25. At dark we fell in and went up to the batteries 
again. The rebels shelled us very hard, but still we kept at 
work and the shells were bursting all around us. 

July 26. This morning at three o’clock we came back to 
camp. Byron Howard of Company H of our regiment was 
killed last night. This evening at dark we went up again and 
went to the farther end of the rifle-pit and worked till ten 
o’clock and then came in. 

July 27. We had nothing to do today till evening, when we 
went up there again and went to work, the rebels shelling us all 
the time. We were building a bomb-proof for the support of 
the battery before us. We left the works at two o’clock and 
came down and lay on the beach till nearly daybreak, then 
came into camp. 

July 29. This morning we had a general inspection. This 
evening we went to work in front. We were shelled quite hard. 

July 31. We have to turn out at three o’clock every morn- 
ing and stand under arms till reveille. We have had nothing 
to do today. 

Aug. 1. This afternoon we fell in and at dark we marched to 
the front and stood picket, the whole regiment. 

Aug. 2. On picket. The sun came down so that we could 
hardly breathe. The rebels commenced at noon and shelled us 
very hard until 2 p. M. We came in at dark. 

Aug. 5. The regiment went out on picket this evening. 

Aug. 7. Was detailed to haul a two-hundred-pounder up to 
the works. Got back at twelve o’clock. 

Aug. 8. The company worked drawing another two-hundred- 
pound Parrot up to the batteries. They got back late in the 
morning. 

Aug. 9. The weather is so very hot we can hardly do any- 
thing. j 

Aug. 10. This morning our company, all that were prepared 
for duty (twenty-four men), were detailed for fatigue duty and 


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went down to the wharf and unloaded commissary stores. We 
did not get done till dark. Regiment went on picket. 

Aug. 12. Our company went on fatigue duty tonight. We 
were all turned out this morning about two o’clock by an alarm 
from the batteries. The rebels had opened on us and we 
answered them smartly for an hour and then stopped. 

Aug. 13. Our company went on fatigue tonight. A shell 
burst in camp. 

Aug. 15. We had a brigade muster at four o’clock this morn- 
ing. 

Aug. 16. This evening our regiment went out on picket in 
the trenches. We were shelled hard all night. I got a slight 
wound on the hand by a shell. 

Aug. 17. General engagement commenced. Our _ batteries 
kept up a heavy fire while the ironclad gunboats were keeping 
a tremendous fire on battery Wagner. This lasted all day. Our 
one-, two-, and three-hundred-pounders were doing great execu- 
tion on Fort Sumter. Our heavy guns have been at work on 
Fort Sumter for two days. Regiment came in at eleven o’clock. 

Aug. 18. The bombardment is still kept up, but not so hard 
as yesterday. Our big guns are still playing on Fort Sumter. 

Aug. 19. The siege still continues. Fort Sumter is. getting 
used roughly. 

Aug. 20. The bombardment commenced early this morn- 
ing and has been kept up all day. 

Aug. 23. On picket our heavy guns fired directly over our 
heads. We were on the left advance between both fires. The 
day was very warm. About ten o’clock this evening we were 
relieved and came into camp. General Gilmore went to Fort 
Wagner with a flag of truce this morning. This evening a 
steamer came down from Charleston with a flag of truce and 
was received by our officers. The siege continued nearly all day. 

Aug. 24. A flag of truce went to Fort Wagner and returned. 
The siege continues. Got new Springfield rifles, but no ammu- 
nition. 

Aug. 25. Our regiment went out on reserve picket on the 
view line of trenches. 


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Aug. 26. We came into camp this morning at daybreak. 
This evening we went on advance picket in the trenches. The 
rebels shelled us quite hard as we passed up the trenches. Just 
before dark the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment charged 
on the enemy’s advance trenches and captured nearly one hun- 
‘red prisoners. The night was very wet and we had an uncom- 
fortable time. 

Aug. 27. On picket. A large number got killed and 
wounded on the right advance by shells. Three were wounded 
in our regiment. We were relieved about 9 P. M. by a brigade 
from Folly Island. We got into camp late. 

Aug. 29. ‘Turned our old guns over to the quartermaster and 
got ammunition for our new rifles (Springfield). 

Aug. 30. On picket. Hard times. We were relieved this 
evening and got back to camp without any casualties. 

Sept. 2. Our brigade went on picket. Our company was in a 
splinter-proof in the fifth parallel. 

Sept. 4. About four hundred of the regiment were detailed 
for fatigue. We repaired the old trenches. The rest of the 
regiment went on picket. 

Sept. 5. We came into camp this morning about two 
o’clock from fatigue. A general engagement commenced this 
morning. Our batteries and the ironclad gunboats commenced 
on Fort Wagner. The bombardment has been kept up all day 
without any effect on the rebel fort. 

Sept. 6. We had a regimental inspection this forenoon and 
a brigade inspection this afternoon. 

Sept. 7. Last night we were turned out about twelve o’clock 
and after getting some coffee we fell in and marched down on 
the beach and formed a line, where we found our brigade. Soon 
after other brigades came up the beach and we found that our 
whole force was up. We marched up the beach a piece and then 
came to a halt and lay on the beach for nearly two hours. We 
were then called into line and went towards the front. We 
found that we were to charge. Our brigade was to charge on the 
beach side of battery Wagner and the other brigades were to 
charge on the other side of the fort. We continued our march 





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up the beach and when we got to the place where the brigade 
was to commence the charge, we found out by some scouts that 
the enemy had evacuated Wagner. After some delay we got 
started again and marched past Wagner and went towards Bat- 
tery Gregg (a battery on Cummings Point), with the intention 
of charging on that. After we got within about five hundred 
yards of it we halted again. The scouts came back and told 
that Battery Gregg was also evacuated. A detachment of some 
regiments was put into it, the column countermarched, and we 
started for camp. It was now daylight and we passed Wagner. 
The stench of the dead that were piled about was horrible. We 
did not stop but continued our march down the beach. It was 
near seven o'clock when we reached our camp and we were well 
worn out, but were revived by a breakfast of beans and some hot 
eoffee. ‘This evening our regiment went on picket at Fort Wag- 
ner. ‘The enemy shelled us some as we went up the beach, but 
none of us were hurt. We got into Wagner soon after dark and 
went into the bomb-proofs after the regiment we relieved went 
out. I went on guard on a magazine. The night passed slowly 
away. We were tormented by enormous rats, which continued 
to run over us all night, in spite of all we could do. We had 
a night’s work to keep the rats off of us. 

Sept. 8. Morning came and was welcomed by all, for it was 
a hard night. We had been couped up in a small place and 
had not dared to move for fear of running against torpedoes. 
As soon as it was sufficiently light I went out to examine the 
fort. I found it to be a very strong fort, with massive bomb- 
proofs. The fort as it was was impregnable but was built on 
a poor plan. It showed lack of Yankee ingenuity. Around, 
and on the banks, and on the parapets, were lined with torpedoes 
fixed in various ways. Some were our shells that were thrown 
in there and did not burst. They were fixed some way with a 
cap and were placed near the top of the ground, so that if you 
stepped on them they would explode. There were many other 
kinds and sizes, all very dangerous. Some were found in 
some of the bomb-proofs that we were in. Some of our men 
went to exploding them. They blew up four or five, when one 


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of the men stepped on one unknown and was blown up. He wil) — 
have to lose his leg. A dead rebel was found partly buried with 
a torpedo fastened to him, so that if we moved him it would 
explode and probably kill some of us. We buried him up but 
did not move him. ‘This forenoon the gunboats went up and 
had quite a fight with Fort Moultrie and the batteries on Sul- 
livan Island. A magazine of one of the batteries was blown 
up and a number of buildings were set afire. The boats hauled 
off at noon and the firing stopped. Nothing more occurred 
worth note during the day. We were relieved soon after dark 
and came into camp. 

Sept. 18. We had a general inspection this morning on the 
beach. Some companies in our regiment got new tents. 

Sept. 14. On fatigue at Black Island. We were building 
fortifications. 

Sept. 20. On picket today at Gregg. Were relieved at dark. 

Sept. 21. On fatigue at the fort at the south end of the 
island. This evening a detail went from our company to the 
front on fatigue. 

Sept. 24. This morning we had a grand division review on 
the beach, which lasted till noon. All the troops were out and 
reviewed by Major-General Gilmore. 

Sept. 25. The regiment went on picket in the trenches. 

Sept. 26. Was paid for two months this afternoon. 

Sept. 27. On fatigue duty at Black Island. We went 
building a fort. 

Sept. 28. Our regiment went on picket this evening in the 
trenches. 1 

Sept. 29. Part of our regiment came in this morning from 
the trenches, but our company did not. We came in the even- 
ing. 

Sept. 30. On fatigue duty at the lower fort. Part of the 
company went to the front tonight on fatigue and came back 
early in the evening. They were building a splinter-proof be- 
tween Wagner and Gregg. 

Oct. 1. I had nothing to do today (a rare thing). Some of 
our men went on picket in the trenches. 


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Oct. 2. Was detailed for picket and went into the trenches 
and stayed till about eleven o’clock in the evening, when we 
were ordered to report at the three-hundred-pounder, which we 
did as soon as possible, and went with the boat infantry down 
the creek to Captain Paine’s wharf, which was formerly a float- 
ing battery (the one which helped to take Fort Sumter from 
our forces two years ago). We came into camp at daylight. 

Oct. 5. Part of our company was detailed for picket this 
evening. We had one alarm tonight, caused by some rebel boats 
trying to board the “Ironsides.” We stayed for about two hours 
and then returned to camp. All quiet the rest of the night. 
The rebels met with a severe loss at trying to board the “Iron- 
sides.” 

Oct. 11. On fatigue duty this forenoon at the new battery 
between Wagner and Gregg. Returned to camp at noon. 

Oct. 12. On fatigue duty this forenoon at the new battery. 

Oct. 19. The regiment had a general inspection this after- 
noon. 

Oct. 22. Moved camp this morning to the new campground. 

Oct. 23. Our whole company went on fatigue duty at the 
new battery. It being very rainy, they were sent back to their 
quarters. 

Oct. 25. We had a regimental inspection and dress-parade 
this afternoon. 

Oct. 26. Our batteries opened on Sumter, Johnson, and 
Moultrie. 

Oct. 27. Our batteries opened this morning ‘at daylight on 
Fort Sumter. Our batteries kept a steady fire on Sumter all day. 

Oct. 28. A party went on picket from Company E. 

Oct. 31. Was mustered in for two months. Had a knapsack 
inspection, also dress-parade, this evening. 

Noy. 1. We had divine services this afternoon at three 
o’clock. 

Noy. 2. A scout boat went to Sumter and was attacked by 
the rebels. 

Noy. 6. Last night we hauled one one-hundred-pounder from 
Wagner to the middle battery and two other guns to the same 
place. We came into camp about three o’clock this morning. 


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Nov. 7. Last night we worked on Gregg, mounting guns, 
We drew up a one-hundred-carriage, one-hundred-pounder and 
an eight-inch “Column-bird” (screech). We came into camp at 
sunrise. 

Nov. 8. We (our company) had a company inspection this 
forenoon. The left wing had a regimental inspection. Went 
to the boat infantry this forenoon. The whole regiment went 
on picket at the front. Our company stopped in Fort (Wag- 
ner) Strong and was on guard tonight. 

Noy. 10. The regiment had a battalion drill this forenoon 
and afternoon. The weather is very cool and windy. Part of 
the regiment went on picket this evening. 

Nov. 11. Battalion drill this forenoon. The whole regiment 
went on picket, part to the marsh and part to the front. Our 
company went to Fort Strong. About midnight a large boat 
came down the creek and was fired into by our pickets, which 
caused a general alarm. All the guards mounted the parapets 
and fired for a half an hour, when it started off with the tide 
towards Gregg. The firing ceased and we went back to our 
bomb-proofs. Our company was on guard in the fort. 

Nov. 14. Our regiment went on picket at the front this 
evening. Our company went between Wagner and the middle 
battery. Our battery kept up a heavy fire on Sumter all night. 

Noy. 15. Had company inspection and dress-parade this 
evening. About an hour after an alarm was raised and we 
turned out and marched down to the old lighthouse and stayed 
there for an hour and then returned to camp. 

Noy. 16. This morning the monitors went up and engaged 
Fort Moultrie and the batteries and Sullivan’s Island. The fir- 
ing ceased about 1 Pp. M. This evening some recruits (con- 
scripts), numbering 190, came to our regiment and we divided 
up among the companies. Our company got fifteen. 

Nov. 17. The whole regiment went on picket this evening. 
I was in a battery on the left of Putnam. Some of our boats 
went up to Fort Sumter to draw their fire to see what fund the 
enemy had in the fort. 

Noy. 18. This evening, while we were on parade, our re- 
cruits came out before the battalion and were dancing and caper- 


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ing like wild men. After parade we closed column and had 
prayers by our new ‘chaplain. 

Nov. 28. Today is rainy. Our regiment is going on picket 
tonight. Went on a post by the marsh, between Wagner and 
the middle battery. Rained hard toward morning. 

Noy. 24. Came into camp this morning at daylight. Had 
battalion drill this afternoon. A party went to the United 
States steamer “McDonough.” 

Nov. 26. Had divine service on the beach. Boiled dish for 


' dinner and hash for supper. 


Nov. 29. Rained hard all last night. Cleared off at sun- 
down very cold. I am on guard on the beach between Wagner 
and the middle battery. 

Nov. 30. Went-on battalion drill this afternoon and dress- 
parde at5p.m. Still very cold. 


LETTER FROM JOHN USK 


{ From Manchester Mirror and American, March, 1862. ] 


JACKSONVILLE, Fia., March 14, 1862. 

Editor Mirror,—On the 20th of January orders were issued 
at Hilton Head, 8. C., for the embarkation of the Fourth New 
Hampshire, Sixth Connecticut, and Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania 
regiments on board the transports “Delaware,” “Boston,” and 
“Cosmopolitan,” for the purpose of accompanying a naval fleet 
on a reconnoissance of the southern inlets and harbors. We em- 
barked on the 21st and lay in the bay three days on account of 
stormy and windy weather, when with about ten of the naval 
gunboats and the invincible “Wabash,” we set sail and ran into 
Warsaw Sound, where, after a reconnoissance at the inlet lead- 
ing to the Savannah river in the rear of Fort Pulaski, they com- 
municated with the gunboats sent up Skull creek on the other 
side, who were operating in conjunction with a portion of the 
First Brigade for the investment of the fort, when they turned 
back to the bay, where we lay on board the transports a number 
of days. 

This delay was occasioned from a lack of ammunition on the 
gunboats, the possession of which was imperative in order to 
the accomplishment of the reconnoissance. Fresh water being 
laid in only for ten days, it became necessary for the regiment 
to disembark and camp on shore until the navy was in readiness. 
At this time the Ninth Maine Regiment had joined us in the 
transport “Marion” and camped on shore. The Fourth New 
Hampshire, being on the right of the brigade, had their choice 
of ground, and selected a site on Warsaw Island near the bat- 
tery and former campground of the rebel soldiery. This island 
is one of the most desolate holes I ever set eyes upon. It 
abounds in swamps and coons, and hence would have been 
ample ground, friend Clarke, for the display of your inordinate 

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propensity for coon hunting. They were brought in every day 
of the fortnight we remained there, and devoured with a relish, 
I assure you. 

On the 20th of February orders were issued by General Wright 
to embark, which was accomplished that night. On the 21st 
the wind began blowing very fresh from the northwest, notwith- 
standing which a boat with twelve oarsmen from Tybee Island 
boarded us, in command of an officer stationed there, and com- 
municated to us the fact of the success of the Burnside expedi- 
tion in the taking of Roanoke Island, and also of the evacuation 
of Bowling Green. On the 22d it was too foggy to start in the 
morning. In the afternoon, however (the Sixth Connecticut 
being sent back to Hilton Head, S. C., on account of sickness), 
the expedition started, and after many stops and hindrances, ar- 
rived off Fernandina, Fla., on Sunday, 2d inst., where, after 
being transferred to three different steamers, the first two get- 
ting aground, we arrived at the wharf and stood upon solid 
ground again. 

We found the city deserted; only here and there could a white 
man be found. A number of days before, the inhabitants get- 
ting wind of our coming, had fled with their goods. The last 
of them, with some of the soldiers, were leaving when the first 
gunboat hove in sight, which threw shell into the cars, killing 
two men, though not stopping the engine. The gunboats have 
taken here a number of rebel steamers and the commissary of 
the brigade some provisions, while the government secured a 
quantity of cotton which lay upon one of the wharfs in wait- 
ing for an English schooner, which had run the blockade loaded 
with salt and potatoes, the former of which was sold for $30, a 
sack of three bushels. The potatoes, however, proved a total 
loss as they had all rotted. Before the gunboats got up the 
harbor the schooner ran up one of the creeks out of present 
danger, though I imagine her escape will be impossible. There 
are quite a number of negroes in Fernandina, left there by their 
masters, I suppose, from necessity. 

After one night’s tarry in storehouses and other buildings 
the regiment encamped immediately in the rear of the city, two 


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companies, E and F, being retained in the city as the provost 
guard, Captain Towle of Company F acting as provost marshal. 
After having spent one night upon the campground, and ap- 
proached the shades of another, orders came to me from Colonel 
Whipple to have placed upon the transport “Boston” five days’ 
provisions for eight of the companies of our regiment by eight 
o’clock next morning, at which time the regiment was to em- 
bark on a reconnoissance up the St. John’s river, in company 
with six gunboats. 

I forgot to mention, in order, the fact that at the mouth of 
this harbor, upon Amelia Island, is a very strong fort, called 
Fort Clinch, and immediately above it a strong battery, all of 
which were deserted and the guns spiked, while if they had been 
retained and worked would have rendered our passage up the 
harbor very difficult, as the channel is very narrow and difficult, 
running immediately under the guns of the fort. 

On Saturday, March 8, in conjunction with six gunboats, the 
Fourth New Hampshire started from Fernandina for the St. 
John’s river, arriving there in about five hours. A part of two 
days are spent in sounding out the channel and making such 
other surveys and observations as shall render our attempt to 
cross the bar a perfect safety. 

About this time the captain of the “Boston” informed Colonel 
Whipple that the coal would be exhausted on the next day, 
which fact being communicated to Captain Stevens of the “Ot- 
tawa,” the commanding officer of the naval forces, he at once, 
in conjunction with Colonel Whipple, ordered the eight com- 
panies to embark on the gunboats in the following order: Com- 
panies B and C, Captains Greenleaf and Sleeper, with the band, 
and field and staff, on board the flagship “Ottawa”; on board the . 
“Tsaac Smith,” Company A, Captain Sawyer, and Company K, 
Captain Currier; on board the “Seneca,” Company D, Captain 
Badger; on board “Huron,” Company I, Captain Brown; on 
board “Pembina,” Company H, Captain Clough; and on board 
the “Ellen,” Company G, Captain Flynn. The “Huron,” with 
Captain Brown’s command, was ordered to St. Augustine. The 
other boats crossed the bar on Monday, 10th, and ran up : 


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Mary Port, a small place with a battery of four guns, where, 


after Paring Company C, Captain Sleeper, with provisions for 
three days, we started up the river for this place with the six 
remaining companies. Everywhere upon the banks of the river, 
at the dwellings of the inhabitants, was exhibited the white flag, 
with ladies in front waving their white handkerchiefs. To these 
manifestations we gave like tokens. At night upon the river 
were seen in the direction of Jacksonville very large conflagra- 


tions, which proved on our approach to the place to be lumber 


mills, eight of which, worth $40,000 each, were burned by order 
of the confederate military authorities. At Jacksonville, also, 
the night before we arrived, the soldiers burned a large hotel 
and a large brick block, said to be owned by citizens who some 


ten or fifteen years ago came here from the North and hence 


could not be trusted. 

On Wednesday, 12th, arrived at Jacksonville, where we were 
boarded by Judge Barrett, the most eminent lawyer of Florida, 
with other distinguished citizens, sent by the people who had 
remained in the place, to ask protection of life and property. 
He told Captain Stevens that a great majority of the citizens 
of Florida believed the present Civil War unprovoked, unwise, 
and uncalled for; that he need apprehend no fear from the citi- 
zens of Jacksonville; that they had no desire to wage war with 
anybody; that he hoped and trusted that the military authority 


of the United States would not require of the citizens of Jack- 


sonvile the oath of allegiance to the Union; that circumstances 
over which they had no control had placed them under another 
government and they could hold allegiance only to one govern- 
ment; and hence that the citizens would not in any account take 
the oath of allegiance. He stated that there was no legally con- 
stituted authority now in the city; that the mayor had been 
ordered away by the military, and that they expected every 
moment to have all their property destroyed. 

Captain Stevens answered him that he had no authority to 
ask of them at present the oath of allegiance; he came to render 
protection to peaceable citizens, and to put down all military au- 
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found the city almost deserted. At the depot were piles of per- 
sonal baggage and household furniture, and goods of every de- 
scription belonging to citizens who had fled in terror, expecting 
that the Yankee invaders would ravish, burn, and destroy every- 
thing before them. 

After entering the city we established a picket and guard and 
found quarters for the companies in the large stores left empty 
by the terrified traders. 

I at once took up my quarters with Colonel Whipple, Major — 
Drew, and Adjutant Fuller at the splendid residence of John P. 
Sanderson, a confederate senator from this state, a lawyer of 
ability and the gentleman who had the honor or dishonor of 
drawing up the articles of secession for the state of Florida. 
He left this place a few days ago, leaving behind one faithful 
negro servant, whom he instructed to invite to his house the 
commander of the military forees which might take possession 
of the place. So when Colonel Whipple arrived the negro was 
in waiting and invited him in behalf of his master to oceupy 
while he remained. Hence we are here in a building which will 
compare favorably with any of the private mansions of the 
North. 

Jacksonville has a New England look to it. It has a large 
business street, like Elm street in Manchester, in which are 
many costly brick blocks of stores, and at right angles with this 
street are the others, which are principally occupied by private 
dwellings. 

The large foundry and machine shops were burned down the 
night before we arrived, and the citizens say it was emphatically 
a night of terror. They say that though taught to dread the 
federal army, as bent on death and destruction, yet they have 
not had protection for one year, or until we came amongst them; 
that instead of destroying we are protecting and defending them, 
and they hope and pray that an adequate force may remain there 
until the war shall end and peace be established. ‘They would 
be for the old Union if they dared to. Yet they would not 
dare to take the oath of allegiance unless they could be protected 
by our forces. 


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The railroad runs to this place from Savannah and Charles- 
ton. ‘They have carried off all the engines and have, it is said, 
stationed ten miles from here on the railroad five thousand or 
six thousand soldiers. Negroes who have come in here from the 
country say that they are making a move to enter the place to-. 
might and take us by surprise. We have a small battery of four 
guns stationed at the depot in charge of the marines and Com- 
pany H, Captain Currier. We have also two large cannon 
_ mounted, which were brought up here from one of the deserted 
batteries at the mouth of the river by one of the gunboats. 

Should they come as is anticipated by the citizens, I will 
assure you that the gunboats, the battery, and the Belgian rifles 
of the Fourth New Hampshire will have a story to tell. We 
have also two gunboats so stationed on the river as to shell any 
- force which might attempt to attack us from the land. So, 
though the prospect of a fight tonight is imminent, yet I have 
no fears as to the results. Captain Flynn’s company is on picket 
and will give timely notice of any movement on the part of 
the enemy, while the other five companies are in excellent 
preparation for an attack. 

I have just learned that the pickets are called in and that 
the prospect of an attack from the enemy is great. Well, let 
them come. The Fourth New Hampshire will prove themselves 
soldiers in the hour of trial. 

We have just had an officers’ call and a meeting for consulta- 
tion between the officers of the navy and the regiment, at which 
Colonel Whipple stated that he had learned from reliable 
sources(?) that one Mississippi and two Florida regiments of 
infantry, with one regiment of a thousand strong of cavalry, 
and a battery of three guns were on the railroad eight or ten 
miles from here; that they were making movements to attack us 
immediately, while we have to cover our six companies only two 
gunboats, the “Ottawa” and “Ellen” having gone farther up the 
river on a reconnoissance, and the “Isaac Smith” gone back to 
Fernandina to communicate with the flag officer of the “Wa- 
bash” and General Wright, leaving for our protection the 
“Seneca” and “Pembina.” Colonel Whipple has just sent Cap- 


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tain Clough with a squad of men out two miles to take up the 
railroad track, and Captain Flynn is again with his command out — 
on picket. ‘The rest of the command is to be stationed on the 
main street, between two streets running parallel, with the ap- 
proaches defended with cannon. A signal has also been estab- 
lished between the two gunboats and the regiment so as to in- 
form them at once of the point of attack, right, left or center, so 
that they may act in conjunction and repel the rebels. The 
colonel proposes also to barricade the streets so as to protect our 
men and the marines working the guns. I assure you the regi- 
ment is spoiling for a fight and I am really afraid they will grow 
savage if we don’t have one, though many of them may bite the 
dust if we do. 

The citizens are standing round in groups, indicating by their 
looks that they are fearful of an attack and the destruction of 
the city. : 

Though we are making ample preparations to meet them, yet 
I have a presentiment that they will not come. Should they at- 
tack, and I remain to tell the tale, I will add a rejoinder to this 
communication and give you the details. 

Saturday morning, March 15. The night has passed and no 
enemy has appeared to question our possession. Three deserters 
from the Third Regiment, Florida Volunteers, came in and gave 
themselves up this morning, who report that their regiment was 
at Baldwin, a place fifteen miles in the interior, where they 
were waiting for reinforcements from Tallahoma. Colonel Titus — 
of Kansas notoriety is here, professing to be a Union man, yet 
he has been employed by the Confederate states to supply beef 
for the rebel army. He says that we shall be attacked, though 
the presumption is that he is a spy watching our movements 
for the information of the rebels. I think he ought to be ar- 
rested and so do about all of the officers of the regiment, though 
Captain Stevens of the navy and Colonel Whipple of the land 
forces think differently. They think a better use can be made 
of him, though I should not be surprised, unless he keeps pretty 
close, if he was made to bite the dust by some of our soldiers, 
who, knowing his former character and the cold-blooded murders 


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he perpetrated in Kansas, make bold to declare their purpose to 
assassinate him. I have been taking beef at his packing-house 
to supply the regiment, for which I shall give him or his 
partner, Colonel Remick, a receipt and they will have to get 
their pay from the United States quartermaster department. 
Almost all the inhabitants who were here when we landed have 
been permitted to leave the city—a questionable policy, in my 
opinion. The most of them that are left are very poor, though 
they can subsist on oysters and fish, of which the river abounds. 
It is delightful weather here, comparing with the last of May in 
New Hampshire. Flowers are richly in bloom and very fragrant. 
Strawberries are very plentiful, which, with oranges and garden 
vegetables, makes it appear anything but March. It is said to 
be very healthy here in the summer; was formerly a great resort 
for consumptive persons from the North. 

The most of the city has been built up by northern men, who 
generally owned the large mills, where so much live oak is sawed 
for the United States navy. 

Everything of the provision kind, also clothing, shoes, and 
boots, are very high. For a pair of boots which would cost $3.50 
in New Hampshire they have to pay from $12 to $14. Flour 
is $8 per one hundred pounds, pork and beef $30 a barrel, coffee 
$1 and tea $2.50 per pound. Corn is worth $2.50 per bushel, 
while the price of negroes has fallen to a mere song. I have 
seen and conversed with a great many of the negroes, who in- 
form me that they are allowed one peck of corn each week and 
nothing else. This they have to grind and cook. I asked one 
yesterday if they were allowed tea or coffee. “Oh, no, massa,” 
he replied, “negro be stuck up to have such things.” 

We have learned nothing comparatively of the movements of 
the Union army, save through rebel sources, yet the despondency 


which prevails among the rebels here leads us to believe that 


their cause is desperate. Information prevails this morning that 
the remaining citizens of this place are making a move to issue 
a manifesto of feeling to the Union, on condition that we re- 
main here and protect them, in which case they give the assur- 
ance that all the citizens who fled the place from fright will re- 


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turn and acknowledge also their allegiance. ‘This may or may — 
not be true, though their only safety rests in doing so, for should — 
the place be evacuated by the United States forces, the desper- 
adoes who call themselves soldiers of eastern Florida would mur- 
der all who remained and destroy the city. I think the fact of 
its being upon the main land, and the center of a large district 
of the best plantations, and the largest growths of live oak in 
this portion of Florida, would render the occupation of this 
place of importance in a military point of view. The outgrowth 
of Union sentiments here under the protection of federal forces 
would increase and spread, and secession would fall and dwindle 
away as a natural consequence. Should we be attacked, I will, 
if possible, give you an account of it. 
Yours in haste, 


JOHN L. KELLY. 


March 17. The steamer being delayed by order of General 
Wright, I send a few words more to show how two days has 
changed the complexion of things in this state. The two gun- 
boats which went up the river eighty miles on a reconnoissance 
have returned and everywhere the people gave them welcome. 
In this city things have changed wonderfully. The people are 
about to come out openly in defense of the Union, and I have 
no doubt that two or three gunboats with our regiment will be 
stationed here. General Wright came up here yesterday from 
Fernandina and has had a conference with the most considerate 
of citizens, and I have little doubt he has given the assurance 
of protection, conditional that they take the oath of allegiance. 

An agent for a rebel master came in the city today in quest 
of negroes, who seemed to enjoy the society of the “devilish 
Yankees,” and hence did not keep away with their masters. 
The general told him that when his master came after him in 
person, took the oath of allegiance, and showed evidence that 
he was honest, then he would deliver up the negroes and not 
before. He also informed the agent that he would have to re- 
main here himself, as he would not be allowed to leave the city. 
The agent lost all thought of negroes in his anxiety for his own 
safety. The marshal of the city, who has been in the habit of 


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sending stray negroes to jail, was told today by the general that 
his occupation was gone for the present; that loyal masters 


_. should have every right uncer the constitution, and that pro- 


tection of the property of rebels was not contemplated. 
Colonel Whipple today tendered his resignation to General 
Wright, which has been accepted, and he leaves this city tomor- 
row morning for Port Royal, there to await orders from head- 
quarters. Colonel Whipple is the best colonel in the division of 
General Sherman. When we arrived at Hilton Head the regi- 
ment was so inefficient in drill as to make it a source of remark 
on the part of many of the officers of the regiment. Since then 
they have been, step by step, gaining in efficiency, until now 
they drill like old soldiers. This has been accomplished more 
through the untiring exertions of Colonel Whipple. He is a 
strict disciplinarian, a brave and accomplished soldier, and 


‘through his exertions, aided by the officers, we now have the 


right of the brigade, and shall hold it. Major Drew is now 
in command, though I have no doubt Colonel Bell, as it is the 


wish of the regiment, will be ordered here. 
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[Honest John L. Kelly, as we loved to call him, was one of 
the noblest works of God, honoring every position he ever occu- 
pied by such a true sense of duty and faithfulness that he 
earned the title of “Honest John L.” After the war he became 
mayor of Manchester, and died at his home May 1, 1887.— 
Historian. | 


ADDRESS DELIVERED AT MANCHESTER, N. H., - 


SEPTEMBER 21, 1871, AT THE FIRST REUNION, 
FOURTH REGT., N. Ho V@ieee 


By GEORGE P. GREELEY, M. D., LArE SURGEON FoURTH N. H. VOLUNTEERS; 
LATE SURGEON NINTH U.S. VETERAN VOLUNTEERS. 


ComMRADES:—To be invited to address you today is both a com- 
pliment and honor, and with diffidence I gratefully accept the 
task. 

We meet to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the organiza- 
tion of the Fourth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers and 
to talk with those by whose side we have stood in the hour of 
danger and upon whose courage we have relied. 

These reunions keep the memory green and evoke the best 
feelings of our nature. We satisfy many curious longings as to 
the fate of those who survived the war but who are not with us 
today, while the remembrance of those who have fallen away 
from our side rises with sorrow to the heart and is hallowed by 
atear. Old acquaintances are renewed, friendships are strength- 
ened, and we return to our homes happier and better. 

This being our first annual reunion, let us briefly recall some 
of the military operations in which the Fourth Regiment took 
part, from the time it left the state until the close of the war. 


In referring to those events there are a great many interesting — 


incidents which, for the want of time, must be left for those 
who shall occupy this place on future occasions. 

When we assembled here in Manchester ten years ago civil 
war was raging in our country. The madmen of the South, who 
had so often threatened war and ruin to the Union, had inaugu- 
rated the bloody strife. 

The first great battle of the war, known as Bull Run, had 
been fought and the Union Army had not been successful. The 


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smoke of this battle was dying away, and the loyal people were 
recovering from the blow and rising in patriotism, and making 
great preparations for the overthrow of the rebellion. 

The government having been betrayed by men who had occu- 
pied offices of trust and honor, was not prepared for the war. 
It keenly felt the loss of the arms and equipments which the 
hand of treachery had conveyed to the rebel conspirators of the 
South. 

With limited means at hand, the North was suddenly called 
upon to defend the Union from the assaults of a large and well- 
organized army of rebels, led by able officers, who had been edu- 
cated at the expense of the government of the United States. 
Was there ever a country so wickedly betrayed? But the loyal 
people flew to arms; and from every city and village, from the 
hills and valleys, the old men and the young men, and men in 
the prime of manhood, flocked to the camp to take the field. 

The noble-hearted women assembled in the public halls and 
organized soldiers’ aid societies, and prepared great quantities of 
articles for the comfort of the sick and wounded soldiers, who 
were greatly benefited by this good work. 

It was under the call for an army of three years’ troops that 
the volunteers who composed the Fourth Regiment left their 
peaceful firesides and prepared to engage in the great conflict 
for union and freedom. 

Under the command of that veteran soldier and efficient of- 
ficer, Col. Thomas J. Whipple, the Fourth Regiment was soon 
formed and ready for the field. Several officers and a number 
of the soldiers of the Fourth had served with Colonel Whipple 
in the First New Hampshire, and their experience promoted the 
efficiency and discipline of the regiment. 

The Fourth Regiment left Manchester on the twenty-seventh 
day of September for the seat of war. They were accompanied 
by a full band of music, under the leadership of Walter Dignam. 
We are glad to welcome owr old band today; their presence re- 
minds us of the inspiring music which cheered us on so many 


occasions. Their “Sweet Home” recalled those homes we had 


left, and their “Star Spangled Banner” reminded us of the flag 
we had sworn to defend. 


440 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Having arrived at Washington, the regiment was sent to An- 
napolis, where it joined General Sherman’s Expeditionary 
Corps, which was being fitted out for an attack somewhere on 
the southern coast. The troops embarked on transport ships 
and departed for Fortress Monroe, where a large naval fleet had 
assembled, under the command of Commodore Dupont, to ac- 
company the expedition. 

One morning in October the land and naval forces sailed for 
their destination. It was a beautiful sight as this powerful fleet 
swept gracefully out to sea. There were forty vessels filled 
with troops, and their supplies, under the convoy of a squadron 
of about twenty ships of war. At sunset the dim outline of the 
western shore was lost to view. The night was calm and pleas- 
ant, but on the evening after passing the stormy Cape Hatteras 
the weather changed, clouds gathered in the sky, and the wind 
increased to a severe gale. In this violent tempest the ships 
rolled upon the massive waves and were scattered over the sea. 
The wind blew a hurricane and dashed the spray over the ships 
and drove the soldiers into their uncomfortable and crowded 
quarters below the decks. In that dreadful storm two of the 
vessels went down, but, fortunately, no lives were lost. 

On the 4th of November the fleet began to arrive at Port 
Royal, off Hilton Head, South Carolina. The perils of the sea 
having been passed, other dangers were to be encountered. On 
the shore at Hilton Head the rebels had built strong forts, armed 
with powerful cannon. The naval ships moved up and opened 
a fire from their guns upon the rebel works. 

From the decks of the transports the troops witnessed the 
battle between the forts and our navy, which fired broadside 
after broadside of shot and shell into the rebel batteries; and 
the traitors were soon compelled to leave their guns and fly for 
safety. "The loyal flag once more waved over the rebellious soil 
of South Carolina. 

The troops immediately landed, while the bands on the ships 
pealed forth martial music over the still waters. 

In one of the captured forts the rebel commander left an in- 
fernal machine, so placed as to be exploded when the victors 


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should attempt to haul down the rebel ensign. Fortunately, 
only a partial explosion occurred, and no lives were destroyed. 

This act of the Confederate commander of the fort was an il- 
lustration of the fiendish spirit of the conspirators which was 
exhibited all through the war in the treatment of our wounded 
and prisoners in their hands. The officer himself was blown up 
by the explosion of the mine at Petersburg. 

Port Royal being captured, it was made a base for future oper- 
ations by both the army and navy, and it became a great station 
for munition and stores of every kind. 

In the Rebellion there was often arrayed brother against 
brother and father against son. In this fight brothers were ar- 
rayed against each other. Captain Drayton, of the navy, loyal 
to his flag, commanded one of the ships whose guns were 
directed to sweep Fort Walker, though his brother was in com- 
mand of that rebel fort. - 

Beaufort, a pleasant town on Port Royal Island, fell into the 
hands of the Union troops without any resistance, and the fine 
residences, so recently the homes of wealthy secessionists there, 
were afterwards used as hospitals for the sick and wounded. 

Fort Walker was found to have suffered terribly; dismounted 
cannon lay in all directions, and the dead and dying were seen 
on every side. 

The Fourth pitched their tents in a cotton-field, near the 
rebel fort. 

For several months the regiment worked in landing army 
supplies from the ships, digging intrenchments, besides taking 
its turn in the guard and picket duties. These several labors 
and exposures, in an unhealthy climate, brought on sickness. 
The sick list was large; the ranks of the Fourth began to be 
thinned. It was a frequent and sad occurrence to hear the sol- 
emn funeral dirge as some comrade was laid in his grave. 

As we look back upon those days, we now see that it was 
wrong to permit the Union soldiers to be worked to death in a 
sickly climate, when the camp was full of escaped slaves, who 
were accustomed to labor beneath the hot sun and in the sickly 
air of the South, and who might have been put to rs and so 
have saved the lives of many soldiers. 


442 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


Early in the year 1862 a portion of the regiment was sent to 
reconnoiter Tybee Island, at which place General Gilmore, the 
engineer of the department, decided to erect batteries for an at- 
tack on Fort Pulaski, in the Savannah river. Gilmore, haying 
completed his works, opened a heavy fire on ‘the fort, and com- 
pelled the rebel garrison to show the white flag on April 12, 
which was the first anniversary of the bombardment of Fort 
Sumter. The capture of Fort Pulaski sealed the port of Savan- 
nah against blockade-runners. 

While General Gilmore was preparing for the siege of Fort Pu- 
laski the Fourth Regiment was making conquests on the coast of 
Florida. Fort Clinch, a strong government fortification, near 
Fernandina, and the town of Fernandina were both taken by the 
loyal forces without opposition. These places had prepared for 
a vigorous resistance, but the courage of the garrison failed 
them on ‘the approach of the gunboats and the Union troops, and 
they made a hasty retreat. 

Jacksonville, an important town on the St. John’s river, was 
also occupied by the Fourth, whose arrival there was welcomed 
by the Union citizens of the place and who professed to be glad 
at the sight of the old flag. Still farther down the coast of 
Florida was the ancient city of St. Augustine, which was also 
surrendered to our forces. 

Under the genial skies and in the healthy climate of Florida 
the regiment recruited its health and strength. 

Three companies, under command of Major Drew, occupied 
Fort Clinch until they were sent to take part in a battle on 
James Island, near Charleston, during the summer of 1862. In 
the autumn the regiment was ordered to Beaufort, and they re- 
luctantly left the orange groves and the green lawns of the 
pleasant old town of St. Augustine. 

The whole regiment was now at Beaufort, and was called 
upon to share in the battle of Pocotaligo, the preparations for 
which had been made by a new and able commander of the de- 
partment of the South, General Mitchell. His activity was put- 
ting everything in motion, but he was soon smitten by disease, 
and died after a short illness. His death was regarded by the 
army and nation as a great loss. 


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The battle of Pocotaligo was a failure. It was intended to 
surprise the rebel force and suddenly destroy his railroad com- 
munications from Charleston ‘to Savannah, but they knew of 
the intended attack and were prepared to meet our troops. 
After incessant fighting for several hours and with ammunition 
nearly expended, and night coming on, our troops slowly left the 
field, burying the dead and bringing off the wounded. The 
Fourth was the last regiment to leave the field, having been or- 
dered to cover the retreat. It went into winter quarters at 
Beaufort, performing during the time the usual round of guard 
and picket duties. It was in Beaufort District where many of 
the earlier treasonable movements were planned. 

Now within bugle sound of the ‘town a regiment of colored 
troops were camped, many of whom were once slaves of some of 
the conspirators who were plotting for the overthrow of the 
government. These slaves, who had worked in the cotton-fields 
under a noonday sun, who had been torn from their wives and 
children at the auction block, and who had smarted under the 
lash of the slave-driver—these men were ready to strike for the 
union of their country. And in many hard-fought battles they 
proved their fortitude and bravery. 

President Lincoln had made a vow before God that if Lee’s 
army were driven back from Maryland he would crown the re- 
sult by a declaration of freedom to the slaves. The battle of 
Antietam was fought, and Lee driven into Virginia. 

Abraham Lincoln remembered the vow he had made, and on 
the first day of January, 1863, the Proclamation of Emancipa- 
tion was issued, and the glad tidings was made to that regiment 
of colored men in Beaufort, who all the day long and by the 
light of their flickering campfires that night sang songs of joy 
and thanksgiving for their deliverance from bondage. 

In the spring of 1863 the regiment was sent, with other 
troops, to Folly Island, one of the outer islands in Charleston 
Harbor. ‘The rebels having neglected to fortify this place, Gen- 
eral Gilmore made it his base of operations for an attack on 
Morris Island, in order that he might gain a position within can- 
non-shot of Charleston and Fort Sumter. 


444 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


The tents of our troops were pitched among the pine and pal- 
metto trees, which hid the camp from the view of the rebels, 
who were posted behind their fortifications and rifle-pits on 
Morris Island to prevent the Union soldiers from crossing the 
ereek called Light House Inlet, which separates Folly from Mor- 
ris Island. 

Secretly and silently by night, for several weeks the Fourth 
worked, constructing batteries, mounting heavy guns behind the 
sand-hills, so as not to be visible to the enemy in the daytime. 
They had no suspicion of the preparations being made for an 
attack on Morris Island, until, early on the morning of July 10, 
the first gun was fired; and such was the surprise that the rebel 
troops were seen to swarm upon their parapets and look around 
in amazement to ascertain from what point the shot came. In 
another moment all the guns of the masked batteries were 
ablaze, hurling their missiles of death and destruction into the 
works of the foe. 

Our troops crossed the Inlet, led by the gallant General 
Strong, charged the rifle-pits, and at the point of the bayonet 
took battery after battery, pursued the retreating enemy until 
they came within range of the guns of Fort Wagner, when they 
rested to gather new strength for another assault, and made 
preparations to storm the fort the next day. 

In the dim twilight of the next morning our troops moved 
along the shore until they came upon the enemies’ pickets, who 
gave the alarm. Our advancing soldiers pressed boldly on, in 
the face of a withering fire from Fort Wagner, until they reached 
the fort, when they clambered the parapets and drove the rebels 
behind their sheltering-places. These brave patriots, not being 
sufficiently reénforced, were obliged to retreat. It was a race 
for life. The rebels now sprang to their guns and opened a 
terrible fire upon our soldiers. It was now decided that Fort 
‘Wagner could only be captured by a regular siege. 

During the attack on Morris Island the Fourth were with 
General Terry, who had effected a lodgment on James Island, 
where he had successfully diverted the attention of the enemy 


while other troops of Gilmore’s force moved on Morris Island. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 445 


The regiment returned from James Island and began in the 
weary work of the long and bloody siege. This was carried on 
in front of the guns of Forts Wagner and Gregg and within 
range of the guns of Fort Sumter; on the left were a number of 
batteries on James Island, and the fire from all these ponderous 
guns was concentrated on this narrow strip of sand, only twenty- 
five yards wide, on which the siege was conducted, bounded on 
the east by the ocean and on the left by a deep creek and 
marshes. But here, in the face of all these difficulties, the regi- 
ment worked night and day: in the day, under a burning sun; in 
the night, by the light of the bursting shells which filled the air. 

The fearful and dangerous duties were causing the ranks of 
the regiment to be terribly thinned. The hardships and con- 
stant exposure to the fire of the enemy caused the death of many 
of the tried soldiers, and disabled by disease more than half 
their number. But they carried their works toward Wagner. 
General Gilmore said in an address to his soldiers: “While the 
spires of the rebel city still loom up in the distance the hardships 
and privations must be endured before our hopes and expecta- 
tions can find full fruition in victory.” To this the troops 
agreed, and active preparations were made for another assault on 
Fort Wagner. 

Gilmore’s batteries extended across the island from the sea to 
the marshes, in which powerful guns and mortars were placed. 
When all was in readiness, on the 18th of July, a bombardment 
was opened on the doomed fort. The fleet of monitors also 
opened a continuous fire from their guns. Such a destructive 
fire was poured into Wagner that the rebel garrison could not 
work their guns, so they kept safely in their bomb-proofs. 

As the darkness of the night came on, the roar of the cannon 
ceased,—but now was heard the artillery of the skies, for a fear- 
ful storm swept over land and sea. The rebel flag still floated 
defiantly over the ramparts of Fort Wagner. 

About sunset an assaulting column, under General Strong, 
moved up the hard beach, and when near the fort they advanced 
at double-quick, exposed at every step to a terrific shower of 
shot and shell, which was sweeping the beach from all the rebel 


446 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


batteries. With rapid step, on they went, leaving their path 
strewed with dead and dying, until they reached the ditch, when — 
the parapet blazed with a flame of musketry, and the artillery — 
swept the ditch as they crossed it. The national colors were car- — 
ried to the ramparts, and a contest now occurred in which both 
sides fought desperately. Never did men fight with death star- 
ing them more steadfastly in the face. 

The gallant Colonel Shaw of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, — 
colored troops, was shot dead, and fell among the slain of his 
black warriors. General Strong was mortally wounded, and 
many other officers severely, while scores of soldiers were killed 
or wounded. 

This fearfully shattered brigade, no longer able to continue 
the contest, fell back into the sheltering gloom. It was night, — 
and a night of intense darkness. Clouds of sulphurous smoke 
hung over the scene, and terrific peals of thunder shook the 
earth, while flashes of lightning illumined the spectacle. 

The Second Brigade now dashed forward and resumed the 
fearful assault, plunged through the ditches, reached the para- 
pets, and had a severe fight with the garrison, though losing 
fearfully at every moment, until their brave leader, Colonel Put- 
nam, of the Seventh New Hampshire, was killed at the head of 
his troops, and nearly all the officers. of a lower grade, with a 
large number of brave soldiers, were either slain or wounded, 
and, no supports arriving, the remains of this brigade, like the 
first, were obliged to retreat. The rebels poured the contents 
of their rifles and charges of grape and canister into the retreat- 
ing soldiers. 

Twinkling lights were seen here and there, as friendly hands 
sought the wounded and bore them from the range of fire. 
Some, with their life-blood ebbing away, fell sweetly asleep, 
dreaming of those friends and that home which they never 
would see again. Others, in the frenzy of delirium, shouted and 
sang, while the music of the sea, rolling on the beach, chanted 
funeral dirges all along the shore. 

The.assaults proving so unsuccessful and disastrous, the work 
of the siege was resumed with great vigor. It was a difficult 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 447 


task. Fortunately the Fourth was not engaged in the assaults 
on the fort, yet the regiment was facing death in the trenches, 
as they worked in the face of a terrible fire from the rebel forts. 
The shot and shell dropped among the-besiegers and the dead 
and wounded were constantly carried to the rear. 

About the middle of August Gilmore had completed several 
heavy batteries, which, with the guns of the naval force, were 
opened upon Fort Sumter, where the rebel flag was still flying. 
The fire was continued for several days, when Sumter was re- 
duced to a heap of ruins, and its guns were no longer of any 
use in the defences of Charleston. ‘The trenches were advanced 
near the fort. 

The island was very narrow, and in rough weather the sea 
would sweep across it. The enemy concentrated a heavy fire 
upon them, and the losses of the Union troops were on the in- 
erease. Those were dark and gloomy days. It seemed almost 
impossible to continue the siege in that narrow strip of shift- 
ing sand, by day exposed to such a murderous fire from so many 
rebel guns, while the brightness of the moon rendered the oper- 
ations by night almost as dangerous. But the patriots would 
not turn back. ‘They were equal to the task. Artillery was 
taken to the front and trained upon the fort, and the trenches 
were filled with the most expert riflemen, to pick off the rebel 
gunners, and calcium lights were made to blaze for aiding our 
gunners and sharpshooters in keeping the rebels away from their 
guns. The calcium light dazzled the eyes of the enemy, while 
it exposed everything on the parapet of the fort to the view of 
our troops. 

On the morning of September 5 Gilmore opened all his guns 


on the rebel fort, aided by the battery of the naval ship “New 


-Tronsides.” The bombardment was continued for forty hours 


without cessation. ‘The shot and shell dropping into or explod- 
ing over the fort drove the garrison into their bomb-proofs. 
Our troops now worked without danger, and rapidly pushed for- 
ward their trenches until they reached the ditch of Fort Wag- 
ner. 

While preparations were being made to storm the work the 


448 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


enemy evacuated the fort in the night, and our troops took pos- — 
session of it unopposed. Thus ended the long and trying siege — 
of Fort Wagner, never to be forgotten by those who were en- | 
gaged in it. | 

It was from Morris Island where the first shot was fired upon — 
our country’s flag at Fort Sumter. This foul deed was done by 
the venerable traitor, Edmund Ruffin, who, probably disheart- — 
ened at the failure of the rebellion, in which he had fired the 
first shot, blew out his brains on the 20th of June, 1865. It has — 
been suggested that he made two remarkable shots. 

The Fourth passed the autumn and part of the winter on the © 
island. A steady bombardment was kept up on both sides, dur- — 
ing which time our soldiers suffered but little. 

Charleston did not fall until Sherman, in his majestic march 
from Savannah to Columbia, was found in its rear, when the 
rebels were compelled to a precipitate retreat. 

When Major Anderson was forced to give up Fort Sumter to 
the traitors, at the beginning of the rebellion, he carried away 
the flag that had floated over the fort during the bombardment, 
with a resolution to raise it again over the battered fortress or 
be wrapped in it as his winding-sheet at last. Precisely four 
years from that day, April 14, 1865, Major Anderson, bearing 
the title of major general in the army of the United States, after 
four years of terrible civil war, again raised that tattered flag 
over all that remained of Fort Sumter, a heap of ruins. 

February 11, 1864, the regiment was sent to Beaufort. About 
this time a majority of the Fourth reénlisted for the war, and, 
after a brief campaign in Florida, on the return of the regiment 
to Beaufort, the reénlisted veterans enjoyed a furlough at 
their homes. 

In the month of April, 1864, the furloughed soldiers of the 
regiment were ordered to Gloucester Point, Virginia, to join the 
Army of the James, under General Butler. ‘The troops from the 
Department of the South had come up under General Gilmore, 
and formed the Tenth Corps of Butler’s army. Early in May 
this force was suddenly and rapidly transferred on transports 
up the James river and landed at Bermuda Hundred, on the © 
south bank of the river, within fifteen miles of Richmond. 


Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 449 


The remaining time will only allow a brief mention of the 
‘movements of the regiment after its arrival in. Virginia, until 
the close of the war. 

The Fourth shared in many of the hard-fought battles which 
occurred during the ensuing summer and autumn around Rich- 
mond and Petersburg, and in this campaign it lost many brave 
men. In the severe fight at Drury’s Bluff, Lieutenant Hutch- 
inson was last seen doing his duty bravely in the face of the en- 
‘emy. Major Sawyer received a wound in this battle which cost 
him his life. ‘They were both courageous officers and true and 
patriotic men, and their loss was severely felt by the regiment. 
~ The Army of the Potomac under General Grant had pressed 
the rebel army from the Rapidan into the strong intrenchments 
around Richmond and Petersburg. They crossed the James 
tiver, united with Butler’s army at Bermuda Hundred, and for 
more than thirty miles they confronted the enemy, who were 
posted behind their works, which extended from Richmond to 
Petersburg. 

_ During the long, hot and dry summer the Fourth was at times 
doing duty in the intrenchments, within range of the deadly bul- 
let of the rebel riflemen. They were frequently called upon to 
labor with the spade within a few rods of the rebel lines and to 
take their turn in the perilous picket duty. ‘The sharp crack of 
the rifle, the whistle of the rebel bullets, and the shriek of the 
‘shell were constantly heard night and day. 

Both patriot and rebel were equally vigilant. Our army, how- 
ever, gained upon the enemy step by step. To break through 
the rebels’ lines in front of Petersburg, one of their strong 
forts was mined. Early on the morning of the 30th of July the 
fuse was ignited and a terrific explosion occurred. Large masses 
of earth, rocks, timbers, and cannon, with hundreds of the rebel 
garrison, were thrown high into the air. Down came this mass 
of ruin into the deep, black, smoking crater. The Fourth were 
among the regiments advanced to seize the gap which the mine 
had made. A fearful sight met their eyes. In the smoking 
pit there were mangled bodies, and wounded men, half buried, 
struggling in agony and crying for help. 




















450 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


The Union troops failed to advance promptly and capture 
strong position in front of the ruined fort; the rebels ralli 
concentrated a terrible fire upon our soldiers, who were ming 
and confused together in the vicinity of the crater. P 


“Cannon to the right of them, 
Cannon to the left of them, 
Cannon in front of them 
Volleyed and thundered; 
Stormed at with shot and shell.” 


They could not advance; to remain was death, and in retre 
ing the rebels swept the aid between the lines with a m 
deioae: fire. In this sad disaster the regiment lost many h 
soldiers. 

Later in the summer the Fourth Was in a severe battle ne 
Richmond, where Lieutenant Wentworth fell while brayely lea 
ing his men on the skirmish line. ‘The sounds of this battle hi 
hardly died away before the regiment was again engage 
front of the rebel line, near Richmond. There was no 
the war-worn veteran, marching by night and fighting by 

In the following January the Fourth accompanied 
Terry in his expedition to capture Fort Fisher, on the ¢ 
North Carolina. The troops were sent on transports, al 
Friday, January 13, they landed on the beach in sight 
flag of treason which floated over Fort Fisher. These bri 
veterans who had faced death on so many battlefields now maé 
preparations for the assault of the fort. a 

A large naval fleet had arrived to aid in the attack, and th 
began a vigorous fire upon the fortress. There was a 
roar from their guns, while the shot and shell ploughed thr 
the fort in all directions, and clouds of smoke hung over t 
scene. The sun went down, and the darkness came on; #] 
flash from the bursting shells lighted up the air with a | 
glare. The troops neared the fort, and during the mig 
campfires burned along the beach. The heavy shot fro 
navy went crashing through the fort, and the shells b 
over the heads of the rebel garrison compelled them to 
together in their gloomy casemates. 





Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 451 


All the next day and through the night, till Sunday morning, 


: the 15th of January, the bombardments were kept up. About 


noon the land forces moved to the assault. They were led by 
General Ames, a fearless and able officer. Steadily they ad- 


| yanced, with unfaltering step, overcoming all obstacles between 


them and the fort, until they obtained a lodgment on the para- 
pet, where they succeeded in planting their colors. Now came 
a hand-to-hand contest. In the midst of this tumult, carnage 
and death not a man flinched. 

As our troops gained one position in the fort the rebels de- 
fended themselves in another. It was a desperate struggle. The 
Union troops fought in a galling fire of musketry, which the 
enemy poured into them from behind their sheltering-places. 
Besides, they suffered from an artillery fire directed upon them 
from another rebel fort. 

The heroism that our soldiers here displayed was never sur- 
passed. General Ames led his command through the whole con- 
flict. It was late at night when the fort was entirely captured. 
By the light of the moon the stars and stripes could be seen 


_ floating proudly over the conquered fortress. It was a most se- 


vere contest and a brilliant victory, and immortal honor be- 
longs to the patriots who were engaged in it. But a sad event 
happened the next morning, which added a long list to those 
who had been slain in the attack on the fort. As the weary vet- 


_ erans lay sleeping over a magazine it accidentally exploded, kill- 


ing and wounding hundreds of brave soldiers. 


Among those who were killed during the assault in Fort 


_ Fisher were Colonel Louis Bell, the beloved commander of the 


¥ 


Fourth Regiment. He was in command of the Third Brigade 


_ of Ames Division. 


As he was gallantly leading his veteran troops into the fort 


' he fell, struck by the unerring bullet of a rebel sharpshooter. 


_ His loss was deeply lamented. He was an accomplished officer, 
- an honorable gentleman, and a generous man. He was devoted 


_ to the welfare of his regiment, and took pride in their success. 


_ Here, in the presence of his comrades, I need not say how much 


_ they were attached to him or in what esteem they cherish the 
memory of Colonel Bell. 


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After the capture of Fort Fisher the Fourth were occupied 
in North Carolina. ] 
At last the enemies of the country laid their arms at the feet 


man enjoys justice and civil liberty. 

In the following August all that were left of the regiment re 
turned to New Hampshire. They brought home their banner, 
untarnished, save by the smoke of battles they had braved dur- 
ing four long years of war. 

But a large number never returned to their anxious homes 
to receive the endearments of their friends or to reap the bene- 
fits from that peace they had fought to win. The list is too long 
to recall the names. “They sleep their last sleep; they have 
fought their last battle; no sound shall awake them to glory 
again.” But all alike yielded their lives in defense of the 
noblest cause man ever died for. 


“How sleep the brave, who sink to rest 
By all their country’s wishes blest! 
When spring with dewy fingers cold 
Returns to deck their hallowed mold, 
She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod. 


“By fairy hands their knell is rung; 

By forms unseen their dirge is sung; 
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 

To bless the turf that wraps their clay, 
And Freedom shall a while repair, 

To dwell, a weeping hermit, there.” 


Comrades, let us hope there may be no more wars, least of all 
a war between brothers. Should the flag of the republic he 
again assailed from within or without, believe it, they who wore 
the blue will ever know the false from the true. 4 


PART IIII. 





BIOC RAPHIES, INTERESTING INCIDENTS BOTH 
SAD AND HUMOROUS, ETC. 


SAMBO’S RIGHT TO BE KILT. 


BY MILES O’RIELEY. 


(Air—‘The Low-Backed Chair.”) 


Some say it is a burn’ shame 
To make the naygurs fight, 

An’ that the thrade o’ being kilt 
Belongs but to the white; . 

But as for me, upon me sowl, 
So liberal are we here, 

I'll let Sambo be murthered in place o’ meself 
On every day in the year. 

On every day in the year, boys, 
An’ every hour in the day 

The right to be kilt T’ll divide wid him, 
An’ divil a word I’ll say. 


In battle’s wild commotion 
I shouldn’t at all object 

If Sambo’s body should stop a ball 
That was comin’ for me direct; 

An’ the prod of a Southern bagnet, 
So liberal are we here, 

T’ll resign and let Sambo take it, 
On every day in the year. 

On every day in the year, boys, 
An’ wid none o’ your nasty pride, 

All right in a Southern bagnet prod 
With Sambo I'll divide. 


The men who object to Sambo 
Should take his place and fight; 
An’ it’s better to have a naygur’s hue 
Than a liver that’s wake an’ white. 
Though Sambo’s black as the ace o’ spades, 
His finger a thrigger can pull, 
An’ his eye runs sthraight on the barrel sight 
From under its thatch o’ wool. 
So hear me all, boys, darlin’s! 
Don’t think ’m tippen’ you chaff, 
The right to be kilt I'll divide wid him, 
An’ give him the largest half! 





MY REMEMBRANCE OF THREE YEARS’ SER- 
VICE WITH THE FOURTH REGIMENT. 


By LIEUTENANT A. H. C. JEWETT. 


One regiment of three years’ men had left the state (the Sec- 
ond) and others were at once to be organized. I found mother 
was greatly opposed to my enlisting again, and it seemed she had 
been the prime mover in getting my discharge from the regular 
service. However, I persuaded my father to sign my papers 
allowing me to enlist, thereby greatly provoking mother, anc 
so early in August, 1861, I was again in the ranks of the 
soldiers, this time in the company of Capt. William Badger, a 
son of Ex-governor Badger of Gilmanton and an old-time 
militia officer. .We went into camp at once and the drilling of 
the men began. My services were at once called for to instruct 
the recruits, most of whom I knew, the company being raised 
at Laconia. We were soon moved to Concord, and a little later 
to Manchester, where the Fourth Regiment was fully organ- 
ized under Col. Thomas J. Whipple. Our company was given 
the letter “D” and we were mustered into the service of the 
United States on the eighteenth day of September, 1861. 

The non-commissioned officers were at once selected and war- 
rants given them. I had not, as I remember, given much, if 
any, thought as to what my status might be, but found when 
the list was announced that 1 had been appointed third 
sergeant of the company. I will mention here that 1 am the 
sole survivor of the five sergeants at that time appointed. 
From the 18th of September to the 27th of that month we were 
drilled as a battalion by Colonel Whipple, and on the last 
named date we left the state for Washington, D. C., arriving 
there on the 30th. We were entertained on our way there at 
several places, notably at Philadelphia, where at the “Soldiers? 
Retreat”? a sumptuous spread was given us, served by ladies. 


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Upon our arrival at Washington we went into camp in a large 
field on the Blagdensburg road, about one mile and a half from 
the city in an easterly direction from the capital building. 
We were without rifles at the time of leaving the state, but 
these were issued to us soon after our getting to Washington, 
and we were not greatly pleased with them, I know, for they 
were an old and second-hand Belgium rifle which Uncle Sam 
had gotten from some source. They were at least two or three 
pounds heavier than the Springfield rifle, and ungainly in 
looks, carrying a ball of very large caliber. ‘The accouter- 
ments were also second-hand and heavy, so we felt almost im- 
posed upon, and as a rule soldiers are given to “growling.” 
Our men indulged considerably. 

On the 9th of October the regiment left Washington for 
Annapolis, Md., to be a part of Gen. T. W. Sherman’s expedi- 
tion to Port Royal, S. C. (as we found later). We were at 
once formed into a brigade with the Sixth and Seventh Con- 
necticut and the Ninth Maine, all infantry, under the com- 
mand of Brig.-Gen. H. G. Wright, who afterwards became the 
commander of the famous Sixth Corps of the Army of the 
Potomac. On the 19th of October our regiment embarked on 
the steamer “Baltic,” a very staunch boat, as we soon learned 
to our joy. We very soon started for Fort Monroe, at the 
mouth of the Potomac river, arriving at which point we re- 
mained until the 29th, waiting for the naval forces to con- 
centrate at that place, when the fleet was put in motion for 
some place unknown, as we sailed under sealed orders. On 
the 30th we were in the midst of a furious gale, and our ves- 
sel was very heavily laden with all kinds of stores, with heavy 
artillery and much ammunition, besides the thousand men, 
horses, etc. We were also towing the large four-masted ocean 
ship, the “Ocean Express,” and this hampered us somewhat. 
About two o’clock the next morning our brave old steamer 
struck on Frying Pan Shoals with a tremendous crash, and 
every person was awake in an instant. It seemed to me as the 
vessel rose and fell that we struck a rock each time, and there 
were all sorts of cries and some were praying. I suppose all 


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must have felt that our chances for escape were small. Of 
course, there was great danger from the vessel we were towing, 
which drew less water than the steamer, and among the first 
words I heard was the stentorian voice of the captain, who said, 
“Cut that hawser.” This was an immense rope, three inches 
or more in thickness, fastening the ships. The thousand 
soldiers were all “between decks” and the hatches were down. 
I suppose, for I did not leave my bunk, that some of the men 
tried to reach the deck, for the captain gave orders to “shoot 
any man whose head appeared above the deck.’ There were 
many ludicrous scenes, as were reported afterward, as to what 
some of the men said and did. For myself, I thought if we 
were to go down to the “vasty deep” it would be just as well 
to keep calm about it, and did so, remaining in my bunk, even 
though well wet down from water coming in at a “deadeye” 
near me. ‘The gale continued for three days. The old 
“Baltic” in the meantime had been tested in a terrible way, 
but came out apparently right side up and with but little dam- 
age. The great fleet of war vessels and transports were much 
scattered by the storm, and it was not until November 4 that 
we arrived at Port Royal, S. C., where many of the boats had 
already rendezvyoused. Two vessels, we learned, had been lost 
in the storm, the “Commodore Perry” and “Governor,” but 
almost miraculously no lives were lost. We of the “Baltic” 
‘were ordered to go in search of the “Ocean Express,” from 
which, it will be remembered, we cut loose in the storm, but 
aiter cruising for about one day we returned without find- 
ing her. During the storm the steamer “Union,” with a 
few of our regiment, the quartermaster-sergeant and a squad, 
were taken prisoners, the first loss made in this line, by reason 
of the small steamer being driven ashore. 

On the morning of November 7, 1861, we witnessed our first 
engagement between the Union and Confederate forces, this 
time the navy doing almost wholly the fighting. It was a mag- 
nificent spectacle. The day was fine and clear and the trans- 
ports containing the army, while out of range of the enemy 
for the most part, were anchored in plain sight of the action. 






























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The “naval dogs of war’ were formed in line, led by the gal 
lant old line of battle steamer, the “Wabash,” followed closely 
by the “Pawnee” and “Sabine” and many others of less note. 
and size in the shape of gunboats. The noble harbor seemed 
egg-shaped in its outlines, and the forts and batteries were on 
both sides, so that our navy moved in somewhat of a circle 
in delivering their terrible broadsides on the enemy’s works. 
The rebels answered the fire in a spirited manner, but to the 
fifteen thousand soldiers watching the action with great interest 
it seemed but a question of-a short time when they must be 
destroyed by the fearful rain of shells exploding over their 
heads and all about them. 
It was estimated that in the five hours in which the battle 
raged no less than one shell per second fell upon each of the 
forts. Toward the close the boats ran in quite close to the 
enemy’s works, now but feebly responding, and at about two 
o’clock their firing entirely ceased. The garrisons of the forts 
and batteries left their works in a hurry, and very soon the stars 
and stripes were floating over them. Our regiment was among 
the very first to effect a landing, this being done in small boats, 
and many of us were well wet in the process, but we were glad 
to get ashore after nineteen days of confinement on shipboard 
The sights which met our gaze showed the terrible destruction 
of the great guns of our navy. The earthworks were very 
strong, but the large number of exploding shells had rendered 
them little more than unsightly heaps of sand, and among the 
debris were dead and disfigured men, dismounted and broken 
cannon, etc. 
We were at once set at work in clearing up and repairing the 
works, and often we found men buried in the sand during the 
fight: one in particular I remember, a surgeon with his case 
of beautiful instruments in his hand, presented by some grateful 
patient of other and better days. Our time was fully taken 
up with the work of fort-building, landing stores from vessels, 
with occasional drills, and guard duty. 
About the last day of November I was taken very: suddenly 

ill with a severe type of malarial or typhoid fever, and my life 











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_ was despaired of by my comrades for several weeks, as I learned 
later. I was taken very suddenly one morning after being re- 
_ lieved from guard duty, was soon unconscious, and was removed 
_ to the hospital, where several weeks later, upon coming to my 
senses, I found myself little more than a skeleton, the lamp of 
life burning very feebly. Owing to my youth, and perhaps 
former good habits, I pulled through, but my constitution was 
much shattered by the terrible illness. I remember the old 
surgeon of our regiment saying to me one day, “Jewett, you was 
the sickest person I ever saw who recovered.” It was several 
weeks before I was sufficiently recovered to resume duty. 

The companies were divided into five “messes,” each in 
charge of a sergeant, and our tents were then the Sibley, in 
circular form, large enough to fairly accommodate eighteen or 
twenty men. I received many kind attentions from the com- 
rades of my mess during my convalescence. The deaths among 
our men while at this place were very numerous, mostly from 
the extremely malarious condition of that region. For about 
three months the regiment did heavy work, especially in build- 
ing fortifications on the island, in picket and guard duty, and 
on the twenty-first day of January, 1862, the regiment, in com- 
pany with others, went on an expedition down the coast. They 
landed finally at Warsaw Sound, Ga. The island on which the 
troops effected a landing was low and unhealthy. I, with a 
few others not fit for duty, was not with the regiment when 
they first went to Warsaw, but joined them a little later. 

One incident which occurred while the few of us remained 
behind at Port Royal was quite a blow to our company. James 

__A. Jones, a fine young man, the captain’s clerk, was left with 
me and the others. He was of frail constitution, refined and 
‘delicate, and his widowed mother resided at Laconia. One 
evening he complained to me that his throat felt sore (we oc- 
‘cupied the same tent). I advised some simple remedy, but he 
thought light of it and failed to do anything. Sometime near 
midnight I was awakened by him and, lighting a candle, saw 
that his neck was much swollen and his speech showed his 
tind unsettled. I at once went for Doctor Greeley, our assist- 


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ant surgeon, and he came at once. I saw from his look that 
he considered the case serious, and calling me outside he said 
“Jewett, it won’t do for you to remain in that tent with Jones 
He has the diphtheria in its most fatal form and in your de- 
bilitated condition you will be quite likely to catch the disease.” 
However, I did not see it to be my duty to leave him alone 
and remained until the end came, which, I think, was on the 
following day. Thus we parted from our loved. comrade, till 
the great day of “assize,’ when we hope to meet again. W 
had the body embalmed and sent to his friends at Laconia, 
I received a touching letter of thanks from the mother im 
answer to one giving particulars of his death. 

On the 28th of February, 1862, we reémbarked and proceeded 
on our way somewhere, to us in the ranks at least, unknown 
The next day we learned we were in the vicinity of Fernandina, 
Fla., and our regiment was soon landed at this place. On the 
8th of March all but two companies of the regiment (EH and F) 
embarked on the steamer “Boston” and in company with sit 
gunboats proceeded down the coast and anchored for the n 
The next morning the soldiers were distributed among the sey 
eral gunboats as sharpshooters. It soon became evident tha 
we were to enter St. John’s river, as we crossed the bar at it 
mouth and soon began to cautiously go up stream, This is 4 
large river, navigable for a long distance into the interior” 0! 
the state of Florida. Very soon we began to notice large 
It seems the rebels had set on fire the numerous sawmills 
large stores of lumber to keep them from falling into our hands 
They seemed to have a very wholesome fear of our gunboat 
after the capture of Port Royal, and skedaddled after firm 
the mills. I do not think our army or the navy would he 
made any attempts on this property if left as it was. War is, 
however, terribly destructive. We learned later that the 
mills were owned by northern men, and so the rebels, I 7 
sume, had as soon “Ree them destroyed as not. 

On the 12th of March we reached Jacksonville, Fla., wher 
those left of the people seemed glad to see us, the colored ele: 
ment especially, which was quite numerous. We were sool 


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quartered in vacant buildings, mostly stores, and with a strong 
guard posted about the city awaited developments. Small ex- 
peditions were sent out of the city in various directions, but 
nothing of importance occurred in connection with them that 
I now recall. One morning, very early, a company of the reb- 
els attacked our outposts, which caused a general alarm. We 
were rushed out to the front as fast as possible. The scene of 
the attack was where a dozen or so of our men had their head- 
quarters in a small brick schoolhouse, and the men, being rather 
“green” at this kind of duty, had gone to rest, except the 
sentinels, when the rebels charged on them, killing two or 
three and wounding as many and taking a few prisoners, our 
first loss in this kind of warfare. 

I remember an incident of this affair which was quite remark- 
able. As we reached the little schoolhouse it was but dimly 
light, and peering into the room we saw a few men lying 
on the floor and one on a low bench. I found this man was 
alive, and asked him where he was wounded. He replied that 
he thought they had “fixed him,” as he was shot through the 
body. We carried him tenderly back to the city, and the 
surgeons said there was no chance for him, as the intestines 
were cut. A few days later, being well acquainted with our old 
doctor, I asked him about the case and went with him to see 
Mr. Davis, the wounded man. It was very warm and the room 
he occupied was a large upper room. He lay on a cot bed, 
with a sheet only for covering. He was exceedingly pale, but 
was cool and quiet mentally to an astonishing degree. The 
bullet had passed entirely through his body, and as the surgeon 
removed~the little patch over the wound the gas escaped per- 
ceptibly, showing that the intestines were more or less cut. Of 
course, we had no hope that our fellow soldier would survive, 
_ but he did, for all our fears. It was owing, the doctor said, 
to his remarkable nerve and fine constitution. The doctor said 
at the time that in all probability one of the small intestines 
was cut perhaps half off, but owing to favorable conditions new 
granulations were thrown out and the rent was closed by these. 
This case attracted much attention later from the medical pro- 
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Many years after the war, at a soldiers’ reunion, I was ac- 
costed by name by a heavily built and youthful-looking man 
and upon my asking his name he replied, “Davis.” I said, 
“Not the Davis so terribly wounded at Jacksonville?” “Yes, 
the very man,” he responded. 

It was while we were at Jacksonville that Colonel Whipple 
resigned his commission. He was generally very popular with 
the men of the regiment, though not so much so by some of 
the officers on account of his biting criticisms of them as mili- 
tary men. I had some rather amusing experiences with him, 
personally, but I see I must curtail if this sketch is to be kept 
within reasonable length. Colonel Bell was promoted to Whip- 
ple’s place. 

On the 8th of April, 1862, General Hunter, then in command 
of the Department of the South, ordered the place evacuated, 
and Colonel Bell, with seven companies, was sent to St. Au- 
gustine, Fla., to garrison that place. The three other com- 
panies, under command of Major Drew, were sent to James 
Island, 8. C., and later to Beaufort, S. C. The seven com- 
panies (my own among them) arrived at St. Augustine ere the 
middle of April. We spent the summer here in much com- 
fort, stationed in old Fort Marion, an ancient work of the 
Spanish, with curious legends of the olden times. The place 
had very little in common with the usual American town. It 
was here that an incident occurred which came near preventing 
this humble record. A group of us, nine in number, went sail- 
ing one fine day down the harbor, and after passing a pleasant 
day sailing about, visiting the old lighthouse, etc., started on 
our return to the fort in the latter part of the afternoon. 
There was a stiff breeze and our rather crazy old boat was skim- 
ming along at a good rate, when the uncalled-for nervousness 
of one of the men caused the boat to capsize and resulted in 
the drowning of three of our comrades, Libby, Lamay, ani 
Corporal Coffran. All was done that seemed possible to say: 
the lives of these men, but to no avail. From exhaustion im 
efforts to rescue the men I became close to being the fourth 
victim, but with the assistance of some of my comrades at last 


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reached the shore in safety. I will not go into further par- 
ticulars of this painful scene. Corporal Coffran was a special 
friend and I deeply mourned his untimely death. 

In September we were relieved by the Seventh New Hamp- 
shire and joined the three companies at Beaufort, 8S. C. This 
was quite a nice little city and we went into camp in its 
immediate vicinity. Gen. O. M. Mitchell, the famed astron- 
omer, was at this time the department commander, but he lived 
but a short time, being carried off by the yellow fever, I think. 
The Fourth was now brigaded with the Third New Hampshire, 
the Sixth Connecticut, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania, and Lieut. 
Guy V. Henry’s regular battery. Our regiment participated in 
the somewhat sharp battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., October 22, 
1862, between Charlestown and Savannah. The design was to 
burn the bridge at that point, but failed in its object by reason 
of the failure of the gunboats to arrive in season, and the ar- 
rival of heavy reinforcements by the enemy. As this was the 
first battle in which our regiment was properly engaged, I will 
enter somewhat into particulars. After landing from the boats 
on the Broad river, we were marched four or five miles 
towards the desired point, when we began to hear firing in 
our front. I saw some distance to the front a light battery 
handling its pieces with great rapidity, but as their shells went 
high over our heads I did not think they were of the rebel 
forces until the shells began to drop among us. I was the left 
guide of our company, and as such had to keep myself on the 
alert to maintain the proper distance, etc. While thus occu- 
pied I stepped on something and nearly fell. Glancing down, 
I saw it was the face of a dead comrade on which I trod, and 
his ghastly, freckled face haunted me for a time. We were then 
marching over the ridges of a large sweet potato field, and it 
was hard work. I remember a good share of the soldiers threw 
away almost everything they had except guns and equipments 
in order to keep in the ranks. Overcoats, blankets, etc., all 
went, for we found it was one of two things, either shed some 
of the impediments or drop out of the line to our disgrace, and 
we chose to suffer the loss of some of our worldly goods. How 


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we suffered from thirst! Only those can know who have “be 
there.” I remember we sucked mud as a sweet morsel for its 
moisture. The advance was kept up till we reached quite a 
growth of timber. With a running fight of two or three miles 
further we at last found our way hedged by a marsh, quite 
wide, and the bridge which crossed it had been destroyed,— 
fortunately for us, I guess,—for we could hear the screech of 
locomotives of the incoming trains, and soon we saw the soldiers 
in numbers sufficient to have eaten up our rather small force. 
The fight, largely artillery, was kept up until dark, when we 
started on our return towards the transports. What a mareh 
that was! We were all night long in making the eight or ten 
miles. We had to carry wounded men and dead officers in 
blankets, the stretcher corps failing to put in an appearance, 
and those not so engaged had each about four muskets for a 
load. Then we would go often but a few rods before we were 
obliged to halt, waiting for those ahead to move on. So it 
was for all the long night, with only one oasis in all the dreary 
tramp. After going perhaps two miles on our return trip, we 
were agreeably surprised to meet our “boss” company cook, 
Uncle Varnum, with his big camp kettles full of hot coffee. 
“By Jarge,” he said, “I thought some good coffee would taste 
good to the boys after their hard work.” If we could have 
made the old fellow a saint by unanimous vote, he would have 
been elected in short order. Mr. Farnum was a large and 
rather “hayseedy-looking” old fellow of fifty years or so, but 
his heart was in the right place, for I have never seen a more 
unselfish act than this, and the toil, not to mention the danger, 
was great. 

Just at daybreak we came in sight of the river and the trans- 
ports and gunboats, and they were a most welcome sight to 
us. Though our mission failed, our men had shown courage 
_ and fortitude in danger and trial. When we clambered aboard 
the boats we sought out some place large enough to lie down, 
and sleep came instantly. During this fight there were times 
when I did not seem to be much afraid, but in others I was 
“seared to death” almost, and I don’t think after this many 


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of us “spoiled for a fight,” as we had sometimes flippantly said 
or thought. 

We returned to Beaufort, S. C., and went into camp for the 
winter, spending five rather piesa months, with the holiday 


that we had a rather unpleasant experience. Our only shelter 
at this time was large pieces of sailcloth, full of holes and in 
a very dilapidated state, arranged as best we could on poles, 
with cross-pieces to support them. The ground of our camp 
was very rough, full of small hills and valleys. On the night 
alluded to a fierce rainstorm set in, with brilliant flashes of 
lightning and heavy thunder. Sometime after midnight I 
awoke with cool sensations pervading my system, to find that 
the middle portion of my body was submerged in water, the 
head and heels being on higher ground. The boys were ex- 
pressing their indignation at the condition of things in no very 
mild or pious way, for they felt it was the fault of the officers 
or somebody that we were so poorly sheltered. 

About this time I had a rather narrow escape from death 
by the stupidity of a sentinel, and, in part, by my own care- 
lessness. Sometime during the night, while in camp, the officer 
of the guard, accompanied by the sergeant and a file of men, 
make what is called the “grand rounds” to inspect the sentinels 
to see if they understand their duties. The sentry, on the ap- 
proach of any one at night, cries out, “Who comes there?” and 
in the case of the “grand rounds” the sergeant replies in those 
words, when the sentinel says, “Advance, sergeant of the 
grand rounds, and give the countersign.” This I did, at the 
point of the soldier’s bayonet. I gave him the correct word, 
but though he knew me well, he did not appear to understand, 
and without thinking of consequences I said “Bumaroofoo.” 
He “drew a bead” on me at once, but his gun missed fire, so 
my career was not cut short just then. He was a careless fel- 
low, and a little later killed one of his tent-mates by carelessly 
trying to clean his rifle while loaded. Such things are so com- 
mon in a soldier’s life as not to occasion remark only for a 
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About this time, November 5, 1862, I was made a commis- 
sioned officer, second lieutenant of Company A. I had no 
knowledge of the promotion until it was announced at dress- 
parade by the adjutant, ordering me to report for duty to 
Capt. Charles W. Sawyer. I felt surprised and not over-recon- 
ciled to this change. I disliked the idea of leaving my old 
home company, and then Captain Sawyer was about the most 
dignified and aristocratic man in the regiment, finely educated 
and from one of the best families in our state. However, to ~ 
obey orders is the thing in military life. I went down to Cap- — 
tain Sawyer’s tent the next morning in a rather nervous frame 
of mind. I said to him that I did not have anything to do 
with the arrangement. “Oh!” he said, “that’s all right, I 
wanted you,” and pulled out from its hiding-place a new sword — 
and sash and presented them to me as a token of his esteem. 
I was most agreeably surprised at this, for I had scarcely ever 
spoken to him in our year’s term of service. He was detailed — 
much of the time on court-martial duty as judge advocate, and 
was so engaged at this time, so the first heutenant, Locke, be- 
ing also on detached service, I was at once obliged to take com- 
mand of the company. I think Captain Sawyer introduced me 
to the company, drawn up in line in the company street, and 
I made a brief speech to the men to the effect that my position 
among them as an officer was not of my seeking, but that as a_ 
soldier I would try, with their assistance, to do my duty as well - 
as my ability would permit. The men appeared to receive me 
kindly and I cannot recall a single instance of discourtesy at 
their hands. 

As my promotion came as a surprise, of course I had no 
officer’s uniform, and the best I could do was to take off my 
sergeant’s chevrons and have the shoulder straps of a second 
lieutenant sewed on. This was rather an embarrassment, but 
as others were in the same fix it had to be made the best of. 
Not long after I had a good uniform made, and sent out from 
Lawrence by way of Major Drew of our regiment, who got sev- 
eral suits for our officers while on a furlough. He, having 
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competent to take our measure, and the resulting “fits” were 
very good. This “best suit” lasted me for the two years more 
I was destined to serve and was worn by me on my final return 
home after discharge. 

In the month of March following, 1863, I was commissioned 
as first lieutenant of Company E, Captain Parker, and was in 
command of some company for most of the time during the last 


two years of my service. This promotion, like the first, came © 


to me as a surprise, entirely unsought on my part and unex- 
pected. 
I will now resume the narrative of my experiences proper. 


’The spring of 1863 opened with a great expedition against 


Charleston, 8. C., the hatbed of secession and the place be- 
yond all others perhaps which the people of the North desired 
to see humiliated, if not destroyed. On the 4th of April the 
Fourth New Hampshire, in company with many other soldiers, 
embarked on transports and proceeded to Hilton Head, S. C., 
another name for Port Royal, S. C., where it was soon brigaded 
with the Third New Hampshire, half of the Seventh New 
Hampshire, and the Sixth Connecticut, under the command of 
Col. H. 8. Putnam of the Seventh New Hampshire, a brave 
and accomplished officer, soon to lay down his young life in a 
desperate attack on a stronghold of the enemy. The troops 
sailed from Hilton Head to Stone Inlet and remained on board, 
while the navy, mostly monitors, iron-clad vessels, with turrets 
for their immense guns, were to make an attack on the forts 
and batteries protecting the harbor. This attack was not a 
success so far as taking the works was concerned, some thought 
from lack of daring on the part of the naval commander in 
pushing through all obstacles, even at the risk of the loss ot 
some vessels and men. They did, however, succeed in defac- 
ing the hated Fort Sumter and in doing more or less damage 
to other forts. Owing to this “fizzle” on the part of the navy, 
the troops returned to Hilton Head on the 11th of April, 1863. 

Very soon our brigade was reorganized, this time with our 
Colonel Bell in command, consisting of the Third and Fourth 
New Hampshire, the Sixth Connecticut, and a battalion of 


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sharpshooters. I was detailed as one of the four officers in 
charge of this latter force, and continued with them until our 
object of gaining 'the possession of Morris Island was con- 
summated. So on the 18th of April we started “on to Charles- 
ton” again, this time the department being in command: of 
Gen. Q. A. Gilmore, a very able officer, especially in engineering 
matters, now to be in much demand. We arrived this time 
* at North Edisto river on the 19th of April, waiting for the 
navy until the 28th, when, for some reason, to us as Greek, 
another move was made to Stone Inlet, disembarking on the 
following day on Folly Island, immediately south of Morris 


Island and separated only by a comparatively narrow and seem-- 


ingly shallow stream. 

The brigade so lately organized was again broken up some- 
what, each organization reporting to General Vogdes, an ec- 
centric but able regular officer, whom the boys used to call 
“Old Regulations” because he was such a stickler for the en- 
forcement of the rules laid down in the big book, “United 
States Regulations,’ for the government of United States 
soldiers. He used to say at times, “Don’t I know, J made 
them” (the said regulations). Probably in the days prior to the 
war he was the head officer selected to wevise the book. He 
was a fat, chunky old chap, with a high-pitched, effeminate voice, 
whose dress was comical, as it was a mixture of his former uni- 
form as a major of artillery with his new grade of brigadier gen- 
eral of volunteers. He seemed determined to wear out some of 
his old clothes; but with all his peculiarities he was a brave and 
kind-hearted man. On this island we were encamped about 
two miles from the rebel fortifications, on the south end of Mor- 
ris Island, and for several weeks our regiment was busy in con- 
structing works on the northern extremity of the island so 
near to Morris Island, as previously described. Folly Island was 
quite heavily wooded, and the works constructed were hidden 


from the view of the “Johnnies” by a fringe of tall trees, so that — 


they had not the slightést idea of the “rod in pickle” for their 
benefit. We could see through the trees the city of Charles- 
ton, with the spires of the churches and prominent buildings, 


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and among all classes of the soldiers “curses loud and deep” 
were pronounced on the hated place, the scene of the first as- 
sault on the beloved flag of our country. 

Our pickets were only about fifty yards separated from those 
of the rebels across the little inlet, and they joked each other 
at times and would exchange coffee for tobacco, newspapers, 
ete., sent across the little stream on small boats rigged for the 
purpose. So it went on until our works were completed. 

On the morning of the 10th of July, 1863, the fringe of trees 
being suddenly cut away in front, forty-four cannon and mortars 
suddenly opened a tremendous fire on the astonished enemy, 
who seemed to have had no suspicions of our work so near to 
them. They could make but a very feeble response to this 
“hell on earth” fire of the Union forces, and fell back to their 
stronghold called Fort Wagner. Morris Island is something in 
the shape .of a long-legged boot, the toe pointing towards 
Charleston. 

Our army, being much elated over the success of this attack, 
advanced at once and made two determined assaults on Wagner, 
but its great strength was too much for us, and after heavy |. ss 
in killed and wounded this was given up for the more pio- 
longed but more certain way, by siege. Then followed, for 
long weeks, the terribly hard work of constructing the huge 
parallels and zigzags towards Wagner. No words are adequate 
to describe the toils and sufferings of our men during this ter- 
rible siege, for not only did we have to be under fire, constant 
fire day and night, but almost every man was a sufferer from 
the deadly diarrhoea, which had its victims by the thousands. 

In the earlier part of the siege I did duty with my company, 
but in the last few weeks was with the sharpshooters. Our 
general orders were to pick off the gunners of Fort Wagner or 
keep them from using their guns against us as we steadily ap- 
proached their strong work by our digging process. At last 
we got so near this formidable place, whose high earthwall tow- 
ered above us, that we were subjected to the delights(?) of 
hand grenades and small shells from what are called “cohorn” 
mortars, a small affair arranged so that two men can move it 


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about at will, and a few spoonfuls of powder will send one of 
the shells from four to six inches in diameter outside the walls 
to fall among the invaders, and with the powerful explosion 
of which much damage is liable to occur. The worst feature 
of this kind of warfare we found to be that the small amount 
of powder used made so slight a report that we had to watch 
for them rather than trust to the warning “boom” of the com- 
mon piece. We became rather indifferent to all kinds of 
dangers in these days, whether seen or unseen. We were at 
all times so much subjected to the roar of guns, some of im- | 
mense size, so that we could see the great projectiles as they 
blew on their mission of destruction, to those others, even more 
to be feared, the smaller Whitworth rifles, which the boys named 
“lighting train,’ which carried their auger-shaped projectiles 
with such an extreme velocity that dodging was no good. 

I remember one night of returning from the front where I 
had been in charge of a working party putting in some kind of 
obstruction to prevent the rebels charging on our more exposed 
men, and feeling poorly from a headache (all of us were more 
or less ailing), I said to a sergeant, “You take the men on 
a double quick and I’ll come on as best I can; I don’t feel 
equal to a run.” Off they went and I proceeded in a leisurely 
way to the beach, almost as smooth and nice as a fine floor. It 
was low tide and so I went close to the water’s edge. The 
gentle murmur of the tiny waves seemed to have a soothing 
effect on my aching head. All of a sudden I pitched headlong 
on the sand, my hat flying away some distance. I thought it 
very strange that I should fall thus on a perfectly smooth beach, 
and looked to see if there was any kind of obstruction on which 
I could have stubbed my toe. There was not a thing to be 
seen, and just then I heard the “cackling” of some colored 
soldiers in a nearby trench, and found that one of the “whiz- 
zers” had just been along, striking the bank and throwing the | 
sand over them. This explained my fall. The shot went so 
near me that the concussion of the air did the business and 
explained the mystery. It was not very unfrequent that men 
were killed in this way, leaving no visible mark on the body. 





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While connected with the sharpshooters I had many and vari- 
ous experiences and among them will mention a few. Not the 
least in interest were the exploits of one of the confederates, 
a remarkable marksman, located somewhere about Fort Wag- 
ner. For some reason this man went by the name of the “nig- 
ger’ sharpshooter. It may be he was one, but I always sus- 
pected that he might be a dark-skinned southerner or perhaps a 
mulatto. This man was more to be dreaded than almost 
everything else opposed to us, for his aim seemed as unerring 
as fate, anywhere within the range of his rifle. His arm must 
have been some kind of heavy sporting rifle, as it was of quite 
large caliber and of astonishing range. He could hit the arms 
of cannoneers a half mile or more distant if they exposed them 
in loading their pieces, and if any poor soldier exposed himself 
at any exposed point, certain death was his portion if the “nig- 
ger” was on duty. I will give the substance of an article writ- 
ten many years ago for the Washington Tribune of one inci- 
dent in particular. One morning soon after we had reached the 
front and I had stationed my sharpshooters (about thirty of 
them usually), I noticed one of them, a mere boy, perhaps 
seventeen, who was loading his rifle in a seeming hurry. In 
answer to my query as to his rush, he replied, “I seen the nig- 
ger and want to get a shot at him.” I cautioned him to be 
very careful and to keep his head away from the little “port- 
hole” through which he was to fire after getting his shot. 
Turning away from him, I had gone but a few steps when I 
heard the report of his rifle and, turning to see, saw him in 
his great interest, unheeding my caution, place his eye to the 
hole. At the same instant the peculiar report of the rebel 
marksman reached me and the poor western boy fell dead, with 
a bullet through his brain. 

On the following 7th of September our army was prepared 
to make another grand assault on this great fort, but it was 
discovered that on the previous night the enemy had gotten 
away, leaving very few behind. There were a small number 
in the fort, and among them two or three colored men. On 
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several narrow escapes from enraged soldiers, who thought one 
of them might be the “nigger” sharpshooter who had killed 
some soldier friend. As the incident occurred during the 
progress of this famous siege I will insert here a piece I wrote 
many years after the close of the war and published in the La- 
conia Democrat. It was entitled “A Race for Life,” a war in- 
cident. 

As a boy, it used to greatly interest me to hear my father 
and- others tell how grandfather fought at Bunker Hill in the 
war of “76, and how at one time he narrowly escaped capture 
at the hands of a British soldier. And I well remember the 
feeling of awe, mingled with admiration, as I once had the 
privilege of conversing with one of the soldiers of that war, 
then ninety-seven years of age; and though the old veteran was 
then an inmate of a poorhouse, no other man I ever saw filled 
my soul with such emotions of veneration and respect. I did 
not then dream that in a few years I should be a soldier myself, 
but such was the fact. 

Perhaps some little fellow who likes to hear war stories 
may be interested in hearing about an incident of the war of 
61. During the memorable siege and capture of Morris Island, 
S. C., in Charleston Harbor in the summer of 1863 there were 
many thrilling incidents in the experiences of the Union 
soldiers. If there ever was a place to try men’s souls, and bodies 
as well, this must have been one. To give the reader some 
idea of our situation, I will say that in that part of the island 
where it became necessary to make the siege works (which are 
nothing more than zigzag trenches dug in the sand, the banks 
high enough to protect the men to some extent), the island 
is but a few rods in width and only a foot or two above the 
water at high tide. Directly in our front, extending the full 
width of the island at that point, was Fort Wagner, a very 
strong earthwork, which our forces had tried to capture a short 
time before by an assault or charge, which was a disaster, our 
forces being repulsed with heavy loss. Among those killed 
was the brave and accomplished Col. H. 8. Putnam of the 
Seventh New Hampshire. Fort Wagner was garrisoned with a 





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strong force of men, armed with many heavy siege guns, rifled 
cannon, etc., and also a colored sharpshooter who was a dead 
shot within the distance of half a mile. Beyond Wagner were 
other strong batteries on the point of the island nearest the 
city. Perhaps a quarter of a mile distant Fort Sumter seemed 
to rise from the water. A little to the right, as we stood 
facing the enemy, and across the bay, stood Fort Pickens of 
Revolutionary days. On our left and near the city was James 
Island, running parallel with Morris Island, and having a num- 
ber of batteries or forts armed with heavy guns. Then di- 
_ rectly in our rear were our own heavy siege guns and field ar- 
tillery, throwing shot and shell over our heads and not infre- 
quently falling short and killing and wounding our own men. 
Added to these were our wooden gunboats and ironclads, who 
_ were quite anxious to take a hand in the fray. The wooden gun- 
boats had a wholesome regard for the enemy’s rifled guns in 
the forts and kept proper distance, but at times they would 
blaze away and hit as nearly as often as the rebels. It will be 
seen from this statement of our position that considerable fir- 
ing was kept up at night as well as during the day; that our 
men at the extreme front were in a warm place. As I write a 
swarm of recollections come to mind,—but to the incident with- 
out further preliminaries. 

Near the close of the siege the writer, with about fifty men, 
was detailed to do a certain job at our extreme front. The 
work was the digging of a new trench or zigzag in extending 
our works towards the enemy. ‘This labor had to be done with 
the utmost quiet, conversation above a whisper being strictly 
prohibited. From overwork and consequent exhaustion it was 
very difficult to keep the men at work or even awake, though 


‘«The whizzing grape and bursting shell, 
And scenes that mimic the scenes of hell,”’ 


were being enacted all about them. My orders were, after com- 
pleting our task to march the men at “double quick” to a place 
of comparative safety near the lower end of the island not far 
distant from our camp. This order was on account of the fre- 


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quent firmg of an English rifle which raked the beach, and 
which the boys called the “hghtning train.” Having a severe 
headache and not feeling equal to a long run, I directed a ser- 
geant to take charge of the men and proceed at “double quick” 
to the rear, saying that I would follow as I felt able. I walked 
leisurely along on the beautiful beach towards camp with very 
little thought of danger. The peculiar roar of a ten-inch mor- — 
tar on James Island arrested my attention, and looking in that 
direction I saw a shell rising into the sky, the blazing fuse mak- 
ing it appear much like a rocket, and of course it could easily 
be followed by the eye. Knowing that this gun generally direct- 
ed its missiles to points nearer the front than where I then was, 
I paid little attention to it for some seconds, then, glancing up- — 
wards, I saw it had reached its highest altitude and had begun 
its downward course. From considerable experience with these — 
things, I thought I could tell pretty nearly where the shell 
would fall, if it did not previously explode, and with this thought 
in mind, carefully noticed its general direction and probable 
destination, and speedily arrived at the conclusion that its — 
objective point was the precise place my person then occupied. 
To think and act at such times is not a slow process, and it 
seemed to me that for about fifty yards I flew through the air; — 
looking up I saw to my horror that instead of running away 
from the terrible engine of destruction, I had placed myself di- 
rectly in its pathway, for it did not appear to be more than two 
hundred feet distant with its fearful spitting of fire and terrify- 
ing noise. Dropping to the sand it seemed as though I shrank 
to the size of a man’s head, and incredible as it may seem to 
one unused to such an experience, I had ample time to review 
my life, offer a prayer, and wait for further developments. At 
last, with a deafening report, the shell exploded, apparently but 
little above my head, and its fragments fell all about me. I 
thought of the game of boyhood when we used to say, “What 
goes up must come down, etc.,” and expected a fragment might 
yet fall on my head. After waiting until I could hear no more 
pieces falling, I rose to my feet and felt grateful to a kind Provi- 
dence that I was alive and unharmed. This was not the first or 





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last time by any means that I got terribly scared during my ser- 
vice as a soldier, but I then and there resolved that never 
again would I run a race with a bombshell. 

One more incident from the same source, relating to the same 
days, will, J think, about fill this volume. ‘Two days before the 


_ evacuation of Fort Wagner by the Confederates, at about 3 4. M., 


I was sent to the front in charge of about thirty men of the 


_ corps of sharpshooters. On the evening before, our forces had 


made a charge and captured the last of the rifle-pits held by the 
enemy. It became my duty, as I thought, to explore these 
works, to discover if my men could be advantageously posted for 
their special duty in this recent acquisition. In the dim light 
of the early morning. I discovered the rifle-pit was a small 
affair of its kind, not over three feet in height at any point, and 
I feared if the men were stationed there that they could be 
seen by the rebels from the heights of the fort, and picked off 
by their sharpshooters. Taking off my equipments so that I 
would be unhampered in my proposed expedition, I crept cau- 
tiously forward and entered the nearest part of the pit, and 


moving carefully along on my hands and knees, noting all the 


points, when I found in my pathway what looked to be a com- 
mon nail keg, and was about to toss it aside when I noticed 
something projecting from the top, about midway, and an in- 
ward voice seemed to say, “Look out.” Scrutinizing the thing 
carefully, I soon saw it was a “torpedo,” with all the necessary 


fixings to cause an explosion upon the slightest disturbance, and 
_ with sufficient force to blow a company of men to “smithereens.” 


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Feeling relieved that I had not meddled with the innocent 
looking article, I went no farther in that direction, but my eyes 
were “peeled” for anything more in the same line, and I saw 
that the heavy rain of the evening before had uncovered a verit- 


_ able nest of these “dragons’ eggs,’ for I could count several 


quite nearby partially uncovered by the rain, and thought the 
sooner I got out of that place, the better. Turning around 
to retrace my way, I was startled at the sight of a nude man of 
large size, lying face downward. Thinking this strange, 1 gave 
him a careful inspection; he was so near to me that I could have 


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touched him with my hand. Soon it became evident that this 
was a plot, for I saw he was attached to a large torpedo by 
strings, connected with the “cap.” The man’s stomach and 
bowels rested on the top of the “infernal machine,” and it must 
have been a well (or ill for us) contrived trap for our destruction. 
Determined to return at once and report the state of things, I 
crawled back, noting on my way fifteen torpedoes. With this 
budget of information, after returning, I hastened at once to the 
officer in charge of our forces that day; he was Major Randlett 
of the Third New Hampshire, a pompous little man, feeling - 
elated seemingly over his recent promotion to that grade. After 
hearing my story with ill concealed incredulity, he remarked 
that he couldn’t think the enemy would resort to such fiendish 
plots. I said to him, “Go out there, Major, and see how it is,” 
and he finally did. Coming back, he was very much moved, 
and denounced this system of warfare in strong terms. On the 
following night we carefully separated the dead man from his 
curious attachments, and buried him, as well as removing all the 
torpedoes we could find, some accidents occurring in the work. 
Sergeant Mack of Company A, a fine soldier, lost his life in this 
manner. Harper's Weekly gave a very clear and correct series 
of illustrations from the drawings and reports at the time, and 
the incident no doubt caused much talk. Our chief diversion 
during this famous siege, was the shelling of the hated city, 
and though this was at quite “long range” it was nevertheless ac- 
complished, so far as the lower end of the town was concerned, 
with much effect and to the great discomfort of the residents. 
Many experiments were tried, and with varying success in this 
line. Probably our most famous exploit in this direction was 
‘the noted “Swamp Angel” battery. This unique little redoubt 
was made far out in the wide marsh separating us from the 
city, and was our nearest point of attack. ‘The approach to this 
place was over a very flimsy sort of footbridge, only a couple or 
so planks wide, and at times somewhat covered with water. As 
our time to go there was in the darkness of night, it was often 
very precarious footing. Here, after infinite pains and labor, 
had been built up a mound, with earth embankment sufficient 





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to mount a two-hundred-pound rifle, capable of sending a pro- 
_jectile far within the city limits. At every discharge of the big 
gun, the little artificial island which had been made for the 
purpose would shake and settle more or less. After a while 
this gun burst, and I think one or two more were tried. It was 
found that thirty-two pounders were less likely to burst and this 
size was mostly used. In still nights we could often hear the 
jingle of firebells in the city, resulting from our shells, which 
were kept up at night as well as day, and these alarms were 
relished by our soldiers as a result they richly deserved. 

While the memories of the war are many of them of a pain- 
ful nature, yet if I am to give a true account of the scenes wit- 
nessed, they must be noticed as among the terrible incidents 
of war. I remember one awful day near the close of the siege of 
Morris Island in the fall of 1863. With my little band of 
sharpshooters, I had gone to the front in the early morning and 

the men had been stationed along the rifle-pits and the heavy 
line of the regular siege works, which were strong embankments 
from six to eight feet in height at some points. On the morn- 
ing indicated I was sitting in the rear of one point in our line 
and conversing with Corporal Gilpatrick, a fine soldier belong- 
ing to my regiment, who had with considerable pains fixed up 
a place something in the form of a chair well up on the side 
of the strong embankment. I was congratulating him on the 
fine position he had selected when I was almost stunned, as well 
as covered with a cloud of sand. As soon as I could fairly see, 
I saw at my feet the body of the poor corporal, both legs cut off 
close to the body by a ten-inch shell from a fort on Johnson’s 
“Island near the city. To my surprise, I found the poor man 
was still alive, and as soon as I had brushed the sand off his face 
and eyes, he spoke to me. Until he spoke, there was scarcely 
any bleeding from the stumps, but then the action of the heart 
threw out jets of blood from the arteries, and he appealed to me 
to try to stop it. I tried to do so with tourniquets, but owing to 
the extreme shortness of the stumps could not make them hold. 
He said to me, “I can’t live, can 1?” and saying I feared not but 
for a short time, he asked me to haye him removed to the rear. 


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A few of the men, placing the legless body in a blanket, carried 
him away; he only survived a very few minutes. -Thus died a 
fine soldier, and the only one, I think, besides myself, in the corps 
from our regiment. I started at once after his removal to go 
a little way down the trench to bathe my hands in a small pool, 
and when nearing the place saw a commotion in a group of men 
but a few rods distant, and on reaching the spot learned that 
another shell from the same gun had exploded right in the midst 
of a group of soldiers of the Highty-fifth Pennsylvania, and lit- 
erally blew to atoms about a half-dozen of them. Such scenes 
as these of course are too common in the active life of a soldier 
to be long thought of, but coming so close together on this fatal 
morning made a lasting impression on my mind. 

After the complete capture of the island our duties were less” 
arduous, our time being spent in rebuilding the forts, and in 
shelling the crty and surrounding forts. Sumter had long been 
reduced to a mere heap of rubbish without form or comeliness. 
Like almost every other soldier at this time and place, I found 
myself weak and ailing after the excitement of the siege and 
long continued bombardment were over. One day Dr. Dear- 
born, one of our surgeons, said to me, “Jewett, you are sick.” 
I said to him I was not in very good shape, and after examin- 
ing me a bit he said: “You have intermittent fever and chronic 
diarrhoea, and unless you get out of this region, you will not be 
here long.” I said, “Doctor, I can’t get away,” knowing how 
hard it was either for an officer or soldier to get a leave of ab- 
sence on account of sickness, but at his direction, I did try, but 
my application was returned “disapproved” a week or two later. 
The cooler weather and medicine probably had in the meantime 
improved my health so much that I determined never to again 
try this experiment, but live if I could till my three years were 
out. 

The 11th of February, 1864, our regiment was ordered to 
Beaufort, S. C., where we went into camp doing garrison duty. 
At about this time a large number of the enlisted men reén~ 
listed for another three years, or during the war; three hundred 
or more of them enlisted in the course of a week, a great in- 





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_ ducement to this being a “thirty days’ furlough” at once granted 

to them. Not being one of those inclined to ask many favors 
I was not selected as one of the officers to accompany the men 
to New Hampshire, and so remained with the remnant at the 
front. The total number of our men reénlisting was three hun- 
dred eighty-eight, more than any other New Hampshire regi- 
ment. After one or two short expeditions of no special mo- 
ment, and the return of the furloughed men from New Hamp- 
shire, the regiment left on April 12 for Fort Monroe, Va., and 
eventually went to “Bermuda Hundred” on the James river, 
near Richmond, the goal so long desired to be reached by our 
armies. From this point advances were made on Petersburg and 
Richmond and many were the skirmishes and minor actions of 
the next few months, the precise dates of which I do not remem- 
ber and have no data at hand to refresh my memory. 

On the 16th of May the regiment was engaged in the battle of 
Drewry’s Bluff, close to Richmond, losing quite heavily in men 
and officers, Major Sawyer, my old captain, being mortally 
wounded, and Lieutenant Hutchinson of my company killed. 
This action was rather of the nature of a disaster, showing Gen- 
eral Butler not to be a good man to direct in action. While at 
Bermuda Hundred, near this time, I was engaged in an action 
which I distinctly remember for several reasons. On the evening 
preceding I had been detailed to command about one hundred 
fifty men to go on picket duty, and our position was only a mile 
or so distant from our camp. We proceeded at once to our desti- 
nation. The officer in charge of the line informed me that there 
was an ugly feeling existing between the enemy’s pickets and 
our own, and that there was frequent firing, giving me special 
directions as to my being careful. I found our position was 
nearly confined to quite a dense growth of wood, with a heavy 
‘underbrush at some points. As my line was quite extended and 
difficult to explore in the darkness, after the men were duly 
posted and instructed as to their duties, I stationed one officer 
at the extreme left, another at the centre, and took my posi- 
tion at the extreme right, where there were two or three posts 
or stations in the open field. ‘These last named posts were what 


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the men called “gopher holes,” being simply holes dug in the 
ground, the earth thrown up in front to form a small breastwork 
for our protection. We had scarcely taken up our positions, just 
at sunset, when the rebels began their peculiar whine, some- 
thing like an immense number of big cats, and we thought this 
meant an immediate charge on our lines, but it finally died 
down, and the night passed without special incident. We 
counted on “catching it” in ithe morning, and were not disap- 
pointed, for almost as soon as the streaks of light began to ap- 
pear in the east, the cat calling began. I had but little if any- 
thing to eat the night before, and “Isaac,” my big colored “man 
Friday,” having a very well marked dislike of getting too near 
his former friends (?) and their polite compliments, had not 
yet put in an appearance with anything to eat, so I was not 
feeling over well to engage in any sort of business. Very soon 
we saw a strong line of skirmishers advancing from the woods 
some two hundred yards in our front, and some of the men in 
my pit began to “draw a bead” on the foe, but cautioning them 
to hold their fire till the “Johnnies” got much nearer, they did 
so. I felt sure we could send them back, for on our right in 
the open field we had a continuous rifle-pit fully manned, and I 
thought a skirmish line, however brave, could not contend with 
their fire. Not hearing from these allies, I glanced round and 
saw them far to the rear running like a lot of curs without as 
much as firing a gun. This, of course, made our position unten- 
able, and I saw we must fall back or be prisoners very soon, and 
telling the men to go for a little wooded hill in our rear, we ran 
for our lives. I had read more or less during the war about our 
soldiers getting in a panic and now I began to realize as never 
before, or after, what the word stood for. Every step to the 
rear seemed to cause the oozing of my little stock of courage, 
and on this retreat of ten rods or more I expected every in- 
stant to feel a bullet enter my “backsides,” and I thought this 
will sound nice at home. But I reached the woods without 
harm and got behind a tree, crying like a baby, too, no one 
being in my sight. I had not so much pluck left, it seemed 
to me, as a chicken, to say nothing of a hen. 





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Well, the fight went on, our artillery taking a hand and scat- 
tering the enemy, and so I got through the day in some way, 
but it took a night’s sleep to bring my tone up to a fair level. 
I realized after this day’s experience that, as some good brother 
has said, “We are all poor human creeters.” 

We were engaged in quite a number of minor engagements 
during the spring and early summer of 1864, and tost many 
good men, a few at a time, but in the aggregate a large number. 
The duty was heavy and constant. 

I will incorporate here the chief points in an article written 
for the T’ribune, some parts of which occurred during these days 
and having a special bearing on the colored troops. For the 
first year or two after the war began there was much prejudice 
and opposition to the use of colored men as soldiers, and it 
was only after the dark days came when anything in the shape 
of men was acceptable to stop bullets. It was my fortune to 
be a witness of the first efforts in the way of trying to utilize 
negroes as soldiers. General Hunter, the commander of the 
Department of the South in its early days, was a “crank,” many 
thought, in his zeal in the use of colored men, and it was only 
after being sat upon pretty severely by the war department that 
Colonel Higginson, of literary fame, was allowed to organize the 
First South Carolina Infantry. In company with several com- 
rades I visited this regiment soon after they went into camp. 
As we came near we saw them on guard in large num- 
bers, and the way they held their muskets was anything but 
the manner laid down in the books, some having the butts 
elevated where the bayonets should be. When we approached 
their line, instead of making any objection to our entrance to 
their camp, they exhibited a cringing sort of spirit, so common 
among slaves. After inspecting the camp and men we came 
away with our opinions fully made up that these men could 
never be made soldiers, that is, of any earthly use as such. Not 
much over a year later we saw the same regiment at drill, and 
it was decidedly the best drilled set of men we saw while in the 
service; and they could not only drill finely but could fight as 
well. 


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In the first advance on Petersburg, Va., in June, 1864, we 
were marching along in no immediate anticipation of meeting — 
the enemy, when a sharp firing in our front, with the boom of 
cannon, demanded our attention. We hurried forward and soon 
came to quite a large group of black soldiers having a great time 
of rejoicing over a bright new howitzer that shone in the sun 
like gold. + It seemed these men were in the advance of all, and 
when they came up with the rebels they went for them, “ham- 
mer and tongs,” and though some of their numbers were lying 
around in their last sleep, they had won the victory and had 
something to show for it. 

A little later, on the same expedition, after the capture of — 
the outer line of works surrounding Petersburg, we saw another 
exhibition of the valor of colored men. Away to our front, on 
quite a hill, the rebels had a small fort with a few guns, which 
they were using to our discomfort. Between us and this fort 
ran a deep, wooded ravine. The colored soldiers were ordered 
to charge and capture this work if possible. Away they went 
and were soon out of sight, only to emerge a few minutes later, 
scrambling up the hill towards the fort, every man apparently 
on his own hook. ‘he fort very soon ceased its firing and the 
cheers of ‘the black men could be heard. 

Our regiment being ordered up to support them if necessary, 
we were soon on the ground. In the midst of the little fort I 
saw a large Confederate officer lying dead and seyeral colored 
soldiers lying still near him. Evidently he refused to surrender 
to them and was shot, not before slaying all he could of them. 

One more incident relating to colored soldiers. In the early 
days of August, ’64, while our regiment was on the north side of 
the James river, Genes Grant, Meade, and others of high rank 
were sitting on their horses near us. I heard Grant say to 
an officer near him, “What is there in that direction?” No one — 
seeming to know, we very soon received an order to move to 
the front and find out, one half the regiment advancing as 
skirmishers, the rest following close at hand as a support. We 
had only gone a short way when pop! pop! began the firing, 
soon increasing to a respectable roar of musketry, all ceasing 








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abruptly as a powerful cheer reached us. At the same time we 
saw our men running in our direction, as though some fiend 
were at their heels. It was soon explained. ‘Phere was a 
strong colored regiment “out there,” where the general pointed, 
and our men, supposing them to be enemies, opened fire on 
them at once. The officer of the colored troops suspected the 
true state of affairs and to bring matters to a head at once 
ordered a charge, when the mistake was soon apparent. It was 
the cheer of the black fellows which we heard, and it had a 
strong tendency to cause creepy feelings in the region of our 
spinal column. We were willing, at least after this brush, to 
admit that a thousand well-drilled and armed darkies were not 
to be despised. I think our loss was one officer, Lieutenant 


Wentworth, a fine young man, while our men, owing to being 


veteran marksmen, killed about twenty of them and wounded 
many others. 

I see by reading over these rapidly penned notes that I have 
rather “got before my story,” that is, I have written about some 
occurrences before others which should have preceded them. 

On the 28th of May, ’64, we left Bermuda Hundred in trans- 
ports, under command of Gen. W. F. (“Baldy”) Smith, to report 
to General Meade of the Army of the Potomac, arriving at 
White House Landing on the Panumky river soon after. We 
were soon hurried forward to Cold Harbor, where already (June 
3) the terrible charges had been made to capture the strong 
works of the rebels. These assaults of ours had been followed 
by countercharges of the enemy, on both sides without success, 
save in the immense slaughter of men, which scarcely had a 
parallel during the war. 

Our march from White House to Cold Harbor was one of the 
hardest it was ever my lot to endure. We started about dark. 
I had command of the leading company, as we stood faced by 
the right flank, so that on the march I was close to the colonel, 
who, of course, was mounted, and his horse was my guiding star 
in the tedious march. I do not know the distance from White 
House to Cold Harbor, but I know it was close to daylight ere 


we were halted. I know I had scarcely any men of my com- 


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pany left, for they had fallen out by the wayside from exhaus- 
tion, and when the colonel (Bell) said, “Halt!” I fell to the 
ground as though shot, and was unconscious in sleep. Very 
soon, however, I was aroused by the falsetto voice of the colonel, 
saying, “Mr. Jewett, Mr. Jewett,” and, rising to my feet, he 
said, “We are in close proximity to the enemy,” pointing out 
a dimly defined line in the uncertain light. 

He directed us to try and throw up such a line of defense as 
we could, but all the tools we had were the bayonets of the men, 
aided to some extent by tin plates and dippers in lieu of shovels. 
We managed by dint of hard-work to dig a slight trench, so that 
by lying flat we could be somewhat protected. When darkness — 
came on again our working utensils had arrived and we soon had — 
a strong rifle-pit thrown up in our front. 

The right of my line ran close to a swamp, supposed to be 
practically a bar to the advance of the enemy from that di- 
rection, but the colonel was fearful lest they might turn our 
flank just here, so a night or two later he called to me and gave 
special directions that on the approaching night I must keep my 
men constantly on the alert. Of course I did as directed, and 
sure enough at about midnight the “Johnnies” made an attack 
on my special front. As my men were wide awake, and one © 
rank on their feet with guns all ready, we poured in a hot fire 
at once. Very soon the fire became general all along the line, 
artillery joining in as the bass to the roar of musketry. It was 
a fine display of fireworks, surely, though I do not think there 
' was much loss on either side in killed or wounded. 

I had one rather amusing incident connected with this affair. — 
Among a lot of recruits we had received not long before was 
an Irishman by the name of Callahan. He was an old chap, 
probably near sixty, of a very slouchy physical make-up, and 
used to make me think of “Falstaff” as pictured by the im- 
mortal William. Well, after the firing got well to going on the 
night aforesaid, I was walking back and forth in the rear of 
my men, and in one of my tramps stepped on a man. Feel- 
ing sorry that one of my poor fellows had been knocked out, 
I stooped to try and find out who it was and though dark I soon 








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concluded it must be my Milesian friend. However, owing to 
the hubbub going on, I could not make out whether he was 
badly wounded or not. In the morning I did not see him, and 
upon inquiry learned he had disappeared soon after daybreak, 
and, further, that he was not wounded. Knowing from the re- 
marks made that the men considered him an arrant coward, I 
instructed the first sergeant to keep him for me to interview 
when he next put in an appearance. A few days later he came 
round, and IJ had a close talk with him, asking him among 
other questions why, with his evident shrinking from posts of 
danger, he enlisted. He replied, “I never ’listed.” TI said, 
“How is that?” He then told the following story, which I 
doubt not was substantially correct. He said, “I’m not a poor 
_ man, but hearing a good deal about the new country, I thought 
I would come over and see it.” Landing at New York, he was 
surprised at the cordiality of the men he met near the land- 
ing. Nearly everyone he met asked him to “take something,” 
and he thought he never saw such nice people. Poor man, 
he little realized that he had fallen among the “man stealers,” 
who would soon dispose of him to the highest bidder. He 
finally lost consciousness, and on awaking some time the next 
day he found himself in a large room with other men, “and 
with these on me,” said he, pointing to his blue uniform. He 
tried to leave the room, when, as he said, a man “p’inted a bay’- 
net at me and said, ‘Halt’,’ and in answer to his question why, 
he informed him he was “a soldier.” So the poor old chap was 
“mn for it,’ whether or no. I pitied the old man, and after this 
he was kept while he remained with us as a hewer of wood, 
ete. 

I was somewhat surprised sometime later when he brought 
- to me a large official letter from Lord Lyons, the English min- 
ister, to the effect that his case would be considered in due 
time. I have given some space to this case to show one of 
_ the abuses of war times. In the last two years of the. war 
“land sharks” were plenty. They would get men drunk if pos- 
_ sible and then sell them to parties anxious to fill their “quota” 
- to save a “draft.” Sometimes towns paid as much as two or 


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three thousand dollars each for men, thus placing a great 
temptation in the way of unprincipled men. 

I see by reading this over that the “amusing” part has been 
mostly left out, caused probably by the chatter going on near ~ 
me, so I will try and give the point that amused me at the time. 
Mr. Callahan on his return from his absence mentioned claimed 
to be “awfully sick,” and when asked to locate his ailment he — 
covered with his big hands a large share of his body, and in 
derision I called over all the diseases I could think of, and 
the old fellow had them all. This to me, taken with his ex- 
ceedingly dejected look and slouchy get-up, was comical. 

We remained eight days in the works at Cold Harbor, and the 
duty was hard and dangerous. Looking at this series of actions: 
at the time, it seemed almost like butchery to kill so many 
men, but General Grant’s idea was that Lee’s army must be 
destroyed, and this could not be done except by hard fighting. 
We could afford the loss of men much better than the Con- 
federates by reason of having so many more in reserve; still the 
slaughter of such large numbers of the very flower of our 
countrymen was a terrible price to pay. 

We returned to Bermuda Hundred June 12, 1864. The 
capture of the outer line of the rebel works in front of Peters- 
burg was one of the prettiest things of its kind I witnessed 
during the war. It was somewhat past the middle of the day — 
when our army, under Gen. “Baldy” Smith, arrived in front of 
their position. We were mostly screened from their view by — 
quite a ridge of land, with quite a growth of trees. The rebel 
works consisted of small forts or redoubts, with a few pieces — 
of artillery in each and connected by rifle-pits. 

Late in the afternoon we could hear the choppers at work 
cutting the trees, and soon after we were ordered forward in 
line of battle. Just then the trees fell. Our artillery opened 
on the rebels sharply, and we rushed forward at once, captur- 
ing several hundred prisoners and quite a number of field pieces. 
We lost very few men in this action. General Smith strongly 
complimented the troops, and General Grant soon rode up. 
I heard General Grant say to Smith, “This is a stronger posi- 
tion than that at Mission Ridge.” 





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Speaking of General Grant, I observed his appearance on 


several occasions and especially noted the lack of pretension 


in his general bearing and lack of what is often called in the 
army “fuss and feathers.” | We never had a brigade com- 
mander but put on many more airs than did Grant. He was 
about forty years of age at this time and rather thin in flesh, 
having a settled look of seriousness on his face and evidently 
feeling the great responsibility resting upon him. 

General Meade, the few times I saw him, had the appear- 
ance of a wearied and broken old man, not in good health. 


He was gray and stoop-shouldered and, as the event proved, 


was not to live long after the close of the terrible struggle. He 
was undoubtedly an able general, and did his part well, espe- 
cially in the great battle of Gettysburg. 

The war period was a great time to test men and bring their 
points, good or bad, to the surface. Some men of former ex- 
cellent character and advantages in the way of education 
seemed to break down under the strain and temptations by 
which they were surrounded and go to pieces, morally and 
otherwise, while others entering the service practically mere 
wrecks of men braced up, perhaps by necessity, and became 
excellent soldiers. 

I will mention a few instances of peculiar men coming under 
my own personal observation. In our regiment we had a vari- 
ety of talent among the officers, first and last. 1 will mention 
one only. This was Capt. Isaac W. Hobbs of Great Falls, N. H. 
He was a first lieutenant at the time we left the state, and con- 
tinued in that rank till promoted to captain of Company A. 
He was a remarkable man in many respects, an uncommonly 


‘acute man as a scholar, a graduate of high rank of Dartmouth 


College, his family being noted for scholarly ability. In 
the early days of our term of service I was frequently on duty 
with him. Somehow I felt rather drawn towards this strange 
man, and he soon seemed to reciprocate my regard and used to 
talk considerably with me on our tours of duty together. 
After my promotion to be a commissioned officer our intimacy 
became still closer, and though I was much the younger, prac- 
tically a boy, we had frequent “confabs” together. 


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While stationed at St. Augustine, Fla., he found some of thé 
citizens there were of Spanish descent, and he turned his strong 
mind to the acquiring of this language, mastering it in a com- 
paratively short time. For some reason, possibly for his some- 
what independent spirit, he was not a favorite with our colonel, 
and so he was not promoted in his turn, but others inferior in 
rank were promoted over him. This fact I have no doubt was 
a sore spot with him, and the abuse rankled in his soul. In the 
last year of his service he was made captain, but this, com- 
ing late, did not seem to heal fully his irritated feelings. 

A few months before our term expired it was announced that — 
General Hancock was to have a special “gilt-edged” corps made 
up for him out of the cream of the army, the officers of which 
were to be selected by a board of regular officers selected for 
the purpose and stationed at Washington. Captain Hobbs, 
without saying much about it, “read up,” and in due time went 
before this board and stood the severe ordeal. Every question 
propounded to him was satisfactorily answered, and the officers 
complimented him as passing the best examination of any man 
who had appeared before them, and that he was competent for 
any grade of office in the army. However, the highest place 
then open to him was that of captain. This was given him and 
he was ordered to report to his regiment for duty, where he 
served until long after the war was over. 

Another strange character occurs to me just now. One day 
while we were drawn up in line in front of Petersburg, await- 
ing an order to go somewhere to us unknown, I noticed an 
officer on a white horse, in a full and showy uniform, riding 
in a direct line towards the rebel rifle-pits, and calling the boys’ 
attention to him we watched with exceeding interest his strange 
conduct. We could not understand for a time what he in- 
tended to do. Some thought he meant to desert, but soon it 
became evident what his purpose was, for, proceeding in a 
leisurely way in a “bee line” towards the enemy’s works, they 
meanwhile standing agape watching his course as well as we, 
this strange man appeared to be closely scanning their works, 
turning his head in various directions. At last he changed di- 





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rection and started to ride parallel to their line, when his ob- 
ject became evident, which was to reconnoiter and report later 
as to the position and strength of the place. At once the rebels 
opened fire upon him, and the smoke and dust concealed him 
for a time from our view, but soon he came in sight again, 
and, seeming to be satisfied with his “inspection, came slowly 
back to our lines, to all appearances unharmed. 

We learned later that he was a volunteer aid on the staff 
of Gen. “Baldy” Smith, that he was formerly a surgeon in the 
regular army, losing his position on account of his intemperate 
habits, and now he seemed to be seeking death, which we heard 
he found a little later in his reckless exposure of his person 
to the enemy. 

Still another strange and remarkable character comes up 
before me, his thick-set, sturdy form resembling the pictures 
of Miles Standish as given in the old paintings of that worthy 
Pilgrim, though in Colonel Zent’s case he resembled General 
Logan in his profuse black hair and heavy mustache. Colonel 
Zent belonged to the Thirteenth Indiana Infantry, a regiment 
which seemed to have the most deadly hatred of rebels and 
everything pertaining to them of any organization I saw dur- 
ing the war. Colonel Zent was always open for an engagement 
when any specially hazardous work was on foot, and it was said 
he had a standing request on file at the general’s headquarters 
that in desperate cases and in forlorn hopes he wished to com- 
mand the forces, and his desire was gratified. 

Knowing him quite well—he was very commonplace and easy 

to approach—I said to him one day, “Colonel, you seem anxious 
to ‘shuffle off this mortal coil’ by the way you seek posts of 
_extreme danger.” He laughed and replied with some strong 
words that “the rebels had not run any bullet for him, and 
that they would n’t either.” He seemed to bear a charmed life 
certainly. 

One incident to show his style. Not long previous to the 
blowing up of Fort Hell, in front of Petersburg, it was de- 


4 ‘termined to make an assault in force on the left of the rebels’ 





works (our right). To divert the attention of the enemy from 


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the point of real attack a few hundred men were to make a_ 
“feint,” as it is termed in military language, near our left. Zent 
with his few hundred men (all volunteers for the occasion) 
were to make a charge up a hillside in an open field, crowned by 
a line of strong rifle-pits, which meant certain death to a large 
number of the little band. When the time came for business 
Zent, at the head of his small party, advanced in line straight 
up the hill towards the rebels. The lines were not far apart, 
and the rebels arose in their places and looked wonderingly at 
the small crowd coming toward them, but soon a fearful fire 
opened on this, indeed, “forlorn hope.” The men stood bravely 
to their posts for a time, with fearful loss, but at last the 
remnant fell back towards our line. The smoke clearing away, 
Zent was seen still at the front with drawn sword, not having 
retreated an inch. ‘The survivors seeing their leader thus ex- 
posed rushed back to him, when he said to them, “Boys, there ’s 
some hitch, I don’t hear any firing on the right. You may go 
back,” and coolly walked back to our lines. It proved that the 
proposed attack had been abandoned at the last moment, but 
Colonel Zent and his brave comrades were not notified. 

A few weeks later, while in hospital at Fort Monroe, and 
having recovered so as to be able to get out of doors, I was 
strolling about the fine grounds and saw at some distance a 
man with crutches coming in my direction, and soon saw it 
was my old friend, Colonel Zent. I said to him, as he held one - 
foot from touching the ground, “What, Colonel, wounded after 
all your talk?” “Not by the blunk rebels, though. If I was— 
fool enough to shoot myself, that is my fault.” It appeared” 
from his story that in a skirmish with the rebels he had_ 
stumbled and, falling, his revolver had been accidentally dis-_ 
charged and the ball entered his foot. He was a unique man, 
surely, and his equal in his line I never met. 

Sometimes, yes, often, we had funny things occur. I remem-— 
ber one day we were coming into camp from a ten days’ tour 
of picket duty. I was tramping along with Captain Clough of 
our regiment, and in the course of conversation I said to him 
that I should think the darkies on a certain small island near 





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us would be in a very dangerous position in case of attack. 
“Oh!” he replied, “they are all right; they are armed to the 
teeth and have a large number of the most avaricious dogs you 
ever saw.” The captain’s meaning was evident, but his word 
was not exactly 0. K. ‘This officer was an excellent one, how- 
ever, and not an ignorant man by any means, but one of those 
peculiar cases we sometimes meet of persons who pay more 
attention to sound than to some other matters. Captain after- 
wards rose to high rank and in days long after the close of the 
war was at the head of our state militia. 

We had one remarkably talkative Irishman, I think belong- 
ing to Company E. He was a tall, red-headed man and a 
chronic faultfinder; something or other was always going wrong 
with him, and his loud voice was often raised, cussing some 
feature of his soldier life, so that one day when a bullet from 
the musket of a “Johnnie reb.” crashed through his face, re- 
moving one half or more of his tongue as cleanly as though 
taken off by a knife, the boys thought it a judgment upon 
him. I think he recovered from the wound all right, though 
with a few less teeth and a less limited tongue. 

Our duty at Bermuda Hundred and vicinity was much the 
same, being largely guarding our lines of works, which ran for 
many miles in several ways. Nothing specially noteworthy that 
I now recall occurred till the 16th of August, 1864, when at 
the action of Deep Run, Va., we were heavily engaged and 
lost many in killed and wounded. 

As this was my last day of active service, I will give as de- 
tailed an account of it as I can now remember. The early por- 
tion of this action was a success. Our forces had captured a 
line of rifle-pits in fine style, not, however, without a great 
loss, but the main line of the rebel works was very strong in- 
deed and it was simply folly to think of carrying them with the 
force employed. Just previous to the disastrous assault of our 
brigade, being in command of the extreme right of our line, a 
soldier came running up to me and said, “Do you see those 
men marching past our flank? Well, those are rebels.” This 
force could easily be seen through the thin growth of pine, 


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and seeing Brig.-Gen. D. B. Birney near, sitting on his horse, 
I at once went to him and advised him of the fact. “Never 
mind,” he replied, “forward,” and away we went to the front. 
Soon we met with a scorching fire, not only from our front 
but an enfilading fire, as it is termed, that is, a side fire as well 
as front, and Captain Parker, seeing this, gave orders for a 
change of front, he at the same time being seriously wounded — 
in the neck. In much confusion this order was in process of 
execution when I became practically unconscious of what was 
going on, and only learned afterward what the result was. 

It seemed a soldier of my company noticed the expression 
of my face, saw something was the matter, and seizing me 
ran, or at least assisted me, from that part of the field, and 
meeting some surgeon or assistant, my case was diagnosed as a 
partial sunstroke, and some kind of stimulant was given me. 
I have a very faint recollection of what transpired till perhaps 
the morning of the next day, when I awoke to find myself lying 
on the ground, covered with blankets, the rain falling gently in 
my face. A few feet distant I recognized the remains of Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Henderson of the Seventh New Hampshire and 
I think Lieutenant-Colonel Plimpton of the Third New Hamp- 
shire, who was also killed in this battle, was also near me. 
Both these men were very fine and accomplished officers, and 
the state of New Hampshire lost many other gallant officers 
and men in this unfortunate affair. 

Soon after regaining consciousness I was taken on board a 
transport and removed with others to Fort Monroe, where, at 
an officers’ general hospital, I remained for several weeks. The 
day of this Deep Bottom (or Deep Run, as it is sometimes 
called) battle was, it seemed to me, the hottest ] had ever ex- 
perienced, and I doubt not many a poor soldier died from this ; 
cause on that day. 

The term of service of the original men who had not re- 
enlisted having expired on September 18, 1864, they had been 
mustered out and returned to New Hampshire. As soon as the 
hospital authorities would allow I proceeded to General But- 
ler’s headquarters at Bermuda Hundred and was mustered out, 











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September 27, 1864, receiving an honorable discharge by reason 
of expiration of term of service. 

Returning to Fort Monroe, I was paid off, and started on my 
homeward journey. I went by boat up the Potomac to Wash- 
ington, where my brother Sam and cousin Bill were at work 
making artificial legs for maimed soldiey. I spent a few days 
with them very pleasantly. One evening I remember we at- 
tended Ford theater and saw the noted Barney Williams and 
his wife in one of their great plays. A few months later Presi- 
dent Lincoln was assassinated at this place and our country was 
thrown into the deepest gloom. 

I proceeded homeward during the early days of October. I 


-Temember stopping over night at the Bromfield House, then 


kept by Selden Crockett, a New Hampshire man, and went to 
their church the next day by their kind invitation. 

I think it was on Monday, the next day, that I started for 
my home. On my ride, when near Concord, I believe, I saw 
an aged lady looking very intently at my sword lying in my lap. 
She said, “What do you call that air thing?” Answering her, 
she desired to know if I had “ever punched old Jeff in the ribs 
with it.” Of course I was amused at these questions, but had 
quite a chat with the loyal old lady. 

Arriving at Laconia on the noon train, I took the most di- 
rect route home by way of Church street, passing through the 
field near where the David Watson house now stands, and found 
father and Jim husking corn in the barn. They seemed well 
pleased to see the “wandering boy,” and mother, Ellen, and 
others of the family gave me a very kind and affectionate greet- 
ing, after something over three years of absence. 

The change from a pretty active military life of three years 
without other break than a few weeks’ illness to that of civil 
life is great, but to me at least it was a welcome one, for the 
vision of “grim-visaged war” had lost its attractiveness after a 
somewhat intimate acquaintance with its horrors. For a few 
weeks my time was taken up with visiting friends and telling 
war stories, and then the duties of life began to assert them- 
selves, but these being of a peaceful nature and “known and 


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read of all men,’ and a few women, need not be further dwelt 
upon. ; Ve 

These very scrappy and imperfect recollections of army lif 
have been mostly very rapidly penned, and with very little 
at hand to aid my memory. If at some future +time I 
have access to my someyhat numerous correspondence with re 
tives during the war, I may be able to write out a more detai 
and correct account of those trying days. Till then, or perhap 
forever, I close. oe 


COLONEL THOMAS J. WHIPPLE. 
By E. P. JEWELL or Laconta. 


Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen of the Bar: 

Owing somewhat to imperfect health in the past, I have not 
associated very freely with attorneys in the different parts of 
the state. Of course I am intimately acquainted with the lead- 
ing lawyers in New Hampshire, and have a general acquaintance 
with most who are in practice, but it has never been my 
fortune to meet you often as I meet you here tonight. Hence 
I feel an unusual pleasure in being here, for I like lawyers— 
not because they are lawyers, but as a rule I believe they are 
the best all-round men. 

The task that has been given me is a difficult one. I see 
many men before me who were well acquainted with Colonel 
Whipple, and to you, gentlemen, it is useless for me to say that 
it is utterly impossible to present an intelligent outline or 
sketch of this brilliant man in the time allotted to me. It 
would take an octavo volume to present Colonel Whipple as 
he was, for certainly, gentlemen, he was one of the most brilliant 
lawyers and able men that the state of New Hampshire has 
ever produced. 

I became acquainted with him in 1859. I had heard strange 
stories of him; some were characteristic and some were not, as 
I found when I became acquainted with him. 

It was understood that he would not take a student, but 
through the influence of the venerable Samuel Emerson of 
Moultonborough, who was known to the older members of the 
bar, I went into his office in 1859. JI found him to be the most 
interesting man I had ever met then or have ever met since. 
I found him to be studious and painstaking, and when, in the 
fulness of his powers, he came to the trial of a cause prepared 


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and thoroughly equipped, in my judgment no man ever stood 
on the soil of New Hampshire who was more than a match 
for Col. Tom Whipple. 

He was born—well, he was born with rare gifts, such gifts as 
few men possess. As a lawyer he would not rank with the 
ablest lawyers of New Hampshire, like Christie, like Judge 
Perley, or like many gentlemen who are before me tonight, but 
it is a grand mistake to think that Col. Thomas J. Whipple was 
not an able lawyer. He mingled in his day and associated with 
such men as Perley, Christie, Atherton, and Pierce. 

No man ever faced Colonel Whipple when he was ready for 
trial, as he usually was, who did not instantly feel and ac- 
knowledge his power. I remember when the colonel was tired, 


after a long trial at Dover,—he had argued a cause nearly six 


hours before Ira Perley, who was on the bench,—I came down 
to see Judge Perley, and he asked me how the colonel was. I 
told him he was tired; and the judge said, “No wonder, Mr. 
Jewell; he has made the ablest argument, in my judgment, that 
was ever made at the Strafford County bar.” 

I met General Pierce, who was his intimate friend all through 
his life, not long before Mr. Pierce died. He said, “From long 
acquaintance with Colonel Whipple, and from long acquaintance 
with men, I can say that he was the brightest man and, meas- 


uring him up all and all, on all sides, he was the ablest man, I 


ever met.” 

When Colonel Whipple was dying, I was going to Exeter, 
and he called me in and sent by me a dying message to Gen- 
eral Marston. I went to General Marston’s house to deliver 
the message. I never shall forget, if I live to be a thousand 
years of age, the scene. After a tidal wave of emotion swept 
over the rugged old face, he said, “Jewell, I knew Whipple from 


a boy, and he was the brightest boy that ever God made.” 
The expression was extravagant, but I feel that although he 


may not have been the brightest boy, he was certainly as bright 
a boy as ever was fashioned by the hand of God. 

He might have made an abler lawyer than he was, but he 
made the law a secondary matter. Outside of law, for general 


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information, for learning upon subjects where most of us are 
uninformed, Whipple was unsurpassed. I appeal to any of the 
gentlemen present, who have met him under favorable circum- 
stances, if they did not feel impressed with the truth of what 
I say. 

He never knew an idle hour in his life. His mind was con- 
stantly active. He was a great reader of rare books, and at 
times, when sick and hardly able to sit up, when confined to 
his bed, you would find him buried in books; his bed was cov- 
ered with books, and he would find intense amusement in works 
like Peter Pindar. He was an omnivorous reader, and I be- 
lieve he gathered up more rare information between the hours 
nine at night and six in the morning than any man of my ac- 
quaintance ever obtained in a lifetime. He would fall asleep 
at eleven, wake up at midnight, his light would be burning, 
and he would read for hours. Any time of night he might be 
found reading if he happened to be awake. Born with such 
gifts, industrious as he was, with a most active and brilliant 
intellect, is it any wonder that he became an accomplished and 
exceedingly learned man in the fields I have suggested? He 
could not be anything else. Everybody seemed to understand 
that he was a man of unusual brilliancy and marvelous com- 
mand of words, but his transcendent ability was not known ex- 
cept to those who knew him intimately. No one knew Whipple 
unless he knew him well. One had to know him intimately to 
appreciate his tremendous personality and to realize the grip 
and grasp of his mind. All through his life, from the begin- 
ning of my acquaintance with him to the time of his death, he 
scattered gems of thought and expression unceasingly and pro- 
fusely and evidently without effort. It would be a hopeless 
task to attempt to gather them up. I could write a volume 
of the beautiful, strange, and startling things which I have 
heard from the lips of this superb and original thinker. The 
gems of thought are gone. Magnificent expressions, sometimes 
the sweetest things on earth, flashed into his mind and out 
and were lost. No one could recollect and repeat them. He 
was as powerless as I was to remember his most elegant state- 


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ments. They flashed through his mind like lightning and dis- 
appeared forever. 

His remarkable wit was known to everybody, but it is useless 
to undertake to relate anecdotes illustrating it. As well might 
one attempt to describe a flash of lightning in a midnight sky. 
To illustrate how his mind sometimes worked I will relate an 
incident. One time he was in Boston with Simeon P. Cheney, 
the well-known singer. Colonel Whipple was a good flute-player 
and a good judge of music. He was a friend and admirer of 
Ned Kendall. Kendall’s band was marching through the street, 
and the great leader was playing a bugle solo. Whipple’s mili- 
tary ear caught the sound, and he at once recognized his old 
friend. Instantly, looking into Cheney’s face, he exclaimed, 
“Great God, Sim, I would like to hear Ned when the fit is on 
him, the whole world rushing to hear him, rattle off such a solo 
as would take the Almighty smiting upon the keys of the great 
organ of nature, with a beetle to play an appropriate accompani- 
ment.” Think of that as a specimen of extravagant expression. 

To present another side of his nature I will tell a brief story 
and then close. We had been tormented almost to death with 
book agents trying to sell worthless books. Colonel Whipple 
always welcomed anyone who was selling a really valuable and 
useful book as a public benefactor but agents with cheap books 
annoyed him. One day the office door opened and an agent 
entered with what we supposed was a book. At a remark of 
the colonel, which was too strong to repeat, the man was about 
to leave, when, thinking after all he might not be a book agent, 
with a half apology for what he had said Whipple drew him 
back. The man had a picture. It was “Christ Blessing Little 
Children.” The Saviour, His head surrounded with a halo, sat 
in the center, with the little children and some of the disciples 
around Him. The colonel took the picture and patiently and 
silently examined it. I stood at one side of his chair, looking 
over his shoulder, and the agent stood at the other side. After 
a few moments’ inspection Whipple coldly and deliberately in- 
quired, “Where is Christ?” A look of amazement passed over 
the agent’s face as he looked at me. Then, getting his breath, 


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he put his finger on the central figure and replied, “That is sup- 
posed to be Christ.” “Is that Christ?” inquired Whipple. 
“Who is that?” putting his finger upon the head of a rugged 
male figure. The agent said, “Peter.” “Are these Jewish 
children?” ‘They are supposed to be,’ answered the agent. 
“But they are not,” said Whipple, “they live in Laconia. This 
is Amy Black.” The agent now began to rally in defense of 
his picture. He gave an account of the artist and his great 
works. He called special attention to this picture in detail, 
and particularly to the excellent work shown in the toe of a 
child. He said enthusiastically, “See what an exquisite piece 
of work that is?” pointing to the toe. After a moment of 
serious examination—“Yes,” said the colonel, “he is a great 
toe artist, but what an idea for a great artist to spend all his 
skill upon the toe of a child and put the head of a d——4d) fool 
on his Christ.” (Laughter.) 

Mr. Toastmaster and members of the bar, I have not time— 
as I must leave for my train in a few minutes—to give you 
even a glimpse of the real character of Colonel Whipple. I 
knew him well. JI knew him intimately and for a long time. 
He was certainly one of the most gifted and talented sons of 
New Hampshire. It was a privilege to know him. I wish I 
had time to portray him as he was, but I have not. Some one 
will do it at some time, I trust. 


“No more will Whipple's arm 
His battle steed control; 

The fight is done, the field is won, 
Farewell, intrepid soul.” 





SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF COL. WHIPPLE. 
7 


By Rey. C. A. CRESSY oF NEWPORT, Minn, Co. E. 


Colonel Whipple was an officer dearly loved by his men. His 
interest in the men-was constantly shown in many ways. He 
was strict, even to severity sometimes, but a soldier who did 
his duty and by obedience to orders gave evidence of his 
soldierly qualities could not fail to win the colonel’s approval. 
At Manchester, before we left camp, the colonel found in a 
Sunday inspection of quarters a soldier with a little feather-bed 
that he had improvised as a sort of cushion for his bones in the 
event of having to sleep upon the hard ground. The colonel 
looked at it and said to the soldier, “What do you call that 
thing?” 

“That ’s a little feather-bed that I had made to keep me off 
the hard ground.” 

“What!” said the colonel, “a feather-bed soldier in my regi- 
‘ment? Take your feather-bed, sir, and yourself along with it 
and get out of my camp! I’ll have no feather-bed soldiers in 
my regiment!” 

What became of that soldier I do not remember, but he 
learned that a soldier’s duty is not to endure “softness,” but 
“hardness” in the service. 

Colonel Whipple was always a constant visitor at the hospi- 


tals in every camp we made. Many a surviving comrade re- . 


members his thoughtful kindness toward the sick and suffering. 
His visits to the wards were hailed with delight, for he invari- 
ably brought some little delicacies to the suffering boys that 
were purchased with his own money. 

At Hilton Head, as the colonel was making his rounds one 
day in the hospital, he found a soldier lying on his cot with 


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a badly injured foot, wounded by a cut from a shovel that he 
_had been using in the building of batteries. As the colonel 


_ paused at the cot of the wounded soldier he noticed that the 


bandages about his foot were very much soiled and filthy, show- 
ing neglect in the care of the wounded member. He said to 
the soldier, “When was your foot dressed last?” 

“The day before yesterday,” the soldier answered. 

The colonel’s voice rang out clear and sharp, “Ward master! 
Report here immediately!” The ward master came running, 
and the colonel, with a look of severity and indignation cal- 
culated to freeze the fellow’s marrow, said: “Take your duds 
and report to your company for duty as a disgrace to the regi- 
ment for allowing a wounded man under your care to suffer at 
the hands of your neglect!’ 

The ward doctor coming it at that moment, he said to him, 
“Doctor, what do you mean to let my men suffer neglect in this 
manner? If you cannot attend to your duties here as you 
ought Ill pack you off to New Hampshire in short order, and 
have someone here in your place who will attend to my wounded 
and suffering men.” 

He then made the doctor dress the foot of the wounded man 


_ in his presence. 


After the colonel had resigned his position at Jacksonville, 
Fla., he came to Fernandina, where a portion of the regiment 
" was quartered, arriving at night and without the countersign. 


_ I was on guard at the gate of the camp. I saw someone ap- 


proaching in the darkness and challenged him, “Who comes 


_ here?” The colonel’s voice answered, “A friend, but without 


the countersign.” I knew the voice and, realizing the colonel’s 


situation at once and with a feeling of sympathy that any soldier 


in his regiment would have felt, I replied, “I recognize you, 
~ Colonel, and you may pass.” That was a breach of duty on 
_ the part of a sentinel, but I would have risked my life for 
~ Colonel Whipple at that moment. 

When he left us at Fernandina our company and one other 
" were on board the steamer that was to bear us to St. Augustine, 
Fla. The colonel came on board just before we sailed, and the 





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companies were drawn up on deck to bid him farewell. H 
shook hands with every man of us and bade us a most tender 
and touching farewell. Bronzed-faced men cried like children, 
and I do not think there was a dry eye in the ranks as we lis- 
tened to his earnest exhortations to us to be faithful in our sery- 
ice and earn a record that would make us an honor to the state 
and the country. 

But for the unfortunate circumstances that necessitated his 
resignation every soldier in the regiment would have been glad 
to follow Col. Thomas J. Whipple to the death, if need be, in 
any service that he might have required at our hands. 


“Let sculptured urn and shaft 
Record our hero’s name; 

Be his the meed of gallant deed, 
Undying be his fame.” 


THOMAS JEFFERSON WHIPPLE. 


By REV. S. G. ABBOTT, A. M., CHAPLAIN OF FIRST N. H. REGIMENT. 


Thomas Jefferson Whipple was born in Wentworth January 
30, 1816. His parents were Thomas and Mary Tabor Whip- 
ple. Thomas Whipple was a physician of more than ordinary 
eminence and a gentleman widely known and esteemed in the 
state. He distinguished himself as a member of the state leg- 
islature in 1819 by introducing and carrying through to its 
enactment as a law the bill since known as the “Toleration Act.” 
Subsequently he represented his district in the United States 
house of representatives. 

Thomas J. acquired his education at the old New Hampton 
Institution at Bradford, Vt., and the Norwich Military Uni- 
versity. He read law with Hon. Josiah Quincy of Rumney and 
Salmon Waires of Johnson, Vt., and was admitted to the bar 
in 1840, and settled at once in Wentworth, afterwards remoy- 
ing to Meredith Bridge, now Laconia, where the remainder of 
his life was passed. 

Naturally of a martial turn of mind, he became interested in 
military affairs, and at the age of seventeen was appointed aid- 
de-camp to General Cook, and raised an independent company, 
called the Wentworth Phalanx. 

He volunteered in the Mexican War and was commissioned 
first lieutenant of the Ninth United States Infantry April 9, 
1847, and adjutant of the same in May following. He ac- 
companied the regiment to Vera Cruz, but soon after /his arrival, 
indulging his curiosity in examining a Catholic cemetery in 
the neighborhood, he was unfortunately taken prisoner. He 
was in company with Private R. H. A. Barnes. When they 
came to the gate of the cemetery they were met by three Mexi- 
cans, who ‘had dismounted from their horses, with their esco- 
pets pointed at them. Lieutenant Whipple was armed with a 


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sword and placed himself at once agaist the wall and prepared 
to defend himself. Barnes, unarmed, made the best of his 
way through the cemetery to the camp. The Mexicans drew 
their swords and made at Whipple, who stoutly defended him- 
self. One of his captors hit him a blow upon the head, stun- 
ning him, but not injuring him, as the blade, meeting a parry, 
struck flatwise upon the leutenant’s head. Recovering him- 
self, he set vigorously at work, when the Mexicans retreated a 
few paces and brought their escopets to bear upon him, making 
unmistakable signs which a Yankee could understand that “it 
is surrender or we fire.”’ Whipple, thinking that in this case 
“discretion was the better part of valor,” gave up and was 
led away upon a mustang, while his own horse was appropriated 
by the captors. Barnes gave the alarm and a detachment was 
sent out in search of him, but the guerrillas had escaped with 
their captive. Whipple was well treated by them and was 
subsequently exchanged and distinguished himself in the bat- 
tle of Atlixco, where he was volunteer aid-de-camp to Brig- 
adier-General Lane. Adjutant Whipple resigned February 23, 
1848. 

He resumed his practice at Meredith (now Laconia) after the 
war. He was appointed adjutant of the Twenty-ninth Regi- 
ment August 3, 1848. 

Upon the commencement of the War of the Rebellion, Cap- 
tain Whipple was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First 
Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, April 29, 1861, 
and was mustered out August 9, 1861. August 20, 1861, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Whipple was appointed colonel of the 
Fourth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and re- 
signed March 18, 1862, and, returning to Meredith, resumed 
the practice of his profession. As a military man, Colonel 
Whipple was a martinet. He was every inch a soldier. He was 
severe in discipline, but exceedingly kind and even tender to 
the faithful and obedient. He was brave almost to temerity. 
He never appeared to know the emotion of fear. He was uni- 
versally popular with his men and greatly beloved by them. 

In society affairs Colonel Whipple was always prominent, 
being at the time of his death a Royal Arch Mason, a member 


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of Winnipesaukee Lodge, No. 7, I. 0. O. F., John L. Perley, Jr., 
Post No. 37, G. A. R., and Ae of the nies Veterans’ Union, 
the latter Peeeeation ee his name. 

In the latter part of 1877 Colonel Whipple was elected 
president of the Belknap County Bar Association, as successor 
to the late George W. Stevens, holding that position to the time 
of his death. 

Colonel Whipple has occupied the position of assistant clerk 
and clerk of the New Hampshire house of representatives, so- 
hieitor of Belknap county, secretary of the Constitutional Con- 
vention of 1856, and has been attorney for the Boston and Con- 
cord and Montreal Railroad since 187 0, and also for the Lake 
Company since the death of Senator James Bell. 

Colonel Whipple was an able though eccentric lawyer, an ad- 
vocate of great power, with original thoughts and the power 
of forcible expression. 

“Colonel Whipple was a man of strong force of character. 
persistent and aggressive, yet possessed of many warm friends 
included in a large circle of acquaintances. His was almost a 
national reputation, and few men in the land were better known. 
He was a Democrat of the old school. Among his most inti- 


mate friends was the late Ex-president Pierce. The two were 


terre Ee Sin SA ee 


most endeared one toward the other, and it was only a few 
weeks previous to his death that during an interview with The 
Union scribe, in recalling reminiscences in connection with their 
relations in bygone days, the deceased referred to the ex- 
president in most glowing terms. In the practice of his pro- 
fession Colonel Whipple’s greatest success was attained in the 
trial of cases before a jury, in which he exhibited great tact 
and astuteness, and at the same time his eloquence, set forth 
with a command of language which few men other than him- 
self possessed, was most convincing in argument.” 

Colonel Whipple died of paralysis after an illness of about 
three weeks at his home in Laconia, December 21. 1599, 
lamented by all who knew him. 


COL. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE: 


(From Concord Monitor.) 


yy the death of Colonel Whipple, which occurred at his home 
on Pleasant street, Laconia, Saturday evening, the bar of the 
state loses one of its ablest members and the Belknap county 
bar one who for many years was its distinguished leader. He 
was also a participant in two wars—Mexican and War of the 
Rebellion—and possessed a decided military taste from early 
in life. He served as first lieutenant in the Ninth New Eng- 
land Regiment and as adjutant of Colonel Pierce’s (afterwards 
Colonel Ransom’s regiment of Norwich, Vt.) in the Mexican 
War. He was taken prisoner at Vera Cruz and exchanged at 
Jalapa. He was also adjutant-general of General Lewis’s staff. 

In the war of the rebellion he served as lieutenant-colonel of 
the First Regiment and colonel of the Fourth Regiment, and 
was elected colonel of the Twelfth Regiment by the men com- 
posing it, but was not commissioned, Colonel Potter of the 
United States regular army taking command of the regiment 
after it had been in camp several days. 

Thomas Jefferson Whipple was the second son of Dr. Thomas 
and Phebe Taber Whipple of Wentworth. Doctor Whipple was 
much in public life, serving in the state legislature, where he 
secured the passage of the toleration act in 1819; and fou 
consecutive terms as a representative in congress, being elected 
first in 1821. 

Colonel Whipple read law with Hon. Josiah Quincy of Rum- 
ney, was admitted to the bar at Plymouth in 1840, and opened 
an office in Wentworth. 

He enlisted in the Mexican War in the spring of 1846, re- 
turned from Mexico in the early spring of 1848, and soon after 


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settled in the practice of his profession at Laconia, where he 
has ever since resided. He had but few positions in public 
life, never being a seeker for office. He was assistant clerk of 
the New Hampshire house of representatives in 1848, ce.k of 
the same body in 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852, clerk of the 
Constitutional Convention in 1852, and a delegate to the Con- 
stitutional Convention of 1876. He was a prominent mem- 
ber of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and Perley 
Post, G. A. R. At the last reunion at The Weirs he made what 
has proved to be his last speech to the boys in blue, and it was 
remarked at the time as being one of his best speeches, and was 
most cordially received by his comrades. 

Colonel Whipple married some forty years ago Belinda Had- 
ley of Wentworth, who died a few years later, leaving one daugh- 
ter, Belinda C., wife of George R. Somes of Laconia. 

Colonel Whipple was a man of strong and pronounced char- 
acteristics, and had many friends. He was a successful lawyer, 
and was engaged in many important cases, which called forth 
his tact and ability, and his command of language was remark- 
able when he was at his best in argument or speech. 


(From the Bristol Enterprise.) 


Col. Thomas J. Whipple died at his home in Laconia De- 
cember 21, 1889. At the age of seventeen he was aid-de-camp 
on the staff of General Cook of the New Hampshire militia. 
As an orator, Colonel Whipple was widely known, being con- 
spicuous as a Democratic speaker in many campaigns. He was 
very popular with the veteran soldiers, and was many times the 
orator at military reunions. In whatever circles Colonel Whip- 
ple moved he gained great personal popularity, was very witty 
and humorous and by his personal magnetism made a large 
number of friends. In 1867 Dartmouth College conferred upon 
him the honorary degree of master of arts. 


(From Patriot, Concord.) 


In the death of Colonel Whipple of Laconia, at his late home 
in Laconia, Saturday evening, December 21, 1889, of paralysis, 


56 Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. 


after a confinement of several weeks, the Democratic party of 
New Hampshire has lost one of its ablest leaders and champions, 
the bar one of its most brilliant ornaments, and the state one 
of its most esteemed and honored citizens. 

Colonel Whipple was a native of Wentworth, born January 
30, 1816. His father, Dr. Thomas Whipple, was a prominent 
physician and a Democratic member of congress for four suc- 
cessive terms, from 1821 to 1829. 

Colonel Whipple was fitted for college at Bradford (Vt.} 
Academy and New Hampton Institution, and graduated from 
the Norwich (Vt.) Military University in 1839. He studied 
law with the late Hon. Josiah Quincy of Rumney and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1840 at Plymouth, commencing practice 
in his native town. Here he also evinced his military taste 
and spirit by raising a local company, known as the Wentworth 
Phalanx. At the outbreak of hostilities with Mexico he en- 
listed in the regiment of Gen. Franklin Pierce, with whom he 
ever subsequently maintained relations of strong personal friend- 
ship, and served gallantly as a lieutenant in the field. He 
was taken prisoner at Vera Cruz, but was exchanged at Jalapa — 
and afterwards made adjutant-general on the staff of General 
Lewis. 

At the close of the Mexican War, in 1848, Colonel Whipple 
removed to Meredith Bridge, now Laconia, and resumed the 
practice of law, in which he has ever since been engaged, with 
the exception of the time spent in the field during the rebel- 
liom as lieutenant-colonel of the first New’ Hampshire three- 
months regiment and colonel of the Fourth Regiment, which 
later position he resigned March 28, 1862. 

As a lawyer, Colonel Whipple held high rank, especially as 
an advocate, his eloquence, originality, and wit, combined with 
a most extraordinary command of language, giving him un- 
usual power before a jury, as well as on the stump, where he 
frequently rendered effective service for the party with which 
he was allied from youth but at whose hands he never sought 
distinction for himself. 

The only offices of note he ever held were those of assistant 





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clerk of the state house of representatives for four years, from 
1848 to 1851 inclusive, clerk of the Constitutional Convention 
of 1850 and delegate to that of 1876, though had he aspired 
to political distinction in that line there was nothing in the 
power of his party to confer which he might not have received. 


COL. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE. 


The death of Col. Thomas J. Whipple is a loss to the state of 
one of her most famous citizens. The brilliant abilities and 
the aggressive personality of “Tom” Whipple have made his 
name a household word in every nook and corner of his native 
state and his fame as a lawyer, as a soldier and as a sterling man 
was spread beyond her borders. At the first call for troops 
Colonel Whipple’s sword sprang from its scabbard and he went 
to the front with the three-months men, again with the gallant 
Fourth regiment, and would have gone again with the famous 
Belknap county regiment, the Twelfth, which was largely raised 
through the magic of his name, had not other considerations 
ruled at the time. 

As an advocate, Colonel Whipple stood without a peer almost 
at the New Hampshire bar in the cogency of his reasoning, the 
brilliancy of his argument, and the enthusiasm and devotion 
which he brought to the service of his clients. All in all, 
Colonel Whipple was a man who made many and warm friends, 
and his death will be felt as a personal bereavement by probably 
a larger number of citizens of this state than that of almost any 
other person. He had his faults, but the warm and generous 
impulses of his nature have caused them to be forgotten even 
now. 


COL. THOMAS J. WHIPEIE: 


Thomas Jefferson Whipple was born in Wentworth, N. H., 
January 30, 1816. His father, Dr. Thomas Whipple, was a 
well-known physician of northern New Hampshire, and served 
in the United States House of Representatives. Colonel Whip- 
ple was educated at Bradford, Vt., and the Norwich Military 
University, read law with Hon. Josiah Quincy of Rumney and 
Salmon Waires of Johnson, Vt., and was admitted to the bar in 
1840, settled at Wentworth, afterwards removing to Meredith 
Bridge, now Laconia, where all his life was passed, excepting 
while in the service of his country. 

He was commissioned first lieutenant of the Ninth United 
States Infantry April 9, 1847, and was soon made adjutant. He 
was taken prisoner at Vera Cruz, Mexico, was afterwards ex- 
changed and distinguished himself at the battle of Atlixeo. Ad- 
jutant Whipple resigned February 23, 1848; afterwards served 
in the New Hampshire state militia. When the Rebellion broke 
out he was practicing law at Laconia. He at once offered his 
services to Governor Goodwin, who appointed him leutenant- 
colonel, First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, April 29, 
1861. He was mustered out August 9, and August 20 was com- 
missioned colonel, Fourth Regiment, New Hampshire Volun- 
teers. He had the honor of commanding the regiment which 
was the first to land on South Carolina soil after the state had 
seceded. 

Colonel Whipple was a model soldier, strict in discipline, but 
kind and considerate to his men, who admired his military abil- 
ities, respected and loved him as their leader, and deeply re- 
gretted his departure, caused by his resignation, March 18, 1862, 
at Jacksonville, Fla. 


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After the war ne practiced law at Laconia, where he became 
one of the leading lawyers of northern New Hampshire. 

Colonel Whipple died of paralysis, at his home in -Laconia, 
December 21, 1889, aged seventy-three years, ten months, and 
twenty-one days, universally lamented by his comrades and all 
who knew him. 

HISTORIAN. 


> 


Colonel Whipple recruited the 12th Regiment in and around 
Laconia in a few days. - All the men expected he would be their 
leader and when Governor Berry refused to commission Colonel 
Whipple there was sorrow and disappointment among the sol- 
diers, that with a leader would have resulted in some strong 
protest that might have conflicted with military discipline. 
It was this situation that led Colonel Whipple to rise above 
personal reasons and exhibit exalted patriotism and magnanim- 
ity. His eloquent address, on another page, to the officers 
and men, proved his worth and loyalty, and the splendid record 
the 12th New Hampshire regiment made will always be pointed 
to with pride and did great credit to the state of New Hamp- 


shire which sent them forth. 
HISTORIAN. 


ADDRESS BY COL. THOMAS J. WHits =e 
CONCORD, N. H., BEFORE THE TWELFTH 
REGIMENT NGE Ve 


Fellow Soldiers: I am deeply sensible of this cordial wel- 
come. Past experience has made me too familiar with the 
fatigues and hardships of the service to detain you in your 
present position with any extended remarks. Your neighbors, 
friends, and kindred have come here today to offer you the 
parting hand and to take their last leave before your departure 
to the field to participate in the great contest, to which you have 
consecrated your lives and your sacred honor, 

While our hearts glow with admiration in view of the patri- 
otic motives by which you are actuated, we are solemnly re- 
minded that this parting with many of us may be the last. 
But in times like these, he who has a life to give to his country 
possesses the power to become a hero. He is indeed fortunate 
who, amid the roaring of guns, the thundering of cannons, the 
clash of sabres, and the trumpet blast of bugles, descends in 
glory to his grave upon the field of battle. Well may such a 
man be envied when compared with him who wastes painfully 
away, and, unremembered, surrenders his life in the ordinary 
course of mortality. Through all the perils and vicissitudes of 
the service our anxieties and sympathies will follow you wher- 
ever you may go. We have an undoubted faith in your valor 
and your prowess, and confidently expect that your achievements 
on every field of battle will illustrate your name and fill our 
hearts with joy and exaltation. If you fall, ours will be a proud 
sorrow, untarnished by shame. 

No regiment from this state has yet failed to do its whole 
duty in the day of trial. Look at the glorious Second, with its 
decimated ranks, its few survivors. We venerate those who 
have perished as martyrs, sacrificed upon the altar of consti- 


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tutional liberty, remembering the gallant Fifth at Fair Oaks, 
the Sixth at Newburn, and now the Ninth, recently organized, 
like yourselves, and already treading the path of glory and of 
honor. 

I had hoped at one time to share your dangers, to lead you 
in your coming conflict, to witness with pride your daring cour- 
age, and to participate in the glory of your triumphs; but this 
high privilege has been denied me by those whose motives I 
am not here to question. ‘They are the repositories of the pub- 
lic trust, and it becomes me to acquiesce in their decisions. 
But, undiscouraged and undismayed, it is my fixed purpose, 
earnestly and faithfully, in such a manner as I may, to serve 
my country in this appalling crisis. In times like these it be- 
comes us to trample private grievances under’ our feet and lift 
up our hearts at the demands of patriotism. 

Let me earnestly beseech you to pursue the same course and 
to cheerfully accept, at the hands of tbe executive, such of- 
ficers as, in his wisdom, he may see fit to appoint to your com- 
mand. In behalf of all who have assembled here to bid you 
farewell, with a heart deeply sensible of the unspeakable emo- 
tions which crowd their bosoms, I bid you Godspeed in the 
noble mission to which you are now consecrated. 

We invoke upon you the choicest blessings of Heaven; with 
mingled pride and grief we bid you adieu. I would gladly take 
each one of you by the hand, and speed you on your way with 
all good wishes. 

With a proud sense of the courtesy of your commander in my 
reception, and the manner in which you have received these 
remarks, I will detain you no longer. 


LACONIA DEMOCRAT EDITORIAL. 


The death of Colonel Whipple, which we chronicle this week 
in our local columns, is an event which will attract attention far 
beyond the limits of the state which gave him birth and in which 
his life work was done. Nature gave him a princely endowment 
and fitted him for a leader of men. He could not only think 
deeply and strongly but he reached his conclusions so rapidly 
that they seemed almost intuitive, while he was able to state 
them with a singular felicity of expression which has been rarely 
rivalled. He combined with these qualities a certain originality 
and peculiarity both of manner and matter that attracted public 
attention wherever he went. To meet Colonel Whipple at his 
best was to enjoy a mental feast and to receive a vivid impression 
of his personality, never to be effaced. He met some of the 
brightest intellects that New England has seen in this generation, 
and one and all bore testimony to his remarkable brilliancy as 
a thinker and his wonderful fascination as a talker and conversa- 
tionalist. And so to many outside of the town where he made 
his home and of the state that counted him among its noted men, 
the announcement of his death will be received with regret and 
will start up a train of reminiscences. Military men will recall 
striking scenes in his military career. Judges and lawyers will 
speak of his power and his triumph in the court room. Some 
will recount his success as a public speaker, and others will recall 
his rare and inimitable quality in conversation and repartee 
when with congenial friends; some will remember his princely 
manner as a whole, and others will speak with ever fresh amaze- 
ment of his wide reading and various inclinations. The bar, of 
which he was a conspicuous ornament, the military associates 
who braved danger with him on the battlefield, and his large 
number of personal friends in all the walks of life, will not fail 


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on suitable occasion to pay fitting tribute to his memory. If he 
did not make the record he might have made, if his rare gifts 
were not always turned to the best account, and if his example 
could not in all things be safely followed, it is but saying that 
he had the frailities of a common humanity. Tried by the test 
of Him who said 


“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone,” 


it becomes us not to follow him with a harsher criticism than 
we would wish meted out to us. This is not the time or place, 
even if it were in our power, to draw the picture of Colonel Whip- 
ple as he was. That will be the work of a careful study of the 
yarious but strongly marked traits of this unique and rare nature. 
We need only say in the well-known words of Hamlet, Prince of 
Denmark, 


“He was a man, take him all for all, 
I shall not look upon his like again.” 


COL. WHIPPLE SURRENDERS. 


(Laconia Democrat, Dec. 27, 1889.) 


Death came to Col. Thomas W. Whipple on last Saturday even- 
ing, December 21. The event had been anticipated ever since 
the severe attack of three weeks ago, all the favorable symptoms 
in his case proving illusory, and the fatal progress of the disease 
being all the time patent to the eye of his physician, although at 
intervals it escaped the notice of friends who were loathe to be- 
lieve that the end was so near and were ready to hope against 
hope. Early Saturday morning it was known about our streets 
that the crisis was at hand and news of his death was hourly ex- 
pected, and when in the early evening the report “he has gone” 
went around, every one knew that Laconia had lost her foremost 
noted citizen. Colonel Whipple was a product of New Hamp- 
shire ; born amid its rugged hills, of New Hampshire ancestry, he 
passed his life in sight of the grand old hills on which he looked 
as a child. He was born January 30, 1816, and had therefore 
nearly completed his 74th year. His father was one of the 
noble and strong men of his time, and the family consisted of 
five, of whom two sisters still survive. His early education was 
received at the academies in New Hampshire and Bradford, Vt., 
and at the Norwich University, at which latter place his early 
taste for military affairs had a fine opportunity for development. 
At the age of 17 he had been aide-de-camp on the staff of General 
Cook of the New Hampshire militia, and on his graduation from 
Norwich he raised a company known as the Wentworth Phalanx, 
which had a brilliant reputation. He came to the bar in Plym- 
outh in 1840 from the office of Josiah Quincy of Rumney, N. H., 
and Salmon Wires of Johnson, Vt., and began the practice of his 
profession in-his native town. On the breaking out of the Mex- 


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ican war he was among the earliest to enlist, joining Colonel 
Pierce (afterwards President Pierce), afterwards Colonel Ran- 
som’s regiment, and in March, 1845, was stationed at Fort 
Adams, R. I. He served during the war, being taken prisoner 
at Vera Cruz, Mexico, and exchanged at Jalapa, and was made 
adjutant-general on the staff of General Lewis. Returning from 
Mexico he opened a law office in this town, in 1849, where he has 
enjoyed a large practice, and for many years participated in all 
the leading cases tried in our court. He has been noted no less 
for his sagacity as a counselor than for his great success as an 
advocate, and has for years been a leading and commanding fig- 
ure wherever judges and lawyers have met, either in legal en- 
counter or social-intercourse. For the past 12 years he has been 
president of the Belknap County bar. At the breaking out of 
the war he served as lieutenant-colonel of the First New Hamp- 
shire, and as colonel of the Fourth New Hampshire, resigning 
the latter March 18, 1862. Later he was prominent in raising 
the Twelfth Regiment and was elected colonel, but did not serve. 
Although for years recognized as one of the trusted and foremost 
leaders of the Democratic party in this state, he has filled but 
comparatively few offices. Almost any place in the gift of the 
party would have been at his disposal, but he steadily refused 
them all. He was assistant clerk and clerk in the House of 
Representatives, secretary of the Constitutional Convention of 
1850, and a member of that of 1876. He once served the town 
of Laconia as a moderator. With these exceptions we think he 
held no civil office. He has, however, taken an active part in 
many political campaigns, and has always been conspicuous for 
his forceful and effective oratory. 

Colonel Whipple has always been exceedingly popular with the 
veteran soldiers and he will be greatly missed at their campfires 
and annual reunions, where he made some of the most powerful 
speeches of his life, and where his presence has always been 
greeted with many cheers. Colonel Whipple married Miss Be- 
linda Hadley of Wentworth, who died over thirty years ago, and 
he is survived by his daughter, Mrs. George R. Somes, who 
resided with him at his residence on Pleasant street. These few 


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dates and this brief outline of his career, give, however, but a 
meagre impression of Colonel Whipple, as Laconia has known 
him for the last forty years. In fact his manner and bearing, 
the erect form, the flashing eye, the resolute tone of voice, his 
personal magnetism, seem like a special gift of his own. Only 
those who have seen him or heard him at his best moments can 
be able to form an adequate idea of what he was and the impres- 
sion he made with those with whom he came in contact. 

It was the wish of Colonel Whipple that his funeral should be 
a quiet one, and from his own home, but not only the serious 
illness of his daughter, but the large number both at his home 
and from abroad who desired to attend rendered this impracti- 
cable, and a service was properly held at the Unitarian church. A 
very long procession marched up Pleasant street just before two 
o’clock Thursday afternoon. It was led by Rublee’s band, J. F. 
Laton acting as guide, and consisted of large numbers of war vet- 
erans and John L. Perley Post, G. A. R., T. W. Whipple 
Camp, U. V. U., a delegation of Odd Fellows, and a large num- 
ber of Masons from Mt. Belknap Lodge, where Colonel Whipple 
took his degrees. They escorted the remains and a long line of 
carriages to the church, which was immediately filled to overflow- 
ing, while crowds of people who thronged the sidewalks as the 
procession was moving, were forced to turn away. The service 
consisted of scripture reading and prayer by the Rey. C. A. G. 
Thurston, followed by prayer and remarks by Chaplain E. R. 
Wilkins of Concord, but formerly a resident here, with singing 
by the Apollo Quartet. It was touchingly impressive from be- 
ginning to close. Chaplain Wilkins, although very suddenly and 
unexpectedly called upon to officiate, seemed to gather inspira- 
tion from the occasion, and spoke, as it seemed to us, with more 
than his usual power and felicity. He spoke briefly of the 
way in which the Bible worthies, Moses, Jacob and St. Paul 
solved the question of the existence of God, and of a life beyond 
the grave. Asa prelude to the account to one of the talks he had 
with Colonel Whipple on the subject, showing that on those 
fundamental doctrines he has reached similar conclusions, a 
variety of personal reminiscences were also detailed, and in the 


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address to the War Veterans a striking allusion was made to the 
marked passages in Colonel Whipple’s Bible, which he found in 
his library and brought to the church with him. At the close of 
this service, hundreds passed in front of the desk to take a last 
view of his remains. They rested in an elegant casket covered 
with draped broadcloth and looped with tassels. They bore a re- 
markably, natural and life-like expression, being dressed in black 
with a miniature American flag resting over the left shoulder 
and a boutonniére of carnation and evergreen. The heavy silver 
plate bore this inscription: 


Tuomas J. WHIPPLE 
Died Dec. 21, 1889 


Born Jan. 30, 1816 





The floral display was both elegant and profuse, a partial list 
of which follows: 

By Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Somes, pillow with “Father” in pur- 
ple immortelles. 

Miss Gertrude Somes, crescent and star, “Grandpa.” 

Miss Mary Sanborn, standing wreath, “Rest.” 

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Beaman, standing wreath, bar and sickle. 

By Comrades, Fourth N. H., pillow bearing inscription, “Our 
Colonel, Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers.” 

Belknap County Bar, closed book. 

Masons, square and compass with letter ° 

John L. Perley Post, wreath, “G. A. R.” 

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Beckford, sickle and sheaf of wheat. 

Charles Horne and Emma Murphy, anchor. 

Mrs. Augusta Moulton and Laconia School Cadets, bouquet of 
ealla lilies. 

Lieut. A. L. Colburn, 4th N. H., moss pillow with cross, sword 
and “Col. T. J. W.,” in red immortelles. 

The beautiful Masonic service was very finely rendered by Past 
Master Henry B. Quimby, Rev. L. H. Winslow acting as Chap- 


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lain, and the Apollo quartet furnishing music. Very rarely is 
this service made so effective and impressive as on this occasion. 
The casket was then closed and given in charge of the following 
gentlemen who acted as bearers. 

Capt. William Badger, 4th N. H.; Capt. Thomas Cogswell, 
15th N. H., representing military; A. G. Fulsom, J. F. Merrill, 
representing Masons and Odd Fellows; W. H. Melcher, J. H. 
Tilton, representing the business men. 

Darkness began to gather as the long line passed down our 
street marching to the mournful music of the band. A damp- 
ness settled down as if nature would fain join in the public grief 
which followed Colonel Whipple to his last resting-place. When 
the sad ceremonies were completed by the firing of a volley by a 
detachment of comrades, night had come on as the column made 
its way back from the cemetery. Undertaker Moore acted as 
director and Captain Tetly as marshal, and they handled the 
large crowd splendidly. The Belknap County Bar attended in a 
body. Among the gentlemen from abroad, we noticed the fol- 
lowing: Hon. Harry Bingham, General Marston, J. F. Briggs, 
Daniel Barnard, C. A. Sulloway, G. B. Chandler, Joseph Kidder, 
Hon. F. M. Rollins, T. W. Challis, Charles H. Moore, John G. 
Hutchinson, Hon. W. L. Foster, Col. J. N. Patterson, John M. 
Hill, G. B. Johnson, J. EK. Pecker, W. K. Norton, H. T. Rolfe, C. 
R. Corning, W. F. Daniels, F. N. Parsons, Col. W. H. D. Cor- 
coran, Hon. M. A. Haynes, 8S. B. Page, S. W. Rollins, J. L. Wil 
son, 8. C. Clark, W. B. Fellows, C. C. Rogers, and others. 


Chaplain Abbott, First New Hampshire Regiment: “While 
associated with Colonel Whipple in the First Regiment, I received 
from him such treatment and consideration as to furnish ample 
evidence that no reasonable person could know him intimately 
without loving him.” 

Hon. G. W. Nesmith: “I see that our good friend, Colonel 
Whipple, has left these earth scenes of joy and sorrow, too. He 
possessed the uncommon faculty of clothing his own ideas as well 
as the thoughts of others in the most interesting and attractive 
dress, thus exciting and retaining the admiration of his hearers 
through a long discourse.” 


COE LOUIS BELL. 


louis Bell was the youngest son of the late Gov. Samuel Bell 
and was born in Chester March 8, 1837. Among his older 
brothers were Dr. Luther V. Bell, long at the head of the 
McLean Asylum for the Insane at Somerville, Mass.; Hon. 
James Bell, a distinguished lawyer and United States senator; 
and Hon. Samuel D. Bell, chief justice of the supreme judicial 
court. 

After completing his preparatory studies at Derry and at 
Gilford he entered Brown University at Providence, R. L., 
where he graduated at the age of eighteen years. His taste and 
aptitude for athletic and martial exercises had made him de- 
sirous of an appointment to the military academy at West 
Point and, at a later period, of a commission in the army; but 
circumstances prevented the accomplishment of either of these 
wishes. ‘The same inclination, however, led him to direct his 
reading and study largely to military subjects, a circumstance 
which was of great advantage to him in his subsequent career. 

He then prepared himself for the legal profession and was 
admitted to the bar in 1857, establishing himself in Farming- 
ton. His ability and high personal character at once secured 
him friends and clients. In 1859 he received the appointment 
of justice of the police court of Farmington, and two years later 
that of solicitor of the county of Strafford. 

The breaking out of the rebellion found Mr. Bell married 
and fairly established in business, with the most flattering pro- 
fessional prospects for the future, but President Lincoln’s call 
for volunteers in April, 1861, was an appeal to his patriotism 
and military spirit which was irresistible. He immediately of- 
fered his services to Governor Goodwin, and was appointed cap- 
tain of Company A in the First Regiment of New Hampshire 


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Volunteers. The organization was rapidly completed and the 
regiment, leaving Concord May 25, 1861, proceeded directly to 
Washington. During their three months’ term of service they 
were stationed on the line of the Potomac, above Washington, 
and engaged chiefly in picket duty, a service sufficiently re- 
sponsible and trying but affording few incidents worthy of 
special mention. Captain Bell discharged his duties faithfully 
and creditably and returned with the regiment to New Hamp- 
shire, thoroughly acquainted with the practical part of a 
soldier’s life and having gained the respect and esteem of officers 
and men. 

The Fourth New Hampshire Regiment was then about being 
formed, and Captain Bell was immediately commissioned as its 
lieutenant colonel. On the 27th of September, 1861, that regi- 
ment left the state and constituted a part of the expedition 
against Port Royal and Beaufort, S. C. At the latter post Gen. 
T. W. Sherman was in command. He was struck with the 
efficiency and soldierly qualities of Lieutenant-Colonel Bell 
and made him his inspector general and chief of staff. This 
place he continued to hold, to the general’s entire satisfaction, 
during the whole period of Sherman’s stay in the department. 

In the discharge of his duty he was in December sent by 
General Sherman, in a light steamer, to make a reconnoissance 
around Port Royal island. He succeeded in unearthing a con- 
cealed rebel battery, which opened fire upon the steamer, with 
the effect of slightly wounding Colonel Bell and one of his men. 

Upon the resignation of Colonel Whipple Colonel Bell sue- 
ceeded in March, 1862, to the command of the Fourth Regi- 
ment. In April he was ordered with seven companies to 0¢- 
cupy the fortified town of St. Augustine, Florida. His ad- 
ministration of affairs there was extremely judicious and 
efficient. The position being much exposed, its works were 
admirably organized and trained, and the civil government of 
the town was conducted in a manner completely satisfactory. 

In October, 1862, Colonel Bell again united his command 
at Beaufort to join the expedition designed to cut the railroad 
between Charleston and Savannah, at the Pocotaligo river. Al- 





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though the Fourth Regiment had in detachments seen some 
skirmishing, this was their first appearance as an organization 
in any serious engagement, but they acquitted themselves with 
much credit and acted as rear guard on the retreat. Their 
loss was about thirty men, killed and wounded. Colonel Bell, 
who led his men gallantly, was here again slightly wounded by 
a splinter from a shell. 

In the spring of 1863 began the series of operations against 
Charleston and its defenses. The Fourth Regiment was em- 
ployed the greater part of the summer on engineer duty in 
working among the hot sands of Folly and Morris islands. 
Here Colonel Bell had an opportunity to put in practice some 
of the knowledge which he had acquired years before while 
intending to enter the military profession. He experimented, 
with a good degree of success, in the preparation of a new 
shell-fuse, designed to obviate some of the difficulties experi- 
enced in mortar practice, and of a “Greek fire” to be conveyed 
in shells for the purpose of producing conflagrations. 

In April, 1864, Colonel Bell was ordered with his regiment 
to report to General Butler to join the army of the James. 
He was placed in command of a brigade, consisting of the 
Fourth New Hampshire, Thirteenth Indiana, Ninth Maine, 
One Hundred Seventeenth New York, and Ninety-Seventh 
Pennsylvania regiments, with which he took part in the affair 
at Swift Creek, in the severe engagement at Drewry’s Bluff and 
in the series of struggles on the 17th, 20th, and 21st of May. 
He also held the left of the line in the battle at Cold Harbor, 
and after the subsequent flank movement led his brigade to the 
assault of two of the forts before Petersburg, which he carried 
in handsome style, being himself among the first to enter the 
works. 

He was also engaged with his command in the unfortunate 
“Mine” assault, and conducted himself so well that he was one 
of the few general officers concerned who escaped without 
censure in the report of the board that investigated the affair. 

Of both the expeditions against Fort Fisher Colonel Bell’s 
brigade formed a part. When General Terry was selected to 


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undertake the second it was clear to every mind that there was 
to be no failure, whatever the cost of success. 

In the final assault upon the works, now strengthened in 
every possible way, and defended with desperation, Colonel 
Bell’s brigade formed the third line of attack. At the signal 
for their advance they pushed forward in admirable order, 
their leader, as was his custom, at their head, into the storm of 
fire. The colonel had just congratulated a brother officer on 
the splendid behavior of the men, as they reached the ditch in 
front of the work, and a bullet from the rifle of a sharpshooter, 
on the crest of the parapet above them, struck him in the left 
breast and passed downward through his body. He fell, 
mortally wounded, and was tenderly borne by his comrades to 
the rear. But he would not leave the field till he could see the 
colors of his regiment upon the fort, and it was but a moment 
before his dying wish was gratified, and the ramparts of the 
captured stronghold. 

With the going down of the sun his life ebbed away, and the 
morning saw the spirit of the loyal, chivalrous, and accom- 
plished soldier winging its flight from earth. ' 

On the day after the costly purchase of the national triumph 
the secretary of war arrived at Fort Fisher. By command of 
President Lincoln he conferred upon Colonel Bell the brevet 
rank of brigadier general, dating from January 15, the day 
when he received his fatal wound. 

Such is a brief sketch of the career of one of the noblest men 
who laid life upon the altar of his country. Strictly consci- 
entious in the performance of duty, thoroughly skilled in every 
detail of his position, tenderly solicitous for the safety and 
comfort of his men, and sharing every hardship and danger 
with them, honorable, patriotic, and eminent for prudence, 
coolness, and courage, he was universally beloved and respected. 





MEMORIAL ADDRESS 


By JOHN G. HUTCHINSON, President of Fourth Regiment Association, at the 
Decorating of Colonel Bell’s grave at Chester, N. H., by a delegation 
‘of Thirty Comrades of ‘the Fourth Regiment, 
Sunday, May 30, 1886. 


CoMRADEsS AND FRiENDS:—Gathered here at the sepulchre of our 
beloved commander on this beautiful May day, when the months of 
spring have run’ their course and are to transfer to summer their 
annual offerings, resurrected from the wastes and severity of winter’s 
chilly hand, these fields carpeted with green, the buds and blossoms 
that promise another glad harvest, these beautiful flowers of spring 
that bring sunshine, cheer and gladness to our homes, what more 
appropriate than that we who make this pilgrimage to this grave 
pause for a little to offer this memorial tribute? We followed him 
in time of war and can feel the full significance of that sentiment. 


“We’ve shared each other’s blanket 
And drunk from the same canteen.” 


This gallant soldier of the old Granite State whose fellowship and 
companionship we shared from New Hampshire to Florida in years 
of strife and blood a score and more of years ago, whose hearts 
beat in unison as we marched and fought for our country’s honor 
and glory. From ’61 to ’65 our services were given to uphold prin- 
ciples dear to us all, with gratitude to our Heavenly Father above 
that our lives are spared after the ravages of war in these years of 
peace and prosperity that have come to our land and which we 
had an active part in securing. On the quiet of this New England 
Sabbath, seeking to gather inspiration that comes to us from this 
day and in the rich memories that well up in our hearts as we 
refresh our minds with past reminiscences of the camp, the bivouac 
and the battlefields of the Southland, we think of the thousands and 
tens of thousands of those brave boys in blue whose lives went out 
at the call of duty, a willing sacrifice upon the altar of our country, 
none more deserving of our respect and homage than that noble 
soul who in life we loved and whose early death we have not ceased 
to mourn. So, comrades, surviving veterans of the Fourth INE Ee 
with loving hands tenderly strew with the sweet flowers of remem- 
brance his grave as an evidence of our love and affection for our 
departed comrade, Colonel Bell, and with them the dear old flag 


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he loved so well and under whose folds he gave up his precious life. 
(Here the grave of Colonel Bell was decorated while the male quar- 
tet were singing, “Sleep, Soldier, Sleep.”) Gen. Louis Bell was the 
youngest of nine children, eight sons and one daughter, of the late 
respected Goy. Sam’! Bell; was born in Chester, on yonder hillside, 
less than a mile westerly from where we stand, nurtured in an hon- 
ored family, well known and highly respected throughout the state, 
and who have borne a prominent place in its history. His father 
was governor of New Hampshire and United States senator more 
than sixty years ago. All of those eight sons entered a professional 
career, four lawyers, four doctors; some to gain distinction with 
many years of labor in their chosen calling, others cut off in early 
life, but not till they had given promise of success had their lives 
been spared. Of his four eldest half-brothers, the late Sam’l D. 
Bell of Manchester was long a distinguished lawyer and judge of 
our supreme court; James Bell was also United States senator; John 
Bell, a doctor and professor of anatomy in the University of Ver- 
mont; Luther V. Bell served on the governor’s council in Massachu- 
setts, a surgeon in the army and long superintendent of the McLean 
Asylum at Somerville, Mass.; George Bell, a doctor who died in early 
life; John Bell, within a few years a practicing physician at Man- 
chester, a surgeon in the army; Charles Bell, a lawyer at Cleve- 
land, Ohio, who died of disease contracted in the service in the late 
war, Louis Bell, the youngest, as brave and gallant a soldier as ever 
drew a sword in defense of his country. No family of our state has 
a more honorable record; all have now passed away, but their lives 
are the pride of the State that has given birth to so many noble sons 
who have gained a national reputation. General Bell received his 
education in the district schools and academy, and completed it at 
Brown’s University of Rhode Island; studied law with the late 
Judge Cushing of Charlestown, and Judge Cross of Manchester, 
who informs me that he was one of the most promising students 
he ever knew; had he lived would have made one of the leading law- 
yers of the state; was admitted to the bar when but twenty-one 
years old and settled in Farmington; was judge advocate in the 
state militia, police justice and solicitor of Strafford county; early 
in life he became interested in military affairs and earnestly desired 
to enter West Point, but his father was strongly opposed to it and 
hence his entering the legal profession. 

When South Carolina fired upon Fort Sumter he resolved to 
enter the army, and was among the first to respond to the call for 
75,000 volunteers, receiving his commission April 30, 1861, as cap- 
tain of Company A, Ist Regiment N. H. Volunteers, leaving the 
state for the seat of war twenty-five years ago last Tuesday. Re- 


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turning at the expiration of his three months’ service, August 16, 
1861, he immediately began preparation for further service. He 
wanted to have a part in the war till the Union should be restored, 
and actuated by this commendable resolution he in less than a 
month was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Regiment 
N. H. Volunteers, then forming at Manchester. What a record 
made in the long history of this regiment! My brief address cannot 
do him justice. Let me here express the hope that in the near 
future, On your spacious common or some suitable place, that the 
citizens of his native town, with aid from the state, may unite with 
his comrades in erecting a suitable monument to commemorate his 
gallantry on many a battlefield of the South as a soldier of the 
Union, and tell to future generations that a grateful people never 
forgets the services of those who cheerfully sacrificed their lives 
that the nation might be saved. 

During the winter of ’61 and ’62 he served with credit on the staff 
of General Sherman as inspector-general in the department of the 
South. While in command of the garrison at St. Augustine, Fla., 
he was commissioned colonel of his regiment May 16, 1862, succeed- 
ing Colonel Whipple, who had resigned. At the battle of Pocotali- 
go, S. C., October 22, 1862, he was severely wounded at the head 
of his regiment, and participated with his command in the long and 
arduous duties of the siege of Forts Wagner and Sumter. After- 
wards, through his untiring efforts, nearly four hundred of his men 
reénlisted for another three years. After a thirty days’ furlough 
we were returned to the field to take part in the campaign in Vir- 


ginia, being a part of the army of the James. We can never forget 


the brilliant record of Colonel Bell during the last year of the war, 
a continual series of skirmishes and battles around Richmond and 
Petersburg, most of the time in command of a brigade. We recall 
that May day when on our way to Drury’s Bluff, as we approached 
those outer earthworks of Richmond, when ordered to charge that 
fort near Chesterfield Court House, when he led us in front of the 
colors with saber in one hand and revolver in the other. Inspired 
by this dashing act of bravery we followed and took the fort and 
placed our flag thereon amid the congratulations of General Gil- 
more. We were never asked by Colonel Bell to go where he was 
not willing to lead. All the campaign of ’64 until his death at Fort 
Fisher he proved his heroism wherever bullets fell and danger 
called. In the charge upon Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15, 1865, he 
led his brigade in that terrible assault and there on the ramparts of 
the outer works he received his fatal wound about 5 o’clock P. M., 
being shot by a sharp-shooter, the ball entering his shoulder and 
passing through his body, and before the sun had risen on the 


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morning of the 16th our colonel was no more. Death had released 
him from his sufferings and added his name to our honored dead. 
Several of the comrades here present were with him in this last bat- 
tle and one who assisted in carrying him to the rear. No officer 
ever commanded men “ore highly esteemed. We admired him 
for his nobleness of purpose and uprightness of character, we loved 
him for his sympathetic nature and his interest in our welfare, we 
knew him amid scenes where it tested the noblest qualities of man- 
hood and he was never found wanting; always patient, lovable, sym- 
pathetic, 1s it a wonder we loved him and mourn his loss? I never 
knew an officer who lived nearer his men, more approachable, con- 
cerned for the details of camp life, visiting the sick and writing 
words of consolation to mourning friends at home. I have recently 
seen a letter where he pays a touching tribute of regret for a com- 
rade, Kelley of Company H, who died suddenly on the Baltic in ’61 
and was buried at sea. I shall never forget his kind words to me 
as I lay wounded in the flying hospital after the battle of Drury’s 
Bluff, where he came a long way to visit me and break to me the 
sad news that my brother was among the slain. As I lay there 
among strangers, a young boy far from home with the uncertainties 
of a severe wound before me, with the tenderness of a mother he 
spoke words of cheer and encouragement that will abide with me as 
long as life shall last. 

There was nothing about his appearance that would indicate a 
soldier, except his commanding physique, destined to win a soldier’s 
crown. In place of a stern look there was the pleasant expression 
indicative of a heart full of love and gentleness. It was remarkable 
that one who could command a thousand men and marshal them 
successfully in battle should always have that evenness of disposition. 
He displayed no exhibition of temper where sometimes it would 
seem unavoidable, he ruled the turbulent with a firm hand, but 
where punishment was demanded to secure discipline he blended 
mercy with justice. We shall always claim a peculiar ownership in 
his lhfework and memory, and reverently visit his last resting-place; 
what a rich legacy in this life is left to that orphan boy; we shall 
always love voung Louis for his father’s sake. Then there comes 
tc us the evidence that brings consolation in the midst of our grief, 
that this life has not been lost in vain; our united country has 
gained by the blood and treasure it cost to restore. One of the 
finest epitaphs ever inscribed above a soldier’s grave was that 
graven on the stone which marked the resting-place of the deathless 
300, who fell at Thermopyle: 


“Go stranger, to Lacedeamon 
And tell Sparta that we lie here in obedience to her laws.” 


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Our lamented commander lies there because he was obedient to 
duty at the call of his native land. Some one has said: “Happy is 
that people which has no history.” Not so! As “it is better to have 
loved and lost than never to have loved at all,” so it is better to 
have lived greatly, even though we have suffered greatly, than to 
have passed a long life of inglorious ease. We ourselves have 
been a part of great things. I count it one of the greatest privileges 
of my life to have served my country. We earned the right to be 
American citizens in the war that we could never have done in its 
widest interpretation in walks of peace. The longer I live, the more 
I love my native land; say not our Republic is ungrateful, when in 
twenty years there have been distributed among the crippled limbs 
and diseased bodies $800,000,000 in pensions. Many should receive 
it who do not and others should have more, but let us rise above 
the narrow sphere of selfishness, and be concerned not what pen- 
sions we shall receive, but to protect in peace what we preserved in 
war; and so standing beside the grave of this hero and the thou- 
sands who like him have given up their lives, these monuments of 
marble and granite shall crumble before their deeds of heroism in 
defense of our country and its starry banner shall ever be forgotten. 
And now, comrades, what is the lesson we would teach to coming 
generations? I speak to many who know of the war only as they 
learn it from us or history. You are coming upon the stage of ac- 
tion and responsibility. What a heritage is bequeathed to you, the 
grandest country of the world; peace and prosperity abound every- 
where; use these privileges in view of their cost in blood and treas- 
ure; cultivate a love of country that shall prompt you to do and to 
die, if necessary, for its perpetuity. 

May the young men of today, as they become more familiar with 
the blessings this free republic bestows, and the cost that cradled, 
established and has preserved our land, have it so indelibly im- 
pressed upon them, that in the future of their lives they may 
become fitted to act well their part, whether in peace contending for 
vital principles or in war battling for them, or in the councils of the 
nation framing laws that shall be just, effective and beneficial; profit- 
_ing by the experiences of the sacrifices made, may they exhibit the 
sturdy characters of the Pilgrim Fathers blended with the heroism 
and loyalty of the men of ’76 and ’61 and as time shall waft these 
passing years into other centuries beyond, may the record these 
United States have made ever be pointed to with pride and in the 
records of civilization shall stand as among the greatest works of 
men. 


COL. FRANCIS W. PARKER. 


Pass Curistian, Miss., March 2. 1902.—Colonel Francis W. 
Parker, formerly of Manchester, and head since 1899 of the 
School of Education, an institution affiliated with the Chicago 
University, died here yesterday. Colonel Parker had been in 
failing health for some time. He left Chicago for the South 
three weeks ago. 

Francis Wayland Parker was born in Bedford on the 9th of 
October, 1837. Colonel Parker’s ancestry is traced back into 
the early Colonial and Revolutionary periods of our history. His 
great-great-grandfather, Major John Goff, was an officer in the 
Revolutionary war. The famous Colonel John Goff, the father 
of Major John Goff, was the earliest settler in Manchester. 
Goffe’s Falls and Goffstown were named for him. He was a 
famous hunter, and an officer in the Siege of Louisburg. He 
took an active part in the French and Indian war. Although 
too old to take an active part in the Revolution, Colonel John 
Goff trained General John Stark and General Sullivan in military 
tactics and prepared them for |their duties as officers. The fam- 
ily of Goff is supposed to be closely allied to the family of Goff 
the Regicide, whom Walter Scott has made famous. 

Colonel Parker’s grandfather, William Parker, was the founder 
of the village of *Squog. ‘William Parker was a soldier in the 
Revolutionary war. He was a drummer under General John 
Stark, at Bunker Hill. 

I'rancis ‘attended the village school of ’Squog alt three years of 
age; he could read before he entered school. He steadily worked 
his way up to a place in the academy in his native village at the 
age of seven years. 

After working five years upon the farm, his desire to obtain 


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an education became so strong that he left the farm when thir- 
teen years of age, with little or no money at his command, and 
attended the academy at Mount Vernon. There he sawed wood, 
varnished boxes and did chores, to gain money enough to pay 
his board. Like many New England boys he worked in summer 
on a farm and with the money earned attended school in winter. 

When he was sixteen years of age he attended the Hopkinton 
academy, and that winter, 1854-5, taught school at Corser Hill, 
Boscawen. Here the youthful teacher, at a salary of fifteen dol- 
lars a month, had a school of some seventy-five pupils, many of 
them older than himself, and quite a number of them better edu- 
cated. The following winter he taught school nearer home, at 
Auburn. His success in Auburn was so great that he was em- 
ployed to teach in lthis town for several winters. His salary the 
first winter was eighteen dollars, including board, and he had 
the experience of “boarding ’round.” 

He continued to teach school, work on the farm, and attend 
academies, until he was twenty-one years of age. When twenty- 
one he taught in the village of Hinsdale, and from that place he 
was called to the head of the grammar school of his native vil- 
lage, Piscataquog. From there, in 1858, he went to Carrollton, 
Green county, Illinois, where he took the principalship of the 
only school of the place, high, grammar and primary. His ex- 
periences in the Carrollton school were very interesting. He 
had in one room some one hundred and twenty-five pupils, rang- 
ing in age from 12 ‘to 25 years, with one assistant. Although 
two of his predecessors had been driven from the school by the 
violence of the pupils, Colonel Parker remained in this school 
two years and did not strike a blow. 

The great Civil war broke out while he was at Carrollton. His 
desire to enter the service was so strong that he resigned his 
position, returned to New Hampshire and joined as a private 
the Fourth New Hampshire regiment at Manchester. 

Colonel Parker was in several great battles during the long 
campaign of 1864. He lost twenty-eight men out of forty-two 
at Drewry’s bluff. After the Crater fight, in which his regiment 
lost fifty men, Captain Parker was put in command of the resi- 


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ment. At Deep Bottom he was suddenly put in command of a 
brigade, and while engaged in repelling tthe fierce attacks of the 
enemy during a second charge he was severely wounded in the 
chin and neck. In the spring of 1864 his regiment counted one 
thousand men. At the last charge in the fall only forty men 
could be mustered. 

In October, 1864, he left the hospital and came home on fur- 
lough. He ‘took part in the second Lincoln campaign, and 
stumped the state for the great president. He was married in 
December to Phene E. Hall of Bennington. 

His regiment marched with the Army of the Ohio, under 
General Scofield, across North Carolina, meeting Sherman at 
Cox’s Bridge. He was taken prisoner a little later in the spring 
and marched with General Johnston’s army to Greensburg, N. C., 
where he heard the glorious news of the surrender of General 
Lee, and witnessed the collapse of the rebellion. He was after- 
ward made brevet-colonel for bravery at Deep Bottom. 

Colonel Parker left the army when his regiment was mustered 
out, August 23, 1865. When he returned home to Manchester he 
was received with open arms by the citizens, and many avenues 
of success, political and financial, were open to him, but he had 
made teaching his chosen profession. In fact, he said that he 
did not remember the day when he did not believe that he 
should be a teacher, and putting aside all offers of political pre- 
ferment he asked for and obtained the position of principal of 
the grammar school here. He held ‘this position for three years 
at a salary of $1100 per year. 

He applied to Gov. Fred Smith, a particular friend of his, and 
through his influence obtained the position of principal of a 
district school in Dayton, O., in 1868. Here he began some 
work in the direction of reform in education; he studied the 
principles and methods of primary teaching. He was strongly 
opposed by the people and the teachers, but the board of educa- 
tion had’ faith enough in him to appoint him principal of the 
first normal training school of Dayton, and in 1871 he was made 
assistant superintendent. 


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Colonel Parker’s wife died in Minneapolis in 1871. He re- 
signed his position as assistant superintendent of schools, and 
went to Hurope for the purpose of studying the science of edu- 
cation. 

He was elected superintendent of schools of Quincy, Mass., 
and began his work April 20, 1875. Colonel Parker was ex- 
ceedingly fortunate in his position in Quincy; the town had never 
before had a superintendent of schools, but had one of the best 
and strongest school boards that was ever elected. John 
Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams and James H. Slade were 
the principal members. They put the schools and teachers entire- 
ly under Colonel Parker’s direction and supported him in a very 
hearty and earnest way. 

In entering upon his work in Quincy, Colonel Parker had no 
notion of making any particular changes or of opposing in any 
way the general work then done in the New England States. 
He simply tried to apply well-known principles, and to train his 
teachers. The result is well known. During the period of three 
years of 1878-79-80, over thirty thousand visitors inspected the 
schools of Quincy. Charles Francis Adams wrote two pamphlets 
in regard to the work done. Colonel Parker has always asserted 
that he was introducing nothing new, no new principles or meth- 
ods; he was simply applying, carrying out the recommendations 
of the great educators of the past. In 1880 he was made one of 
the supervisors of schools of Boston, and was placed in charge of 
the primary schools of the North End and South Boston. 

He was offered the superintendency of schools of Philadelphia, 
but declined to accept it. He was then offered the position of 
principal oi the Cook County Normal School at a salary of $5000. 

Just before entering on his new work in Chicago he married 
Mrs. M. Frank Stuart, a former pupil and assistant of Lewis Mon- 
roe, and the first assistant in the Boston School of Oratory. 
Mrs. Parker was one of the leading exponents of the Delsarte 
system of expression. She was in deep sympathy with her hus- 
band and contributed not a little to the doctrine of concentra- 
tion that later was working out in the methods of the Cook 
County Normal School. 


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Colonel Parker began his new duties in the Cook County 
Normal School January 1, 1883. The opposition begun with his 
predecessor was continued throughout the years of his principal- 
ship of the Cook County Normal School. He was bitterly 
opposed by the conservatism of good and honest citizens in his 
new and scientific methods of teaching; he was more bitterly op- 
posed by the malice of a few miserable politicians, whose chief 
duty seemed to be to wreck and destroy all efforts of educational 
progress—men who make teachers cowards. The county school 
board who engaged Colonel Parker, of which Washington 
Hesing, Col. Henry Donovan and Dr. Champlin, were members; 
heartily supported him in his work. 

Colonel Parker was the author of many educational works. 

Colonel Parker disclaimed utterly all pretensions to having 
found any new methods or principles of education. His only 
claim was that he was trying himself to study ‘the great subject 
of education and its application in the common schools, and to 
lead other teachers to study this great subject. He had a firm 
and unalterable faith in the common school system; he believed 
that tne common schools will be brought to a point of efficiency 
equal to the demands of this great Republic, that the salvation 
and perpetuity of the Republic depend upon the proper educa- 
tion of the children. 


(Daily Mirror, May 2, 1902.) 


Under the direction of the state department of public instruc- 
tion a teachers’ institute was conducted in Dover yesterday in 
honor of the memory of the late Col. Francis W. Parker, the 
famous educator, who was born in this city, and who made a 
national reputation as a leader in methods of education. 

Dr. A. E. Winship of Boston delivered the following address 
on “Colonel Parker as a Leader.” 


If one is content to speak of Francis W. Parker as of other good 
men who have gone hence, intending it as a graceful farewell to his 
memory, there is no occasion to do more than rehearse some 
specific virtues, but those of us who hope he may prove to be 


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America’s second immortal educator must do more: than that; we 
must analyze somewhat his characteristics, facing squarely what he 
was not as well as what he was. 

Horace Mann is the one Americah who is morally sure of lasting 
fame as an educator. His fame rests upon his position as a pioneer, 
upon the fact that he championed many distinct ideals, most of 
which have become the practice of educators since his death, be- 
cause he wrote great state reports which were reprinted in other 
states of the Union, and in England, and were translated and re- 
printed in European countries, and because he made a crisis with 
the thirty-one Boston masters and was master of the situation. 

Horace Mann had his weaknesses, and his nobility can be under- 
stood only when we face unflinchingly his prejudices, his impa- 
tience, his rhetorical extravagance and other important factors in 
his life. There have been other good men and great whom we have 
tried earnestly to immortalize, but with indifferent success. David 
B. Page, a noble-spirited son of New Hampshire, wrote the best 
book for teachers published in fifty years. His “Theory and Prac- 
tice” will live, and in a way he will be remembered, but not in any 
large sense. John D. Philbrick, another notable son of the Granite 
state, rendered the cause of education gteat service, and it is proba- 
ble that no other city superintendent has left so large a professional 
bequest to posterity. An earnest effort was made to enshrine him 
in the hearts of the educators of the future. In New Hampshire, 
in Boston, in Connecticut, there were notable ceremonies and a 
worthy memorial volume was published, and yet even in Boston 
the young teachers feel no thrill of pride at the mention of his 
name. Wickersham in Pennsylvania, Bateman in Illinois, Sheldon 
of Oswego and even Henry Barnard do not appeal to educational 
America. Comenius, Pestalozzi and Froebel are names to conjure 
with in the world’s arena. Horace Mann alone shines brighter and 
brighter in the American educational firmament. In the presence 
of such facts it is assuming much to express the hope that Francis 
W. Parker, the New Hampshire boy, will win in an arena where 
Page and Philbrick, Wickersham and Bateman, Sheldon and Bar- 
nard may fail. 

It were foolhardy to say unreservedly that Francis Wayland Par- 
ker will win educational immortality. He is no friend to the mem- 
ory of this noble man who assumes too much, who claims to know 
what is now unknowable. 

If Colonel Parker is to live it will be because he was the leader of 
teachers as no other man has been since Horace Mann. If Colonel 
Parker lives in that sense it will be because he wrote the nearest 
approach we have in America to an immortal book for teachers, 
and he does not live in the greater life. Colonel Parker struck off 


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many startling sentences, but scarcely a paragraph of his stands out 
winnowed as do the paragraphs of Eliot and Draper, Harris and 
Hall, Dewey and Davidson. 

If Parker lives, as some of us venture to hope that he will live, 
it will not be because he founded an institution to bear his name or 
bear his impress. Half a hundred men have their names upon great 
institutions, but in no single instance does any one care to ask who 
was Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Brown or Vassar, or any other of the 
fifty. Ask any undergraduate, offhand, how much he knows of 
John Hopkins, Eli Yale or John Harvard. All the founders of 
American colleges put together will signify less in the educational 
thought of the future than will Horace Mann, whose only institu- 
tion has been the football of prejudice and poverty for half a cen- 
tury. 

We may sometime understand how kind fortune was to Francis 
W. Parker when she allowed the politicians to dethrone him at the 
Cook county normal school so that his adoring followers cannot 
dissipate their devotion by weeping at that shrine. Even more kind 
was She when his ideal in the Blaine school was not to be realized. 
He may have died of a broken heart, as many will always believe. 
It may also be that he died at the right time as truly as did Abra- 
ham Lincoln. If he lives, with Horace Mann, it will be because he 
is in no book and in no institution. 

Prescience is rarely given to mortals, but one may be allowed to 
suggest lines along which devoted friends may look for the light of 
educational immortality if it shall be vouchsafed to Francis W. Par- 
ker. It will presumably come because he was a leader of teachers 
and not of educators. 

The reason Colonel Parker could not lead educators was because 
of his impatience at the wrong done children and their best teach- 
ers through conventionality. Rarely did a great man ever speak in 
his presence that his soul did not boil to the bursting point. At De- 
troit in July he was upon the platform when a great leader read a 
brilliant paper. The colonel was outraged at sentiments at which 
the audience cheered. He asked the privilege of speaking at once, 
but the president could not allow it, and the colonel left the plat- 
form and the hall thoroughly exasperated because the teachers 
were being misled, as he believed. 

The reason Francis W. Parker could not have an institution was 
because he could not make teachers who could pass conventional 
examinations. Passing examinations is an art by itself, and teach- 
ing school is an entirely different art, and the two have nothing in 
common. Colonel Parker could set the soul of a man or woman on 
fire with a zeal for teaching children, but when the enkindled soul 
sat down in a professional ice house and attempted to guess some 


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arithmetical conundrum or analyze the intricacies of a literary maze 
she was helpless where a trickster in the sleight-of-hand art of play- 
ing with professional examinations would have a high per cent. 

Colonel Parker could not write a great book or essay because of 
the intensity of his outraged soul. Whenever he flashed forth one 
of his glorious sentences, he saw at once how far from his ideal the 
school was and at once burst forth into anathemas. His picture of 
the artist teacher is beautiful, but to the ordinary mind it is absurd 
to characterize teaching as “methods of aristocracy, which have 
degraded and debased mankind.” Anybody can understand the ap- 
peal for association of boys and girls through school life, but the 
fierce characterization of the results of the opposite robs his words 
of weight with all who are accustomed to balance their sentences 
and paragraphs. As soon as he stated any truth he leaped all 
bounds for a death thrust at whatever he imagined was not in keep- 
ing with that ideal. 

If Colonel Parker lives, as some of us think it probable that he 
will, it will be because he could not present his ideals without the 
wildest kind of denunciation. He was the John Brown of educa- 
tional slavery. His leadership was not systematic like that of Well- 
ington, not brilliant like that of Napoleon. It was not heroic like 
that of Sherman in his march to the sea, nor persistent like that of 
Grant. It was simply impatient, like that of Garrison and Phillips. 

If Francis Wayland is professionally immortal, it will be because 
his spirit, sacrificed to conservatism, goes marching on, until for- 
getting what he was not, we remember what he was, America’s 
only great leader against every wrong to the child and every hin- 
drance to the noble teacher. 

With no disrespect to the greatest American oration, I would 
say that it is altogether fitting and proper that we should hallow 
the memory of Francis Wayland Parker today but in a larger sense 
we cannot hallow his memory. The brave man who has died was 
consecrated to the cause of education far above our power to add 
or detract. The world will little note what we say, but it can never 
forget what he was. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated 
here to the unfinished work which he has thus far so nobly 
advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task 
remaining before us; that from this honored dead we ask increased 
devotion to that cause for which he gave the full measure of devo- 
tion; that we here highly resolve that he shall not have lived in 
vain; that the American public school shall under God have a new 
birth of freedom; and that the school of the people, by the people 
and for the child shall not perish from our land. 


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Francis Wayland Parker, of four children, the only son of 
Robert and Millie (Rand) Parker, was born October 9, 1837, in 
the flourishing village of Piscataquog, then a part of the town 
of Bedford, but since annexed to the city of Manchester, now 
forming ward 8 of that city. His father died when he was six 
years old. He remained with the family in the village until his 
eighth year, when he was placed with a family in Goffstown to 
be reared 

The sudden rupture of the harmonious and congenial environ- 
ment of a happy home, surrounded by playmates of his own age, 
while ministered to by the loving care and sympathy of a fond 
mother and sisters, was a sad experience for his tender years; 
so it is little wonder that the disposition made of him soon be- 
came insupportable. Manifesting thus early that characteris- 
tic self-reliance so notable in his later life, when thirteen years 
of age, he took up the burden of directing his own career. 
True, he had! advice, occasional assistance also, from kindly rela- 
tives and friends, but, in all his’ active life, they were rarely 
under requisition in either respect. 

Perhaps it was hereditary, the early aspiration for an educa- 
tion, since he derived through strains running back through 
Revolutionary and Colonial days from forefathers of learned 
ancestry, but, however that may be, he was obsessed in his earliest 
years with the desire to become educated. His family being in 
straightened circumstances, this could be accomplished only 
through his own exertions. So he worked at whatever he could 
find to do in summer-time to provide the means of schooling 
during winter sessions. Thus, he made his way through the 
district schools of the time, passing some time later at the Mc-» 
Cullum Institute, the Hopkinton Academy, the New London 
Academy, and, upon receiving a small bequest from a relative, he 
employed it in attendance at the University of Berlin, pursuing 
also for some years a course in Hegelian philosophy under priv- 
ate ‘tutorship, while occupying his vacations in visiting schools 
and the study of educational systems throughout Europe. 

He fitted himself to teach as soon as possible, and then began 


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that career of useful endeavor so remarkable for its achievement, 
until death overtook him at the zenith of his fame as an edu- 
tor. He was then at the head of the “Blainer Normal Insti- 
tute,” which had been endowed with the view of permitting him 
scope for the further display of his remarkable powers; it now 
bears his name: “The Francis W. Parker School of Education, 
University of Chicago.” 

He died March 2, 1902, at Pass Christian, Miss., where he had 
hope of recuperating his impaired health. 

He was the recipient of honors from many institutions of 
learning; in 1886, Dartmouth conferred upon him the degree of 
M. A. 

He was the author of “Talks on Teaching,” “Pictures for 
Language Lessons,” “How to Study Geography,” “Outlines in 
Geography,” “Tract on Spelling,” “Practical Teacher,” “Theory 
of Concentration,” ete. He visited every state in the Union 
on his lecture tours. Among the subjects of his lectures were 
“The Child and Nature,” “The Child and Man,” “Artist or 
Artisan—Which?”, “Home and School,” “The Ideal School,” 
“Education and Democracy.” 

Francis Wayland Parker possessed a wonderfully sunny na- 
ture, an affectionate disposition, a mind ever directed in helpful- 
ness towards his fellowmen. He had great energy, application 
and perseverance, lofty ideals and unspotted integrity. His 
was a strong character; possessed of marked initiative, he became 
a reformer in his cult; blazing the way for newer and improved 
methods, not by any means without opposition, but, usually, find- 
ing the way of removing obstruction, dominating difficulties or 
overmastering obstacles, until he finally reached an eminence in 
his profession, of world-wide celebrity. No man of his time has 
imparted greater buoyancy to the best thought in education, nor 
left a deeper impress of personality upon the minds of his 
disciples. 

The war for the preservation of the Union found him, at 
twenty-four years of age, assistant superintendent of schools at 
Carrollton, Ill. Prompted by the traditions of his ancestry, and 


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fired by patriotic zeal, he was ready to lay his life upon the altars 
of his country, if need be, in her defense. He resigned his posi- 
tion, hastened to his native state, and uniting with the Man- 
chester Cadets as first lieutenant, marched into camp, September 
16, 1861. His company was mustered into the service of the 
United States as Company E, 4th N. H. Vols., on September 
27, 1861. 
(Daily Union.) 


The dust of Col. Francis W. Parker, soldier and educator, with 
that of his wife, was committed to ilts final resting-place in the 
Piscataquog cemetery on Thursday forenoon, May 8, 1902. 
The G. A. R. Fourth Regiment association, the Parker Veteran 
association, the Parker Veteran club, and the school teachers and 
childrn of Manchester united to do Colonel Parker honor, and 
his ashes reached the place where he ever wished them to rest, 
in the land once owned by his father and upon which he had 
played when a boy, under circumstances which were according 
to his own choice. 

The city was in mourning, ‘the schools being closed for the 
forenoon, the business houses on the West Side being shut up 
during the burial hour, and flags being at half mast everywhere. 

It is difficult to imagine anything more entirely in harmony 
with the wishes of Colonel Parker than the beautiful exercises 
of the church, the Grand Army and the schools, which were 
carried out about his grave under the clear May skies. 

The writer distinctly remembers an early summer day when 
Colonel Parker, then superintendent of schools in Quincy, Mass., 
looking out from the upper room of the Washington school att 
Quincy Point and seeing the scores of acres of violets that ex- 
tended to the bluffs that rose sharp from an inlet of Boston bay, 
said that nothing would please him more than to have the school 
children cover his grave with the sweet blossoms when he was 
laid at rest. And although his life work carried him far from 
the Massachusetts city, and it was not for the children of Quincy 
Point to deck his grave, his wish, expressed nearly twenty-five 
years ago, was fulfilled in spirit when Parker Hutchinson, a son 


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of John G. Hutchinson, who was born on the same day of the 
month as was Colonel Parker, and was named after him, covered 
with sweet peas the casket which contained the beloved dust of 
the great teacher, in the name of the school children of Manches- 
ter. 

The casket containing the remains of both Colonel and Mrs. 
Parker was brought to this city on the 11.29 o’clock train by Mr. 
and Mrs. Thomas Shepherd of Brookline, Mass., the latter being 
an adopted daughter of the colonel. It was received by Frank 
L. Gray and immediately conveyed to the Piscataquog cemetery, 
followed by relatives, school officials and members of the Fourth 
Regiment association in carriages. The G. A. R. detail was in 
waiting at the cemetery and escorted the remains and the fu- 
neral party to the grave which was simply lined with white and 
green. 

The honorary bearers were Mayor William C. Clarke, Super- 
intendent of Schools C. W. Bickford, ex-Superintendent of 
Schools W. E. Buck, Vice Chairman of the School Board Dr. 
G. D. Towne. The carriers were Comrades Herman Greager, 
Fred McPherson, Emery Wyman of Loudon, and William D. 
Wyman, Lyman Wyman and Rollins D. Moore. 

There was a great assemblage of people, both old and young, 
in the cemetery, and while many years have elapsed since Col- 
onel Parker has been a familiar figure in Manchester, it was 
evident that the respect tendered to him was a genuine, living 
one,—that he was loved and honored by his fellow townsmen. 

The exercises at the grave began with a cornet solo, “Nearer 
My God to Thee,” rendered by C. W. Hardy, who was placed 
some distance from the burial place so that the effect of the 
music was very sweet. This was followed by the singing of two 
stanzas of “Some Sweet Day Bye and Bye,” by pupils from the 
high school, under the direction of Musical Instructor Eben F. 
Richardson. The singers were Ethel Colby, Alice Togus, Flor- 
ence Blakely, Nellie Singleton, Florence Wilcox, Marion Olm- 
stead, Miss Durgin, Hazel Chandler, Grace Goodrich, Annie 
Fradd, Agnes Woodbury, Nancy Kimball, Edith Clark, Bessie 


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Bartlett, Daisy Flanders, Etta Parmenter, Carolina Prescott, 
Bracket Hazen, Charles McKendree, Carl Bailey, Walter Butler, 
Ralph Fitts, Elmer Campbell, Carl Winegar, Charles Noll, 
Arthur Wilson, Harry Snow, Reginald Martin and J. J. Walsh. 

The Episcopal burial service was read by the Rev. C. R. Bailey, 
curate of Grace Episcopal church, after which the school children 
sang “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” 

Then the Grand Army burial service was performed by mem- 
bers of Louis Bell post, No. 3, among whom were Commander 
Franklin W. McKinley, Senior Vice-Commander B. F. Kinsley, 
Adjutant O. D. Kimball, Chaplain Charles H. Avery and Past 
Commander T. J. Wiggin. The standard bearer for the day was 
Samuel McDole, who is a veteran of Colonel Parker’s old regi- 
ment, the Fourth New Hampshire. Incidental to the G. A. R. 
service Mr. Hardy rendered the colonel’s favorite hymn, “Lead, 
Kindly Light,” and just as the casket was lowered he played 
“Nearer, My God, 'to Thee.” Then came the floral offering 
from the school children, mention of which has already been 
made. 

When the casket had been placed in the grave John G. Hutch- 
inson deposited a small silk flag upon the casket and spoke the 
final words of farewell, which were as follows: 


More than forty years ago this gallant soldier, with many who 
surround this grave, and many thousand others, answered the call of 
the sainted Lincoln, where Colonel Parker made a record that will 
ever be pointed to with pride, and did great honor to this city that 
sent him forth. In behalf of the members of the Fourth New 
Hampshire regiment, who with him sacrificed that this nation might 
live, and for the Parker Veteran club to which he was so lovingly 
attached, I deposit in this grave this emblem of our country’s honor 
and majesty. Farewell, comrade, commander friend, until that time 
in the great beyond where the great Ruler of the Universe shall 
gather all in reunion, where the weary shall find rest, and the loved 
ones shall be united. Farewell. 


Then Herman Greager, the old regimental bugler of the 
Fourth New Hampshire, sounded the sweet notes of the taps, 
while Cornetist Hardy echoed them from the distance, and the 
ceremony was over. 


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The entire affair was in the hands of John G. Hutchinson, 
and was arranged and executed in a most perfect manner. 

Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd were accompanied to this city by Mr. 
and Mrs. Rolfe, also of Brookline, and Colonel Parker’s house- 
keeper, Mrs. Chisholm. 

The guard of honor was composed of the following named 
soldiers of the Civil war: Col. J. D. Drew of Lawrence, the only 
surviving field officer of the Fourth New Hampshire regiment; 
Col. True Sanborn of Chichester, Maj. John D. Roberts of the 
Charlestown navy yard, Col. W. H. Cochrane of Nashua, Col. 
D. F. Healey, Capt. C. H. Moore, of Nashua; Lieut. John 
Fullerton and Lieut. Patrick Dowd. The guard was driven 
to the New Manchester House after the exercises of the day and 
entertained at dinner by Edward Wagner. Afterwards they 
went in a body to the home of the old regiment drum major, 
“Saxie’” Pike, and passed a delightful hour with their comrade, 
who was for so many years a prominent figure in military circles. 


A TRIBUTE. 


I served with Colonel Parker through the war. We were in 
the same company until he was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel in 
1865, and I can bear testimony to his worth as an officer. With- 
out any military training he, at the outset, became first lieuten- 
ant of Co. E, and as our captain was advanced in years he 
retired early, and in March, 1862, Lieutenant Parker became 
captain of his company, and so served for three years, when he 
was commissioned Lieut.-Colonel of the regiment. 

The regiment was so reduced in numbers that no higher rank 
could be given. At first he was not a success in handling men— 
so used to the schoolroom. He was too severe in discipline, and 
not considerate enough of his men. But he soon saw the differ- 
ence, and when facing danger proved himself to be brave and 
efficient, and his men would follow him wherever duty called. 

At the battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864, Captain Clough, who 
commanded the regiment, was severely wounded, and Captain 
Parker took command, and August 16 following, at the battle 
of Deep Bottom, he was severely wounded in the neck. At that 
time he was temporarily in command of the brigade. 

In civil life he became one of the most successful educators in 
our country, and died by reason of overwork in his chosen profes- 
sion. No member of the regiment was known so widely over 
the country as he, for he had traveled and lectured in every part 
of the United States and Canada. He will long be remembered 
for his educational work, as well as a distinguished Civil War 
veteran. : 

Soldier, Educator, farewell ! 

HISTORIAN. 


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